GM Reveals 2019 Chevrolet Corvette C7 ZR1

[strykerg8gt]

That is awesome. Great way to scare off any tailgaters.

[Iron Lung Jimmy]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

I'll just leave this here.

That alone is worth the $120K

[FenwickHockey65]

Production car record at VIR.

EDIT: Didn't realize this just happened the other day: http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars...vir-viper-acr/

lol GT.

[huggercamaro21]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

Production car record at VIR.

EDIT: Didn't realize this just happened the other day: http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars...vir-viper-acr/

lol GT.

The mid engine is going to embarrass a lot of companies.

[SpeedIsLife]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

Production car record at VIR.

EDIT: Didn't realize this just happened the other day: http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars...vir-viper-acr/

lol GT.

And the GT wasn't even going for a record attempt, but instead was on a diagnostic run.

From Billy Johnson himself on the whole GT vs ZR1 laps

For the record, I was not the first person to post a pic of the time. Once it was leaked, I posted a pic on IG. Months after it happened.

R&T has the story correct and interviewed me. I'm actually quite disappointed in how lazy automotive journalism is these days. How "journalists" simply copied and pasted that R&T interview, took things out of context and made up information out of ignorance or to try to embellish or differentiate their article from the original interview, since they put zero work into it themselves.

There was an issue with a MT test, I flew out last minute, days after to validate the problem on the black/orange car with a known good car (red one), but that car suffered an isolated fuel pickup issue that required it to run full on track. This was actually known by C&D before they drove that car. The red car was just recently fixed after MT & C&D did their track tests with it. It's very time consuming to fix but it was the only car to suffer that problem.

I turned the 38 during an A-B evaluation to diagnose the black car's problem. The Motec was used for diagnostic purposes between the two cars and theirs no in-car video because I wasn't there to set a record, but to "work". We don't tend to throw GoPro videos in cars for development and diagnostic tests. In retrospect, I wish I had a video even for my own personal records, but that's not why I was sent to VIR, plus the day was far from ideal, so there wasn't even hope for turning an impressive time that should need video records of.

Of course i'd love to have a crack at a time with a car that at least had titanium exhaust, if not the lightweight competition series, that could turn a lap on a low fuel load and have the support with new tires on a good day. Unfortunately those aren't Ford's goals.

If GM isn't being facetious, I look forward for their faster, "official" lap time in a production car with stock seats. I'd love for them to throw my buddy Tommy Milner in the car to see what I can do.

Are the end if the day, it's great to see all of these cars being made, especially since they're faster than a lot of dedicated racing cars, and you need a pro driver to get within a couple seconds of it's limit.

[FenwickHockey65]

The ZR1’s record lap at VIR was set during routine validation testing earlier this month, with vehicle dynamics engineer Jim Mero at the wheel. The car was set up per the owner’s manual’s recommended track alignment and aerodynamic settings. As part of the validation, the ZR1 was finalizing its total of 24 hours of at-limit track testing, with multiple GM Performance engineers logging laps.

GM wasn't going for a record either.

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

GM wasn't going for a record either.

I wonder how many hot laps the car had done immediately before it set the record

[RLHMARINES]

Originally Posted by SpeedIsLife

And the GT wasn't even going for a record attempt, but instead was on a diagnostic run.

From Billy Johnson himself on the whole GT vs ZR1 laps

Sounds like he’s making a lot excuses about a track record being set that was promoted by a car company on social media and in print publications. He took no issues with his car company doing the same thing as the other company until his record time was beaten. Don’t post or promote your own time if you’re not prepared for someone else to come along and better it.

Sour grapes and I expected more from professional hired hot shoes whom are paid to rep the company. GM does the same thing routine wise whenever they set and promote their record runs with their own test engineers behind the wheel, no funny business or deceptive practices.

[RLHMARINES]

If it’s not on video GM will not promote it as a record result.

[FenwickHockey65]

1/4 mile: 10.6 seconds @ 134 MPH.

[ilirg]

0-60 in 2.8 and 0-100 in 6. That's just stupid fast

[1911 1LE]

Car and Driver had one at the Texas Mile. 190.1mph

[shaffe]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

1/4 mile: 10.6 seconds @ 134 MPH.

Originally Posted by ilirg

0-60 in 2.8 and 0-100 in 6. That's just stupid fast

Wow! Just wow!