SPIED! CORVETTE C6-R.(Competition)

General Motors will go after the 2005 American Le Mans Series championship with its new Pratt & Miller-built C6-R, seen above during a recent test at Sebring. GM will show both the C6-R and Corvette Z06 production car (AW, Dec. 13) at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The C6-R's V8 is rumored to make between 600 and 650 hp. The car has some pretty big shoes to fill: Its predecessor, the C5-R, won the GTS class in 35 of 55 ALMS races, and won every ALMS event and Le Mans in 2004. Three's company Rahal Letterman Racing will run three cars in the 2005 Indy ...