Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Supercars, Chevrolet
Corvette ZR-1 knocks four seconds off 'Ring time
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Back at the Nürburgring, the hot Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 has just ripped four seconds off its claimed 7:26 lap. The new time, with Jan Magnussen at the wheel, is a claimed 7:22.4 for the full 12.93-mile loop. While the number is pretty bloody fast, it is still .3 seconds off the time earned by the Dodge Viper ACR (ouch, those three tenths really have to hurt!). We take these lap times with a grain of salt, as we've yet to see everyone on the 73-turn course under the same conditions, and with officially certified timing equipment. Again, so you don't have to Google the competition's best-claimed Ring times yourself, here they are: Porsche GT2 - 7:32, Nissan GT-R - 7:29, Corvette ZR1 - 7:22.4 and the Dodge Viper ACR - 7:22.1. Thanks for the tip, Xeyad!
Gallery: Covette ZR1 burnouts
[Source: Motor Gears]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Alex Keyes 2:01PM (10/28/2008)
Awesome!
Please bring it down to 7:22 flat, please!
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Domestic 6.0 3:15PM (10/28/2008)
Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Boyyyyyyyyyyy
Pete 2:02PM (10/28/2008)
The Viper ACR has near race tires on it from the factory...
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BigMcLargeHuge 2:49PM (10/28/2008)
Don't the ACR and the ZR1 both run on Michelin Pilot Sport Cups?
BigMcLargeHuge 3:37PM (10/28/2008)
Answering my own question, this is how Michelin breaks down their Pilot line.
http://www.michelinman.com/images/pic/tires/ultra-high-performance-sport/tire-grid.jpg
Tha man 1:16PM (11/01/2008)
The Viper has steet legal slicks on it.( that is what I was told and read in various magazines).
John R 2:03PM (10/28/2008)
Very Nice. Wait...What was the point of Porsche again?
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RJ 2:28PM (10/28/2008)
Getting laid.
John R 2:29PM (10/28/2008)
aaaahh...
moyoi 5:16PM (10/28/2008)
the best response ever!
Bob 6:35PM (10/28/2008)
Porsche GT2-520 hp
Corvette Z06-638 hp
i could have guessed which one would have been faster. give the porsche 638 hp and i bet you it would win.
Huecifer 6:37PM (10/28/2008)
Ok, Bob, but how much do you think a 638 Porsche would cost?
easyrider425 10:31PM (10/28/2008)
"Porsche GT2-520 hp
Corvette Z06-638 hp
i could have guessed which one would have been faster. give the porsche 638 hp and i bet you it would win."
I think you meant...
Porsche GT2-520 hp
Corvette Z06-505 hp
Corvette ZR1- 638 hp $100k -7:22
Porsche Carerra GT- 612hp $440k -7:28
cwcentral 12:52AM (10/29/2008)
I thought the Aston was for that (RJ's comment). Not the Porsche...
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/aston-martin-one-77-leakage/1123373/
Dondonel 2:04PM (10/28/2008)
What's going to be the first production car to lap the Ring under 7:20? then under 7:00?
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igenious 7:51PM (10/28/2008)
the answer is simple... SPEC V... V SPEC, which ever you prefer
ambientFLIER 7:49PM (10/28/2008)
Under 7:20? Probably the V-Spec.
2007RC46SP2 10:02PM (10/28/2008)
Upcoming Acura V10 Super Car!
just wait and see
cwcentral 12:50AM (10/29/2008)
A [production] race car.
Gonna be hard for a valet to park that thing I bet.
IOMTT 12:25PM (10/29/2008)
@ Dondonel...about the Porsche 956...it debuted in 1982 with around 600HP...no where near 1000. It was an endurance racer. By the way, none of the drivers on the Ring today could hold Bellof's jock. Bellof was killed at Spa trying to make an outside pass at eau Rouge. If you search youtube, the in car video from the other car ( Jacky Ickx ) in the incident can be seen. If you know anything about the old (non neutered) Spa, you have to be either crazy or have stones the size of watermelons to do that there.