Vette: Have you ever seen a better engine in your experience as a race-car driver?
OG: No, I think [the C6.R engine] has been fantastic. In fact, that's the reason why it won the Global Award-because it's such a good engine.
Vette: In your opinion, who has the hardest job on the C6.R race team?
OG: Crew chief Ray Gongla, who has to keep fully focused for 24 hours. He's a spotter, he's a crew chief, and he's a motivator. I'd say he mostly has the toughest job on the team on our C6.R No. 4 car.
Vette: You mention the Astons. Do you miss driving against the Prodrive Astons?
OG: Yes, I do. They were a great team. I think we realized maybe over the winter and also towards the end of last year how good they were. They really came on strongly with their Pirelli tires. OK, there was squabbling over rules and regulations, but that aside, it was hard racing, it was fun racing, and they had four really good drivers in the ALMS.
We hope that they come back very soon, and maybe they will come back permanently after Le Mans. We're looking forward to racing them again, and again at Le Mans, because I think they're going to be very, very strong then. It's going to be very interesting to see how they've developed their car over the winter and, if they do come back, whether they come back on Michelins or Pirellis.
Vette: How does a winning team such as Corvette Racing come together?
OG: You have to work with each other. You just don't throw a team together like this overnight. You've got to see how one person does one thing and another person does another to see what their strengths are. I think our team has found out over many years that we've got the right people in the right places.
Vette: If Zora Arkus-Duntov were here today, do you think he'd approve of the C6.R race car team and its drivers?
OG: Yes, I'd say he'd approve of the work ethic and the amazing high standard that the C6.R Vette is prepared to. I think he would approve of the way that our whole team goes about running a race-whether it's the strategy, the pit stops, the driver changes, the drivers driving as far as they possibly can...but just within their limits so that they're not putting the car at risk. I think he'd approve of the way we make sure everybody's getting the maximum available to them, whether it's the driver on the track, or the engineer sitting in their engineering office going over the data, maximizing everything they possibly can, or the crew out in the holding, working on the C6.R, making sure everything's perfect for us to take the car out to the track.
Vette: Speaking of Duntov, do you have a classic or even a late-model Vette as a daily driver?
OG: I do not. And I really want to get one, but I have three small children, and I'm trying to pay for all of them at the moment. And I have quite an old house back in England-a 400-year-old house that I'm renovating at the moment, so most of my money is going into that. But maybe there will be a time that I do have a classic Vette.
Vette: And when that time comes, what year Vette will you consider?
OG: Max Papis, our fellow driver, has a '58 that's stunning. I love the look of that car, the red-and-white two-tone. It's got a great shape to it and a great look.
Vette: What would you say to the Corvette race-car drivers 20 years from now, who read about your wins in their history books?
OG: I hope that they perform to the maximum, and that they get as much as they possibly can out of their Vettes, as we do with ours. Perform and keep winning. It's a great heritage. It's great, the run that we're on at the moment. I just hope that it continues for many years.
Vette: And finally, if you win the ALMS championship this year, how will you celebrate?
OG: The biggest thing is to celebrate with the team, because they've worked so hard through the ups and downs of a long, hard season. We celebrate the good races and the bad races as a team. The last time I won the championship, we had a meal together and then a party. I'd like to do the same if we win another.