wonderbot
05-07-2008, 01:50 PM
Filed under: Spy Photos (http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/), Coupes (http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/), Supercars (http://www.autoblog.com/category/supercars/), Chevrolet (http://www.autoblog.com/category/chevrolet/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/05/corvettezr1.fc.kgp.ed_opt.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/corvette-zr1-on-the-ring-spy-shots/793527/)
Click above for high-res gallery of ZR1 on the 'Ring spy shots
Corvette Chief Engineer (and Autoblog commenter (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/corvette-zr1-production-set-at-2-000-units-worldwide/comments/12005188/)) Tadge Jeuchter said last week (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/02/corvette-zr1-engineer-says-gt-r-wont-be-king-of-the-ring-for-l/) that the new ZR1 "will be able to take the production-car track record at any racetrack" and should lap the famed Nurburgring race track in Germany in "seven minutes, twenty-something seconds." Considering Nissan just posted a new official lap time of 7:29 (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/gt-r-drops-ring-time-down-to-7-29/) for the GT-R and that the GT-R V-Spec is reportedly clicking off laps in 7:25 (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/08/nissan-gt-r-v-spec-lap-times-stun-observers/), them sounds like fightin' words. Well, the ZR1 is officially being flogged around the Ring as we speak, though no one has yet to report a lap time for this gorgeous red prototype that was spotted by KGP photographers. BridgetoGantry.com (http://bridgetogantry.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=161&Itemid=1) reports that yesterday there was a helicopter over the track "chasing something that sounded very V8 and awfully supercharged," so perhaps lap times will soon be forthcoming. We imagine the supercharged LS9 V8's 628 horsepower (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/officially-official-corvette-zr1-makes-638-hp-and-604-lb-ft/) and the ZR1's 205-mph top speed (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/video-corvette-zr1-posts-205-mph-top-speed/) will not disappoint.
Gallery: Corvette ZR1 on the 'Ring - spy shots (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/corvette-zr1-on-the-ring-spy-shots/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/05/corvettezr1.fc.kgp.ed_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/corvette-zr1-on-the-ring-spy-shots/793527/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/05/corvettezr1.fe.kgp.ed_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/corvette-zr1-on-the-ring-spy-shots/793525/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/05/corvettezr1.pr.kgp.ed_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/corvette-zr1-on-the-ring-spy-shots/793526/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/05/corvettezr1.rc.kgp.ed_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/corvette-zr1-on-the-ring-spy-shots/793528/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/05/corvettezr1.re.kgp.ed_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/corvette-zr1-on-the-ring-spy-shots/793524/)
[Source: KGP Photography]
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/05/corvettezr1.fc.kgp.ed_opt.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/corvette-zr1-on-the-ring-spy-shots/793527/)
Click above for high-res gallery of ZR1 on the 'Ring spy shots
Corvette Chief Engineer (and Autoblog commenter (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/corvette-zr1-production-set-at-2-000-units-worldwide/comments/12005188/)) Tadge Jeuchter said last week (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/02/corvette-zr1-engineer-says-gt-r-wont-be-king-of-the-ring-for-l/) that the new ZR1 "will be able to take the production-car track record at any racetrack" and should lap the famed Nurburgring race track in Germany in "seven minutes, twenty-something seconds." Considering Nissan just posted a new official lap time of 7:29 (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/gt-r-drops-ring-time-down-to-7-29/) for the GT-R and that the GT-R V-Spec is reportedly clicking off laps in 7:25 (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/08/nissan-gt-r-v-spec-lap-times-stun-observers/), them sounds like fightin' words. Well, the ZR1 is officially being flogged around the Ring as we speak, though no one has yet to report a lap time for this gorgeous red prototype that was spotted by KGP photographers. BridgetoGantry.com (http://bridgetogantry.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=161&Itemid=1) reports that yesterday there was a helicopter over the track "chasing something that sounded very V8 and awfully supercharged," so perhaps lap times will soon be forthcoming. We imagine the supercharged LS9 V8's 628 horsepower (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/officially-official-corvette-zr1-makes-638-hp-and-604-lb-ft/) and the ZR1's 205-mph top speed (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/video-corvette-zr1-posts-205-mph-top-speed/) will not disappoint.
Gallery: Corvette ZR1 on the 'Ring - spy shots (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/corvette-zr1-on-the-ring-spy-shots/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/05/corvettezr1.fc.kgp.ed_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/corvette-zr1-on-the-ring-spy-shots/793527/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/05/corvettezr1.fe.kgp.ed_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/corvette-zr1-on-the-ring-spy-shots/793525/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/05/corvettezr1.pr.kgp.ed_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/corvette-zr1-on-the-ring-spy-shots/793526/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/05/corvettezr1.rc.kgp.ed_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/corvette-zr1-on-the-ring-spy-shots/793528/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/05/corvettezr1.re.kgp.ed_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/corvette-zr1-on-the-ring-spy-shots/793524/)
[Source: KGP Photography]
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