Corvette Racing Sweeps ALMS GT Championships with VIR 240 Victory

Pratt & Miller uses a FARO Edge to inspect a part.

Congratulations to the Corvette Racing and Pratt & Miller teams on a hard-fought win in Virginia on Saturday. 

Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner won the American Le Mans Series GT Drivers Championship with a victory today in the VIR 240 at Virginia International Raceway. Their fourth victory in nine races clinched the GT Manufacturer Championship for Chevrolet and wrapped up the GT Team Championship for Corvette Racing.

"This is the kind of day you hope for – a perfect race, a great race car, the right pit calls, and no drama," said Milner. "I got my start in professional sports car racing at VIR, so to get my first championship here in my home state of Virginia is very special. I can't say enough for Oliver and the Corvette Racing crew; they've been best friends from the day that I arrived. Just a great day!"

Gavin avoided trouble in a chaotic start and took the lead at 42 minutes into the four-hour race. A well-timed pit stop at the one-hour mark put the No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R in control with Milner taking the two middle stints. Gavin then drove the final hour and crossed the finish line with a 19.5-second margin of victory over the second-place No. 45 Porsche.

"There is no better way to crown 60 years of Corvette production than by winning the ALMS GT Manufacturer Championship," said Jim Campbell, Chevrolet U.S. Vice President for Performance Vehicles and Motorsports. "This achievement is the result of a tremendous effort by the entire Chevrolet team. Start with a high-performance platform from the Corvette production group, add power, durability and efficiency developed by GM Powertrain, perfect the package with the engineering expertise of Corvette Racing, put exceptional drivers behind the wheel, and then go head-to-head with world-class competition in the most intense road racing series on the planet. Corvette Racing's championship season reflects Chevrolet's commitment to winning on the race track and in the showroom."

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FARO, Trimble Sign OEM and Distribution Agreement

FARO and Trimble made public some very important news this week, as each side announced that Trimble would become an official reseller of FARO's industry-leading Focus3D Laser Scanner. By agreeing to distribute the Focus, Trimble acquires access to one of the most advanced laser scanners on the market. FARO gains access to a large network of Trimble distributors who have been primed and ready to sell into the many markets that the Focus3D serves.

It's an exciting time here at FARO, and this is one more example of how we're making inroads into new markets in our continued effort to democratize 3D measurement. Here's the release:

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 31, 2012—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and FARO (NASDAQ: FARO) announced today that they have signed an OEM and distribution agreement for 3D laser scanners. Under the agreement, FARO will provide Trimble with an OEM differentiated product based upon its successful FARO Laser Scanner Focus^3D platform. Trimble will offer the OEM product throughout its worldwide survey and building construction distribution networks, serving the needs of surveyors, contractors, engineers and geospatial professionals...

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