Upon the global sunsetting of the GTE spec at the end of the 2023 racing season, Chevrolet's Corvette C8.R would require a successor to be built under GT3 specifications. Enter the Z06 GT3.R, which would also see the brand pivot from a direct factory-backed Corvette Racing program to numerous customer teams-although the same Pratt Miller Motorsports group that led the factory GTE effort remains a key part of the racing efforts. The Z06 GT3.R shares plenty with the C8.R it replaces, most notably