Chevrolet has revealed a special-edition Camaro ZL1 that celebrates the entry of a Camaro ZL1 NASCAR race automotive within the 24 Hours of Le Mans working this weekend.

The ZL1 race automotive that usually competes in NASCAR’s Cup Sequence will probably be entered in Le Mans’ single-vehicle Storage 56 class which is aimed toward exhibition and experimental automobiles. Jimmie Johnson, Jenson Button, and Mike Rockenfeller will take turns behind the wheel all through the weekend, with Hendrick Motorsports dealing with the entry.

The race automotive’s road-going counterpart, dubbed the 2024 Camaro ZL1 Storage 56 Version, was revealed on Thursday and is scheduled to enter manufacturing later this yr. Simply 56 are destined to be constructed.

Distinctive to the automotive is a livery that shares colours with the livery on the race automotive. Additionally widespread to each is a blacked-out U.S. flag on the hood’s energy dome, in addition to a NASCAR seventy fifth Anniversary emblem. Numerous Storage 56 logos characteristic on the automotive, and extra graphics representing a number of the sponsors of the race automotive will probably be supplied to patrons.

2024 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Storage 56 Version

There are not any vital efficiency upgrades, although the designers have added the Camaro ZL1 1LE’s entrance fascia that includes dive planes to imitate the look of the race automotive. The rear wing with a wicker invoice spoiler can also be impressed by the design used on the race automotive. The 2 vehicles additionally share a model of tire, particularly Goodyear, with the ZL1 Storage 56 Version sporting Goodyear’s Eagle F1 SuperCar rubber.

Beneath the hood is the inventory supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 rated at 650 hp.

The 2024 mannequin yr is the final for the present sixth-generation Camaro, and to mark the automotive’s run Chevy is providing a Collector’s Version package deal. Though Chevy would not plan on retiring the Camaro nameplate, any future mannequin will doubtless characteristic an electrical powertrain given Common Motors’ said aim of eliminating gasoline engines from all light-duty fashions by 2035.

The Camaro ZL1 NASCAR race automotive that can run at Le Mans’ Circuit de la Sarthe this weekend will probably be principally inventory, although some modifications have been required to make sure the automotive’s R07 V-8 engine will final the complete 24 hours of the race. Further lighting was additionally added to deal with the evening portion of the race, and in keeping with Chevy a number of the aero was additionally revised.