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John Fitch (on the left, with Corvette Thunder author Chuck Koch) was the first American-born driver to win a podium finish at Le Mans, in a Cunningham. In 1956, Fitch assembled the Corvette racing team, prepared the cars, and scored the marque's first-ever competition success, a class victory at Sebring. He hand-picked Corvette's first SCCA national champion driver, Dr. Dick Thompson, that year, and in 1960, as a member of Briggs Cunningham's team, drove to Eighth overall and First in class in Corvette's first appearance at Le Mans. View Related Article
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