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CORVETTES AT DAYTONA: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD

he 2020 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona was completed just as we were wrapping up production of this issue. This event, the 62nd running of the historic endurance race at Daytona International Speedway, was the first official on-track race of the new, mid-engine Corvette C8.R race car, though it wasn’t the first time the car

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