[Mr Twisty]

Originally Posted by av8r

“The C5-R will be remembered like no other Corvette in history because it was the first ever official factory Corvette race car,” said Doug Duchardt, director of GM Racing.

http://www.corvettemuseum.com/specs/...gHistory.shtml

I think the C5r was the first serious attempt by the factory to make a "World Class" race car.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to belittle their accomplishments, amazing to say the least. But the key word in that article is "official". GM has unofficially been backing race teams and building race cars as far back as I can recall having an interest in cars (the 60's) and beyond....Unofficially...If anyone asks, you didn't hear it from me.

Now, for the Camaro, it also has a rich racing (and winning) history.... and unofficially backed by GM