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CORVETTE RACING AT LONG BEACH: No. 4 Corvette Win Quote

LONG BEACH, Calif. (Sept. 25, 2021) – Corvette Racing’s Tommy Milner and Nick Tandy won their second straight race in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on Saturday – a victory in the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach with the No. 4 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R.
TOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – GTLM WINNER: “It’s not easy. On the surface it may look easier than normal, but it’s not. Having to race our teammates heads-up like that is very, very hard. The Corvette today was really, really good. We don’t normally do this, but we went in a little bit different direction from each other, so Jordan was quite a bit better than I was off the Hairpin, but I was better off Turn Six. I think it made for better racing on different parts of the race track for us. I’m super happy to be in the 4 car and for the team. We’ve had a string of bad luck and sometimes it was tough, but I’m really happy for all of the guys to get another one and going back-to-back is fantastic. The championship is still pretty far off I think. But a couple of events ago Nick and I said we just have to win out from here. That’s our goal. If we can win a championship, that is great. But for us it’s not so much for morale, but just to give us and all of our guys who work so hard all the time no matter what the result is some validation to reinforce that all of that hard work pays off. We share in the excitement when the 3 car wins, but it is still a competitive sport and our teammates are our competitors as well. So today was a good day for the 4 car.”
NICK TANDY, NO. 4 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – GTLM WINNER: “It’s always like this between the Corvette cars… so close and tight.  That is kind of why even if there are only two cars, it still makes for a very good race. It might not be such a spectacle, but for us it’s the best competition you can have. You need to speak to this guy next to me (Milner). He won the race. He had an awesome first stint, got in front of the 3 car and basically whoever came out of the stop in first was going to win the race. It is so special to win at Long Beach. There is no other track or event that we go to like this. It is one of a kind here and we’re glad to be back.”