2001 Chevrolet Corvette C5-R Coupe

The Corvette C5-R is a Grand Touring race car based on the 5th generation Corvette built by Pratt & Miller and General Motors for racing. It became one of the most dominant cars in the GT category with wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It also won the American Le Mans series championship. It debuted in 1999 and continues to race to this day.

It was initially built exclusively for the factory Corvette Racing team but in 2001, Pratt & Miller began offering it to privateers. The first was sold to an outside team in 2003. The last was sold to French Olympian Luc Alphand for use in the Le Mans series of 2006. That car finished 3rd in the championship.

Chevrolet Corvette chassis C8.R-001 was an original test car for Corvette Racing and represents Chevrolet's first mid-engine, production-based racing Corvette. The Corvette Racing team used this chassis in testing for more than a year between 2018 and 2019 at tracks such as Road America, Sebring International Raceway, Virginia International Raceway and Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta ahead of the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. It also was part of a reveal program at Kennedy Space Center in October 2019.

In its first season, Corvette Racing's two C8.R racecars won six times and swept the Manufacturers, Drivers and Team championships in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) category. In 2021, a pair of Corvette C8.Rs finished 1-2 in the Rolex 24 At Daytona to open the IMSA season.