On June 28th, 2008, Tadge J. Juechter, the chief engineer of Corvette Development Team, announced that on the morning of June 27th, Jim Mero, an engineer from General R&D Department, drove the mass-produced Chevrolet Corvette ZR 1 to create the fastest lap time of 7 minutes and 26.4 seconds at the north side of New Bogeling! This means that the Corvette ZR 1 not only surpassed Nissan GT-R in Nurburgring (7 minutes and 29 seconds), but also successfully replaced Pagani Zonda F CS(7 minutes and 27 seconds) as the fastest production model in the new North! Tachi also stressed that this record Corvette ZR 1 is equipped with Michelin Pilot Sport 2 tire, which is specially developed for Corvette ZR 1, and GM will release the whole process video of Corvette ZR 1 creating the fastest lap speed in New Taipei next week. The old Chevrolet Corvette ZR 1 is equipped with LS9 6.2L V8 supercharged engine, with a maximum horsepower of 638 BHP/6500 rpm and a maximum torque of 8 19nm/3600 ~ 4000 rpm. Tremec TR6060 six-speed manual gearbox and double-disc clutch system; 0-96km/h accelerates for 3.3 seconds, and 0- 160km/h accelerates for only 7.0 seconds; 1/4 mile acceleration 1 1.3 seconds @2 10.82km/h, with a top speed of 330 km/h.
Corvette ZR 1 The Latest Challenge to the New Boglin North Ring Circuit. We can clearly feel the tense atmosphere and the skillful operation of the drivers at that time. The recorder clearly records the instantaneous G value of the vehicle on the track, and it can be seen that even if it reaches 1.8, the driver is still very calm. The final time was fixed at 7 minutes 19.63 seconds, which also set a new record for New North ZR 1.