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Garcia fourth-fastest in GTD PRO qualifying with No. 3 Corvette C8.R

CORVETTE RACING AT DAYTONA:
Positive Steps Forward into the Rolex 24
Garcia fourth-fastest in GTD PRO qualifying with No. 3 Corvette C8.R

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 22, 2023) – A new season – and Corvette Racing’s 
25th – will see Antonio Garcia and the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet 
Corvette C8.R start fourth in class for next weekend’s Rolex 24 At Daytona.

During Sunday’s 15-minute qualifying session, Garcia posted a best lap of 
1:48.077 (118.582 mph) around the 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway 
road course to slot into the top-five in the GT Daytona (GTD PRO) class and 
12th among all GTD entries for the opening round of the IMSA WeatherTech 
SportsCar Championship.

The No. 3 Corvette – with Garcia teaming with Jordan Taylor and Antonio 
Garcia – completed 146 laps for nearly 520 miles across the three-day Roar 
Before the 24 test days. The focus now turns to adding a sixth class win at 
the Rolex 24, the last coming in 2021.

As is traditionally the case, exploring different mechanical setups and aero 
configurations were the most important items to cross off during the Roar. 
Aside from a steering issue in Friday’s opening session, the Corvette spent 
minimal time in the pitlane, which helped maximize the amount of data 
gathering for next week.

This is the second year for Corvette Racing in the GTD PRO class, which is 
comprised of GT3-level cars from multiple manufacturers. Corvette Racing won 
one race in 2022 and finished third in the GTD PRO championship.

Corvette Racing returns to the track for the first official Rolex 24 
practice at 11:05 a.m. ET on Thursday.

ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – QUALIFIED 
FOURTH IN GTD PRO: “It was a little bit messy. I didn’t know which cars had 
Pro drivers and which had Bronze drivers. I got caught out a few times but 
that’s just the way it is. Whatever I lost behind in traffic is what I 
gained on the draft so it was a trade-off. The track changed a little bit 
with the rain yesterday but it was pretty much the same in the end. The wind 
was pretty strong so the car felt a little slower. We will see what we can 
find in the data to try and be a little quicker next week.”

JORDAN TAYLOR, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R: “From a pace 
perspective, it’s hard to tell where we’re going to stack up next week. For 
us, we’re focusing on what we can control. We’ve made a lot of headway, 
especially since 2022. When we hit the ground here last year, we were 
guessing on what was going to work and what wasn’t going to work. Coming in 
this year, I feel like we are so far ahead of where we were last year. This 
weekend went smoothly other than one incident we had. Now we’re fine-tuning 
the car and making small changes here and there to make all three drivers 
happy. It’s nice to have three guys who agree on what the car should feel 
like. We’re all heading in the same direction from a setup point of view. 
This weekend was about doing the little things – not just the driver side 
but also on the crew side and engineering side with things like pit stop 
practice and driver change practice. We’re very much prepared for next 
 week.”

TOMMY MILNER, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R: “Last year was 
very different with the required changes we had to make for the GTD spec. 
From a driver’s perspective, we need to be diligent with our preparation 
into next week. The car was really good yesterday in both the wet and dry 
conditions. We made some progress there and we’ll come up with a plan to get 
more speed out of it if we can. Having had a full year on this car and tire 
combination, the crew has the car already in a better place than last year. 
We have the knowledge and experience from last year, which is helpful. The 
goal obviously is to win this race, so we’ll take whatever we can from last 
year’s race and last year’s season to apply it to this year’s Rolex 24.”