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Callaway nets more wins in November

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For the fall month of November, Corvette Motorsport has yet again claimed victories in the international GT3 class with the Callaway built Z06R.

Italian customer team "Scuderia 22" finished sixth overall in last weekends six hours of Vallelunga and won the GT3-class in the 19th edition of the Italian endurance classic. The Corvette of Emanuele Pirro/Elio Marchetti and Carlo Graziani beat two Ferraris, one driven by none other than current motorcycle world champion Valentino Rossi. Five times winner of the 24h of Le Mans, Emanuele Pirro, who drove a Callaway built Corvette for the first time, expressed his enthusiasm about the Corvettes great performance and handling characteristics.

Callaway Competition team principal Ernst Wöhr was pleased with the latest success: “The Corvette raced by the Scuderia 22 is one of the first GT3 cars built by us. It’s great to see that this car is still competitive after so many racing miles and proves the durability of our Corvette.”

The latest customer GT3 team, "House of Portiers/TAM Engineering“ is still the car to beat in the UAE GT-Championship. Karim Al-Azhari won also the second round of the new championship at the Dubai Autodromo and extended his lead in the championship.

Preparations for the 2010 season are already well underway. During the last weeks, Callaway Competition tested several times with interested teams and drivers at the Hockenheimring. “The drivers and teams were exceptionally impressed by the Corvette”, Callaway’s ADAC GT Masters-driver Christian Hohenadel said, who explained the Corvette to the drivers. “All drivers were surprised of the easy handling of the Corvette.“

“We have a large amount of interest from a number of teams for next year“, Callaway-team head Ernst Wöhr revealed. “Our Corvette is not only quick and extremely reliable, but offers also one of the best price-performance ratios of all current GT3 sports-cars.“

A new video is now online this week from the final round of the ADAC GT Masters, where Callaway claimed the 2009 Teams Championship.