GM Motorsports Wins NASCAR and WEC Championships in One Weekend
General Motors secured championships across North America and Europe over a single weekend in November 2026, claiming titles in both stock car and endurance racing.
The sequence of victories began on Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where Chevrolet captured its tenth manufacturer championship in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, according to news.gm.com. Justin Allgaier secured the driver championship in the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet after finishing seventh in the race. Team Chevy drivers accumulated 29 victories across 33 races during the season.
“With 29 wins and 13 different drivers contributing points towards this title, it’s a true testament to the hard work and dedication by Team Chevy’s engineers, drivers and teams throughout the entire season,” said Eric Warren, vice president of Global Motorsports Competition for General Motors, as reported by news.gm.com. Chevrolet has claimed 20 manufacturer titles in the series during the 21st century.
On Sunday at Monza in Italy, the TF Sport No. 33 Corvette secured the FIA World Endurance Championship Trophy for LMGT3 Endurance Teams, while Jonny Edgar won the drivers’ title, news.gm.com reported.
The team achieved five top-ten finishes during the season, including a victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It marks the second world endurance title for a Corvette and the first for the UK-based TF Sport team since it adopted the Corvette Z06 GT3.R in 2024.
“Chevrolet and GM Motorsports congratulate Tom Ferrier, Jonny Edgar and everyone at TF Sport on winning the LMGT3 Driver and Team championships in this year’s FIA World Endurance Championship,” Warren stated, per news.gm.com. The No. 34 Racing Team Turkey entry also running a TF Corvette finished fourth in the championship standings following five top-ten finishes, including a win in São Paulo.
During the same event at Monza, the No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R race car took a victory driven by Sébastien Bourdais, Earl Bamber, and Jack Aitken. Later on Sunday in Miami, Kyle Larson finished 12th to clinch the NASCAR Cup Series driver championship in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
The simultaneous titles highlighted the scope of the manufacturer’s racing operations. “Winning championships in NASCAR and WEC in the same weekend speaks to the breadth of our programs,” Warren said, according to news.gm.com. “Our teams compete in different series around the world, and the experience we gain in each one helps us get better across GM Motorsports.”
GM plans to carry the engineering data gathered from these programs into its production vehicle development. The company looks forward to building on that success in 2027.
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