The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Is Faster Than A Ford GT At VIR
Just over a week ago, the Ford GT ‘accidentally’ broke the production car lap record at Virginia International Raceway. Ford wasn’t there on some ‘look at me’ PR stunt, it was there to investigate some problems suffered by a few pre-production GTs, and in the process clocked a 2min 38.62sec effort.
The GT’s time at the top hasn’t lasted long however, and it’s all the fault of Chevrolet. The GM brand has well and truly rained on Ford’s short-lived parade, by announcing that its new Corvette ZR1 went round in two minutes and 37.25 seconds earlier on in January. Ah.
The time was set during “routine validation testing,” Chevrolet said. The ZR1 in question had the $2995 ZTK package fitted, which gives the car super-sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres, carbonfibre aero addendum and a different suspension setup.
The 745bhp, and 715lb ft monster had bucket seats with five-point harnesses plus a harness bar fitted, but was otherwise unmodified for the run. Oh, and you can watch that run in full. If you can, grab a pair of headphones before pressing play, so you can hear the full majesty of that 6.2-litre LT5 V8.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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No it’s not VR Raceway! Here in Virginia we call it VIR
So I’m looking back to some old posts and I see a comment by a fellow Virginia dweller.
European car manufacturers: “The engineering must be precise for maximum efficiency”
Chevy and Dodge: “Oh, does it now?”
Are you implying that the GT and ZR1 Are not precisely engineered? What did they cut the parts by hand with scissors and assembled the car by hand or were the designs created not by a talented and experienced group of engineers who are trying to maximize efficiency?
I love how it looks like it isn’t even trying but it’s still hitting over 150 mph!
If only it looked as good as the ACR
StreetSpeed717 is laughing at Ford right now
He Protecc
He Attacc
But most importantly,
He slain the tracc
Both cars we’re not optimal runs so I would love to see a same day same driver comparison. I will say my bets are on the vette. Also, DANG HE HIT 170 ON THE MAIN STRAIGHT!