The news yesterday that Corvette Racing would not be participating in the rescheduled 2020 edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours in September was a significant one for sportscar racing.
Although a statement from General Motors' vice-president of motorsports and performance Jim Campbell stressed that Chevrolet intends to return to Le Mans with the latest-generation Corvette C8.R, which made its race debut at the Daytona 24 Hours in January, the decision to withdraw its two-car entry brings a temporary halt to a 20-year streak of appearances dating back to 2000.
Since then, the Pratt & Miller factory team has scored class honours eight times, six times in the GTS and GT1 class, and twice in the current GTE-Pro era, which took over from GT2 in 2011.