"Roar Before the Rolex" sandbags is Corvette?

With Ford and BMW engines constantly topping the charts speed Daytona Prototype "Roar Before the Rolex Replica 24" test at Daytona International Speedway, many in the paddock wonder: Is sandbags Chevrolet Corvette, fearing race be penalized if they have too much speed?

This suspicion was fueled by the fact that immediately after the test, one of Chevrolets fast - No. 90 Spirit of Daytona car - he was forced to withdraw from the Chevrolet V-8 engine in place under the supervision multiple Grand-Am urzędników.Silnik will be taken to the NASCAR technical center of North Carolina is tested.

No other car has to pull the engine after the test.

In eight sessions, another study, high Corvette was the second, sixth, sixth, seventh, fourth, fourth, fifth and czwarty.Duch Corvette Daytona was the fastest in three of the eight sessions.

Richard Buck, director of competition for the Grand Am, said the move was routine to complete Chevrolet performance figures before the race, something he said, Ford and BMW zrobione.Silnik probably work on the bench Wednesday, he said, and returned to team well in advance of the Replica Rolex 24 practice starts a week later.

Joined Corvette Grand-Am DP class last year, and was soon among the fastest cars. Chevrolet engine won the constructors' championship "in 2012, with 424 points, against 389 of 382 for Ford and BMW.Duch Daytona car took third place in the team standings.