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| Jim Covey wins engine designer award DETROIT - After scoring 14 victories in 31 Nextel Cup events since its debut, the new Chevrolet R07 engine and its development team are already being recognized with a prestigious global award. Jim Covey was recently named the 2007 Race Engine Designer of the Year for his efforts in overseeing the development of the new Chevrolet R07 engine that debuted in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series this season. Covey, the NASCAR engine technical manager for GM Racing, was in Oxford, England on November 29 to receive the award at the 2007 World Motorsport Symposium. Covey accepted the award on behalf of the GM Racing engineering team who utilized GM's in-house technical resources to develop the first purpose-built NASCAR racing engine. "Jim has been an extraordinary leader working alongside a very talented group of GM Racing engineers who have devoted years to building the Chevrolet R07 engine," said Mark Kent, director of GM Racing. "Everyone at GM Racing is extremely proud of Jim and the GM Racing team for successfully beginning a new era for the GM small-block V-8 engine." more....
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