C5-R Corvette LeMans Racecar Drivers to Attend C5 Birthday Bash at Museum
30 March 2000
C5-R Corvette LeMans Racecar Drivers to Attend C5 Birthday Bash at Museum Bowling Green, KY - Two drivers of the C5-R Corvette Race Team will participate in the C5 Birthday Bash Celebration scheduled for April 13-16 at the National Corvette Museum. C5-R Corvette LeMans Racecar Team drivers Ron Fellows (C5-R#63) and Andy Pilgrim (C5-R#64) will be part of the event festivities and participate in an informative seminar on "C5-R Racing", together with Doug "Doc" Fehan, Program Manager for GM racing and Gary Claudio, Marketing Manager for FM Racing. Fellows is regarded as one of North America's best road racers and has won in nearly every level of racing. He currently ranks fifth all-time on the SCCA Trans-AM Series with 19 career victories and is the series' all-time earning leader. He won the '98 NASCAR Busch Series event at Watkins Glen, and also took the win at the '97 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event. Fellows' also holds a win and two poles in two career starts in World Sports Car competition, and was runner-up in Trans-AM points three straight years. Fellows was the final driver to take the C5-R Corvette LeMans to a second overall finish at the 24-Hours at Daytona, and at press time, he had taken the pole position at the Superflo 12-Hours at Sebring. Andy Pilgrim has collected four fourth-series championships and has obtained this year's Sports Car Speedvision Cup, Grand Sports class championship. Pilgrim competed in the Corvette Challenge series in 1989-1990, and took the win at Brainerd and Road Atlanta in 1989, and Road Atlanta in 1990. He was the '97 GT1 champion with wins at Mosport, Las Vegas, Pikes Peak and Sebring Octoberfest. During the GT2 class at Mid Ohio in '98, he captured the win and followed it with a win at the '98 Motorola Cup Grand Sports event at Homestead. The exciting weekend will have a special race theme display featuring the 2000 Millennium yellow Pace car from the 24 Hours at Daytona race. Fellows and Pilgrim will also be part of a special autograph session, C5-R brick ceremony and participate in the celebrity show. Registration and Information on the C5 Birthday Bash is available by registering online at: http://www.corvettemuseum.com. The National Corvette Museum is a non-profit foundation dedicated to educating the public through the preservation of the Corvette's past, present and future heritage. Open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT, the Museum is located at Exit 28 on I-65 in Bowling Green, KY. For more information or to register for the C5 Birthday Bash, call (800)53-VETTE or visit our website at http://www.corvettemuseum.com. News release, 3/17/00 Bobbie Jo Lee - bobbiejo@corvettemuseum.com Larry Hayes - hayes@corvettemuseum.com