Tommy Milner

Tommy Milner (born January 28, 1986),[1] is an American GM factory racing and test driver, currently also employed full-time in Corvette Racing. Tommy started karting at the age of 14 and began his career as a sports car driver in the 2004 and 2005 Grand-Am seasons. He drove for Panoz in 2006 and 2008 and for Rahal Letterman Racing in 2007, 2009 and 2010 in the American Le Mans Series. In 2010 he finished 3rd in the GT Driver's Championship. In 2011, he decided to make the switch to Corvette Racing. Currently he drives the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R with co-driver Oliver Gavin. In addition to driving for Corvette Racing in 2011 he also drove for Team Need for Speed Schubert at the 2011 24 Hours of Nürburgring.[2]

For the English rugby league player, see Tommy Milner (rugby league).
Tommy Milner
Tommy Milner at 24 Hours of Le Mans 2006 Drivers' Parade
NationalityAmerican
BornJanuary 28, 1986 (1986-01-28) (age 34)
Washington, D.C., United States
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2006-2007, 2011-2019
TeamsMultimatic Motorsports, Team LNT, Corvette Racing
Best finish11th overall (2011)
Class wins2 (2011, 2015)

The highlight of Tommy's career so far is a class victory at the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R with teammates Antonio García and Olivier Beretta.[3] He also won his first American Le Mans Series race at the 2012 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach.[4] In 2013 he took his first class victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2006 Multimatic Motorsport Team Panoz Gunnar Jeannette
Scott Maxwell		 Panoz Esperante GT-LM GT2 34 DNF DNF
2007 Team LNT Tom Kimber-Smith
Danny Watts		 Panoz Esperante GT-LM GT2 60 DNF DNF
2011 Corvette Racing Olivier Beretta
Antonio García		 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GTE
Pro		 314 11th 1st
2012 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Richard Westbrook		 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GTE
Pro		 215 NC NC
2013 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Richard Westbrook		 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GTE
Pro		 309 22nd 7th
2014 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Richard Westbrook		 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro		 333 20th 4th
2015 Corvette Racing-GM Oliver Gavin
Jordan Taylor		 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro		 337 17th 1st
2016 Corvette Racing - GM Oliver Gavin
Jordan Taylor		 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro		 219 DNF DNF
2017 Corvette Racing - GM Marcel Fässler
Oliver Gavin		 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro		 335 24th 8th
2018 Corvette Racing - GM Marcel Fässler
Oliver Gavin		 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro		 259 DNF DNF
2019 Corvette Racing Marcel Fässler
Oliver Gavin		 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro		 82 DNF DNF

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Points
2020 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY
7		 SEB
 LBH
 MDO
 WGL
 MOS
 LIM
 ELK
 VIR
 LGA
 PET
 7th* 24*

* Season still in progress.

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References
  1. "Corvette Racing Driver Profile: Tommy Milner". 2011-05-29. Archived from the original on 2012-05-08.
  2. "DRIVERS BLOG>> SANDSTROM & MILNER AT THE NÜRBURGRING 24HR PT.I". 2011-07-12.
  3. "Corvette Racing Wins 24 Hours of Le Mans". 2011-06-11.
  4. "LONG BEACH GP 2012>>TOMMY MILNER'S FIRST ALMS WIN". 2012-04-19.
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