2012 Corvette ZR1 Laps "The Ring" in 7:19.40
 

Video Find: 2012 Corvette ZR1 Blisters the 'Ring in 7:19.4 Seconds - WOT on Motor Trend

Showroom stock down to the tires. Pretty sick. Cool video. :)

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Beast mode!

i wish i could drive like that in a car like that on a course like that.

i hate dc traffic :eekdance:

Now if only we could close off a few streets in DC to set up a road course... that would be fun. :icon17:

The 09 ZR-1 did that in 7:26.4. Thats a huge gain. Wow, truly impressed. The likely GT-R Spec-V has some work to do.

Check out the tires it's running though, they are basically street legal slicks.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...U/CIMG3005.jpg

180 mph, oh let me make this left turn here.............. no problem.

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Damn.

So badazz :tup:

Apprently, those are the stock tires.

"According to Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter, the 2012 ZR1 used in the video is “completely stock as it would be received by a real customer.” Juechter goes on to say, “We do have to add some safety equipment which actually adds weight to the vehicle and actually slows us down a little bit, but the rest of the car is to production specifications including alignment, trim height and everything you would normally expect out of a factory vehicle, up to and including the suspension parameters [and] the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires.”

Yeah those are now the stock tires for the ZR1. What they were saying is that those are the best street legal tires they could put on there.

I vant a set!

Those tires....:yum:
Oh, good time also.

Me too. I wonder how much they cost.

From tire rack:
SizeServ. Desc.
235/35ZR19 (87Y) $311.00 (ea.)
265/30ZR19 (89Y) $369.00 (ea.)
345/30ZR19 (105Y) $574.00 (ea.)

Your slow

I came back with an answer, not a link to where you can find it.

Link is all info, what if I wanted 17" tires. :p

Good point. You win :tiphat:

those would be dot approved slicks, I'll take two set please! ;)

you can haz them for only 3000!

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that would suck... like owning a BUgatti

Bugatti wheels cost like $75k.

:eek:
i can afford it in my dreams :rolleyes:

JUST DON'T CALL IT A SUPERCAR! :eek:

Wow what an ultracar!

tires... not wheels

Incredible. I've seen a lot of ring videos, but I've never seen a vette corner like that on the ring.

Dupe. Sorry, I had to though :P
As the resident GM guy I felt a need to point out that I posted the zr1 vid first.

I hadn't noticed that at first. This thread's title is a bit more descriptive. Just a helpful tip moving forward, you'll get more looks if you have more descriptive thread titles. :tup:

Yeah, I noticed you posted earlier but your thread title was nondescript so i didn't view it at first. Honestly i thought you were posting about a new Fox reality show. :tiphat:

Import,

I actually looked at yours first, then checked out M4A1's. The difference I think was that you presented the video as a brash, in-your-face "Corvette uber-alles/ what now, Nissan GTR/ Suck it, b!tches" fire starter whereas M4A1's was more about recognizing the accomplishment of the 'Vette from a neutral, "car-enthusiast" standpoint. Which is cool, that's completely your call as how you put things out there, but it can make it a little awkward to comment on. Just how I see it, based on how your posts seem to trend.

Regardless, Jim Mero and the ZR1 deserve all the kudos, great use of the Sport Cups by Chevrolet, and Mero obviously has some big brass cajones. Excellent vid!

S.

^^ and yet he's a true Z fanatic.

Thanks man :tiphat:

So! BFD!

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Stuff get reposted on here all the time, its not a big deal. Just look at all those 2013 Z threads :p

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