A group of Chevrolet engineers took the Corvette ZR1 on a road trip, stopping at iconic circuits like Watkins Glen, Road America, Road Atlanta, and Virginia International Raceway. Along the way, they set five new production car lap records, showcasing the car's impressive performance capabilities.
A group of Chevrolet engineers have decided to take a little roadtrip in the not-so-little Corvette ZR1, ticking off a few landmarks along the way. Like Watkins Glen’s ‘Long Course’, Road America, Road Atlanta, and the Virginia International Raceway.
You will notice all four of those are circuits. And on this fun, chilled and definitely relaxing roadtrip, said engineers just happened to set five new production car lap records. When you’ve got a mighty 1,064hp V8 and dive planes for days, you’ve not really got a choice in the matter.
So. Bill Wise took the 375kph ZR1 around Watkins Glen’s Long Course in 1m 52.7s; Brian Wallace shot around Road America in 2m 08.6s; Chris Barber blitzed Road Atlanta in 1m 22.8s; Aaron Link got greedy and took two bites out of Virginia International Raceway, with a 1m 47.7 on the ‘Full Course’, and a 2m 32.3s on the ‘Grand Course’.Though, while these chaps are GM-certified Professional Hoonmerchants, Chevy assures mere mortals they’d have a chance of going rather quickly around a track, too.
“Future customers don’t need to be professional drivers to extract the ultimate performance of the 1,064-horsepower Corvette ZR1.”Want to be a future customer? Chevy’s asking $174,995 for the ZR1 coupe, and $184,995 for the convertible - less than $200k for over a thousand wild American horsies and performance that’d shame stuff twice as expensive. Yeesh.
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