Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 betters the Nissan GT-R's Nurburgring lap time
02 Jul 2008|5,340 views
Tadge J. Juechter, the Corvette's Chief Engineer, made the announcement that the Corvette ZR1 set the blistering mark earlier this morning, piloted by GM development engineer Jim Mero.
Although the mark of 7 minutes 26.4 seconds is amazingly fast, Mero said that he thought he could shaved a couple tics off that mark. Conditions for the run were good, although there was a stiff headwind down the main straight away.
The ZR1 that lapped the 'Ring was in stock condition, with the exception of safety and communications equipment. As such, the ZR1 was wearing the same Michelin Pilot Sport 2s found on the production model, the chassis alignment and vehicle height were set to factory specs and the unmodified engine was running on pump gas.
The Nürburgring lap timings have been a hot topic recently. Lexus and Acura have promised that their Lexus LF-A and Honda NSX will set new Nürburgring records. Meanwhile, Nissan has mived on to developing their high-performance V-Spec version of the GT-R.
Although the mark of 7 minutes 26.4 seconds is amazingly fast, Mero said that he thought he could shaved a couple tics off that mark. Conditions for the run were good, although there was a stiff headwind down the main straight away.
The ZR1 that lapped the 'Ring was in stock condition, with the exception of safety and communications equipment. As such, the ZR1 was wearing the same Michelin Pilot Sport 2s found on the production model, the chassis alignment and vehicle height were set to factory specs and the unmodified engine was running on pump gas.
The Nürburgring lap timings have been a hot topic recently. Lexus and Acura have promised that their Lexus LF-A and Honda NSX will set new Nürburgring records. Meanwhile, Nissan has mived on to developing their high-performance V-Spec version of the GT-R.
Tadge J. Juechter, the Corvette's Chief Engineer, made the announcement that the Corvette ZR1 set the blistering mark earlier this morning, piloted by GM development engineer Jim Mero.
Although the mark of 7 minutes 26.4 seconds is amazingly fast, Mero said that he thought he could shaved a couple tics off that mark. Conditions for the run were good, although there was a stiff headwind down the main straight away.
The ZR1 that lapped the 'Ring was in stock condition, with the exception of safety and communications equipment. As such, the ZR1 was wearing the same Michelin Pilot Sport 2s found on the production model, the chassis alignment and vehicle height were set to factory specs and the unmodified engine was running on pump gas.
The Nürburgring lap timings have been a hot topic recently. Lexus and Acura have promised that their Lexus LF-A and Honda NSX will set new Nürburgring records. Meanwhile, Nissan has mived on to developing their high-performance V-Spec version of the GT-R.
Although the mark of 7 minutes 26.4 seconds is amazingly fast, Mero said that he thought he could shaved a couple tics off that mark. Conditions for the run were good, although there was a stiff headwind down the main straight away.
The ZR1 that lapped the 'Ring was in stock condition, with the exception of safety and communications equipment. As such, the ZR1 was wearing the same Michelin Pilot Sport 2s found on the production model, the chassis alignment and vehicle height were set to factory specs and the unmodified engine was running on pump gas.
The Nürburgring lap timings have been a hot topic recently. Lexus and Acura have promised that their Lexus LF-A and Honda NSX will set new Nürburgring records. Meanwhile, Nissan has mived on to developing their high-performance V-Spec version of the GT-R.
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