2015 Z06 may have lapped the 'ring in under 7 min

[Jenner]

http://www.carthrottle.com/post/did-...der-7-minutes/

[Camaro_Corvette]

[I4toV8]

This comment was awesome. From Jozo "Do you think they’ll rename the car the Z06:59:13 in celebration?"

[90503]

...I don't think that "Horsepower Kings" outfit has had anything yet verified or confirmed on anything it has "reported"....just sayin'....

[GretchenGotGrowl]

If you see it credited to Horsepower Kings you can safely disregard it. These are the same guys that said Ford was discontinuing the V8 in 2017 and reported the GT350R times as 5 sec. faster than the Z/28. GM usually releases ring times, so just wait for them.

[Denis]

horsepower kings....may as well be a tabloid news paper.

[shaffe]

I can't see that being true, that's a 20 second improvement over the last ZR1 time of 7:19...

and just noticed its a horsepower kings article

Now question for all of you that value Ring lap times. The Z06 is already out in the publics hands...why is there no ring time from GM yet?

[Denis]

http://www.carscoops.com/2015/01/gm-...s-rumored.html

We contacted Chevrolet Spokesman Monte Doran and asked him about the alleged report. This is what he told Carscoops:

"Simply put, that number is not correct," said Doran. "We accumulated nearly 1,000 miles of testing on the Nurburgring with the Z06. However, as you know, there are very limited opportunities to get a lap on video at the ‘Ring. Both opportunities we had to record a lap on video were rained out. We have decided not to release a lap, as we don’t have the video to back up a time. When we get a chance to run a fast lap for video, we will publish an official time."

[90503]

Originally Posted by Denis

http://www.carscoops.com/2015/01/gm-...s-rumored.html

...Nice find, Denis....

This Horsepower Kings bs is getting out of control!....lol...

[SpeedIsLife]

So we're to believe that all the testing they did, in 1,000 miles, they only considered putting a video recorder in the vehicle twice?

Yeah...okay.

[Camaro_Corvette]

Originally Posted by Denis

http://www.carscoops.com/2015/01/gm-...s-rumored.html

Thar she goes.

[shaffe]

"record a lap on video were rained out." And that answers my question.

Props to GM for responding very quick to the false article

Originally Posted by SpeedIsLife

So we're to believe that all the testing they did, in 1,000 miles, they only considered putting a video recorder in the vehicle twice?

Yeah...okay.

Isn't there a rule at the Ring that bc so many makes are there testing you can only video the runs at certain times?

[crysalis_01]

Originally Posted by shaffe

"record a lap on video were rained out." And that answers my question.

Props to GM for responding very quick to the false article



Isn't there a rule at the Ring that bc so many makes are there testing you can only video the runs at certain times?

I may be wrong, but I remember hearing that you have to pretty much "rent" the whole course you are going to run. Which I'd imagine can get pretty pricey for a bit of publicity.

[GretchenGotGrowl]

Originally Posted by shaffe

"record a lap on video were rained out." And that answers my question.

Props to GM for responding very quick to the false article



Isn't there a rule at the Ring that bc so many makes are there testing you can only video the runs at certain times?

Yes there is. It is to prevent you picking up video of other manufacturers' cars that are also testing.