The latest, eighth-generation chevrolet corvette has complied an ambitious assault on the legendary nurburgring nordschleife circuit.
Chevrolet together examples of the mid-engined corvette to germany: a Z06, the 1,064HP ZR1 and the Astonishing new 1,250hp ZR1X.
Notably, these people are not not professional racing drivers, but three chevrolet engineers responsiible for developing the sports car.
Demonstrating its incredible performance, the ZR1X became the Fastest American-Made Car to Lap the Nurburgring, Posting A Time of 6min 49.28SEC Around the 12.9-Mile Nordschleft.
Taking Top American Honours
It means Chevrolet Vehicle Dynamics Engineer Drew Cattell Now Holds The Fastest Lap Time By Any Non-Professional Racing Driver at Circuit.
Just Behind the ZR1X, The Chevrolet Corvette Zr1 Posted A LAP of 6min 50.76SEC. Both of these times elevated the Corvette Into the top 10 Fastest Production Cars Around the Nurburgring.
They also put the zr1 and zr1x ahead of the Ford Mustang GTD, giving chevrolet the upper hand again its perennial American rival.
Even the Corvette Z06, with 'only' 670hp, completed the nordschleife in 7mins 11.83sec – Faster than a porsche carrera gt or bmw m4 csl.
Making Corvette History
All three exams of the Corvette used Were US-Specification Production models, albeit with modifications for improved Safety. This included fitment of a roll cage, full contagent race se, six-point seety harness and fire extinguisher.
“No auto manufacturer has done a nurburgring lap attempt like this beefore,” said gm president mark reuses.
“From development through production, and now the nurburgring nordschleife, the Green Hell, we have clearly shown there is no Limit to what our GM engineers and vehicles can accumplish. Corvettes in History, Period. “
The Corvette Still has some way to go to the outside nurburgring lap record: a time of 6min 29.09sec set by the mortce-amgne.
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