{"id":491272,"date":"2010-04-01T19:30:30","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T19:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=41597"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:37:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:37:34","slug":"an-all-american-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/an-all-american-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"An All-American Effort"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sixty years ago, an American sportsman built his own cars to tackle the world\u2019s greatest endurance race<\/h1>\n

Many in America today see road racing as more a sub-genre of motor sport, with the nation thoroughly consumed by oval racing on tracks that seem to dot the continental 48-state landscape with the same frequency as major retail chains and fast food restaurants. For the most part, only those who dare to dream on a very large scale with little fear of challenging the world on a global level even dare to think about road racing, let alone attempt to launch an all-American effort to compete against the best machines and manufacturers the world has to offer.<\/p>\n

In recent years, America has witnessed such an effort by the factory-backed Corvette Racing squad. Based in suburban Detroit, Corvette Racing has won the production-based GT1 class championship of the American Le Mans Series seven times, as well as tacking up a handful of class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, a race that remains the indicative test of any sports machine and the men who rally behind the effort.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n