Well, they did it again. Corvette won the GT1 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Sunday, recording the team's fifth recent victory in the category for production cars. This is our final installment of our Photoblogging series with the Corvette team. Thanks to Richard Prince and Rick Voegelin from the team for their help!

This is a blog with a happy ending. Shortly after 5 p.m. on Sunday afternoon on a sunny afternoon in Le Mans, the No. 64 Corvette C6.R crossed the finish line, winning the GT1 class with a five-lap margin of victory. It was Corvette Racing's fifth Le Mans win in six years, and the third straight victory for drivers Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Jan Magnussen.

It wasn't easy — it never is at Le Mans. The No. 64 Corvette and the No. 009 Aston Martin DBR9 were in a 22-hour bar fight, running on the same lap for hour after hour. Unlucky timing during a safety car period nearly put the Corvette nearly a lap down to the class-leading Aston Martin, but the Corvette guys dug deep and gained ground a second or two at a time. Then at 2 p.m., the wheels came off for Aston Martin Racing when the 009 went to the garage with a reported clutch problem. At that point, Magnussen put his Corvette on cruise control, and after the final round of pit stops, Gavin sealed the deal for America's team.

As always, it was the men and women in the pits who were the true heroes. The winning Corvette made 25 flawless pit stops in the span of 24 hours. While everything went right for the No. 64 Corvette, the No. 63 Corvette of Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell and Max Papis was a magnet for misfortune. The crew had to repair bodywork and the front suspension after a crash, replace the clutch, and completely rebuild a deep-fried gearbox after a damaged seal drained the oil. They never gave up, and the No. 63 soldiered to a seventh-place finish, maintaining the team's perfect seven-year finishing record.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is an amazing experience. On the final lap of the race, the teams line the pit wall to salute the survivors. It's a heady experience to see Corvette program manager Doug Fehan standing on the wall, waving an American flag. Whatever it takes, you must go to Le Mans at least once. As Steve McQueen said in the movie: "Racing is life . . .