While the road-going Chevy Cruze was unremarkable at best, the race car version that competed in the World Touring Car Championship was a different animal entirely.
In both 2011 and 2012, Cruzes took all three podium positions in the WTCC championship standings. This example, chassis No. P26 011…
The crazier stat? The Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T (like this one) is the second winningest car in WTCC competition, with 55 wins. The first? The Citroën C-Elysée WTCC, with 57. The BMW 320si ranks third, with 43 victories. I don't believe the motorsport version of the Cruze competed here in the U.S.
In reply to J.A. Ackley :
It's a shame it never saw competition here. I'd like to think Chevy could have sold a few more Cruzes here in the U.S. that way.
J.A. Ackley said:The crazier stat? The Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T (like this one) is the second winningest car in WTCC competition, with 55 wins. The first? The Citroën C-Elysée WTCC, with 57. The BMW 320si ranks third, with 43 victories. I don't believe the motorsport version of the Cruze competed here in the U.S.
There were a couple Cruzes in World Challenge and whatever IMSA Pilot Challenge was called at the time (I think that was Koni/Conti era), but the car was kind of a victim of its time. The Cruze was GM's "world car" and they wanted to race it all over the world, but there were so many recipes at the time that no one prep level ever really caught on for it. In today's age of a worldwide homologation for TCR cars, it would probably fare a lot better if there were a single supplier to buy race-ready cars from.
I believe Jason Plato drive one in the BTTC for a while.
In reply to JG Pasterjak :
Thanks for the history lesson! The WTCC Cruze certainly looks sporty.
In reply to JG Pasterjak :
Small PS for JG: Our friend Robb Holland drove one.
Whoa! That engine is wild looking to me. I can't even really tell what's going on there.
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