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Corvette Daytona Prototype

The No. 9 Corvette Daytona Prototype of Action Express Racing competing at the 2012 Rolex 250 in Road America
Category	Daytona Prototype DP
Constructor	Coyote, Dallara, Riley Technologies
Predecessor	Chevrolet Corvette GTP
Successor	Cadillac DPi-V.R
Technical specifications
Chassis	Dallara, Coyote or Riley built steel tube frame
Suspension (front)	Double wishbone, push-rod actuated coil springs over dampers
Suspension (rear)	Double wishbone, push-rod actuated coil springs over dampers
Axle track	(Front) 65.25 in (1,657.3 mm) (Rear) 64.75 in (1,644.6 mm)
Engine	ECR Engines designed, developed, and produced Chevrolet LS9 based 5.5 litre V8 naturally aspirated, mid-engined, longitudinally mounted
Transmission	EMCO or Xtrac 5 (2012-2013) or 6 (2014 on) sequential manual (2012-2014) sequential semi-automatic (2015 onwards)
Fuel	Sunoco (2012-2013), VP Racing Fuels (2014-2016)
Competition history
Notable entrants	Spirit of Daytona Racing GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Action Express Racing Wayne Taylor Racing
Debut	2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona
Last win	2016 Lone Star Le Mans
Last event	2016 Petit Le Mans
Races Wins Poles F/Laps 45 30 25 19
Constructors' Championships	4
Drivers' Championships	3

The Corvette Daytona Prototype is a prototype racing car that began competing in the Rolex series in North America in 2012. It marked Chevrolet's return to Daytona racing as a full constructor, not just as an engine manufacturer. Previously General Motors had competed in Rolex Sports Car Series under the Pontiac brand as well, but shelved that program when they discontinued the Pontiac brand for the 2010 season.

The car raced in Grand-Am competition from 2012 through 2013 as a Daytona Prototype and then continued in the P class in the IMSA Tudor SportsCar Championship Series, now called the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

With the change to IMSA racing, the car was updated to compete against ex-ALMS P2 cars. These included carbon brakes, carbon clutch, large rear diffuser (not part of Grand-Am rules), dual element rear wing, and other aerodynamic upgrades.^[1][2] For 2015, an aesthetic upgrade included a C7 style grille, headlights, and taillights.^[3]

The 5.5 L port injected LS based GM small-block engine was built by ECR Engines and features individual throttle bodies and a dry sump oil system.^[4][5]

(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap. (key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rds.	Rounds											Pts.	Pos.
						1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
2014	Action Express Racing	P	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Sébastien Bourdais Burt Frisselle	5	All All 1-2, 11 6	DAY 1	SEB 3	LBH 3	LGA 4	DET 6	WGL 3	MOS 4	IMS 1	ELK 1	COA 3	PET 2	349	1st
			Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle Fabien Giroix John Martin Jon Fogarty	9	1-2, 6, 11 1-2, 6, 11 1 1 2, 6, 11	DAY 3	SEB 8	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL 4	MOS	IMS	ELK	COA	PET 10	106	13th
	Wayne Taylor Racing		Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor	10	All All 1-2, 6, 11 1	DAY 2	SEB 7	LBH 2	LGA 2	DET 1	WGL 5	MOS 3	IMS 4	ELK 10	COA 7	PET 1	330	2nd
	Marsh Racing		Eric Curran Boris Said Max Papis Bradley Smith Guy Cosmo Burt Frisselle	31	All 1-7, 10-11 1, 11 2, 6 8-9	DAY 10	SEB 12	LBH 10	LGA 6	DET 10	WGL 6	MSP DNS	IMS 11	ELK 5	COA 8	PET 5	237	9th
	Spirit of Daytona Racing		Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook Mike Rockenfeller	90	All All 1-2, 11	DAY 4	SEB 10	LBH 5	LGA 5	DET 2	WGL 1	MOS 2	IMS 3	ELK 4	COA 6	PET 7	318	3rd
	GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing		Jon Fogarty Memo Gidley Alex Gurney Darren Law	99	1 1 1 1	DAY 18	SEB	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	IMS	ELK	COA	PET 10	14	18th
2015	Action Express Racing	P	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Sébastien Bourdais Max Papis	5	All All 1-2, 10 6	DAY 2	SEB 1	LBH 5	LGA 4	BEL 3	WGL 3	MOS 5	ELK 2	COA 6	PET 1		309	1st
			Dane Cameron Eric Curran Max Papis Phil Keen	31	All All 1-2, 6, 10 1	DAY 4	SEB 5	LBH 4	LGA 5	DET 1	WGL 4	MOS 2	ELK 1	COA 5	PET 3		304	3rd
	Wayne Taylor Racing		Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli	10	All All 1-2, 6, 10	DAY 16	SEB 2	LBH 1	LGA 2	DET 6	WGL 6	MOS 1	ELK 8	COA 2	PET 4		292	5th
	VisitFlorida.com Racing		Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook Mike Rockenfeller Guy Cosmo	90	All All 1-2, 10 1	DAY 3	SEB 3	LBH 3	LGA 1	DET 5	WGL 1	MOS 4	ELK 5	COA 3	PET 5		306	2nd
2016	Action Express Racing	P	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Filipe Albuquerque Scott Pruett	5	All All 1-2, 6, 10 1-2	DAY 4	SEB 3	LBH 2	LGA 7	DET 2	WGL 1	MOS 2	ELK 2	COA 3	PET 5		311	2nd
			Dane Cameron Eric Curran Simon Pagenaud Jonathan Adam Scott Pruett Filipe Albuquerque	31	All All 1, 10 1 2 6	DAY 6	SEB 2	LBH 3	LGA 3	DET 6	WGL 2	MOS 1	ELK 1	COA 2	PET 4		314	1st
	Wayne Taylor Racing		Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli Rubens Barrichello	10	All All 1-2, 6, 10 1-2	DAY 2	SEB 12	LBH 1	LGA 6	DET 1	WGL 4	MOS 3	ELK 3	COA 1	PET 3		309	3rd
	VisitFlorida Racing		Marc Goossens Ryan Hunter-Reay Ryan Dalziel	90	All 1-3, 10 1-2, 4-10	DAY 3	SEB 5	LBH 6	LGA 2	BET 7	WGL 6	MOS 4	ELK 6	COA 7	PET 7		273	5th
Sources:[6][7][8][9]

• Chevrolet Corvette GTP
• Cadillac DPi-V.R
• Daytona Prototype