2009 Corvette ZR1 at GM's Milford Proving Grounds - Video 1

Raw footage taken from an external camera mounted on the 2009 Corvette ZR1 at GM's Milford Proving Grounds. This is raw footage so wind noise is still present.

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[timmmmkay]

corvette 4 life

[Murat564]

Nice!

[triplexxxsatyr]

Jim Mero is one of my all-time favorite drivers. That guy is so cool with the car and he never seems to make a mistake.

[d14d]

@03056932 Of course a One-77 is gonna destroy a ZR1 in cornering but both have a similar top speed while the AM tops at 220 and the ZR1 tops at 225. 670 tops at 225 the SLR tops at 211!

[rmf09024]

@03056932 awd my friend, the c6 z06 is faster than the new gtr on nurburgring, that's embarrassing, plus the c6 zo6 cost less and is more fun to drive, Chevy is owning with the vettes ny friend by the time nissan puts outs a gtr to beat the 7:19 set by the zr1, the gtr will cost 120 grand and the vette will still be seconds faster, that's humiliating, the gtr is a computer on wheels, no where near the money its worth

[03056932]

@rmf09024 using super slick tires. The 2011 GTR did it 4 seconds slower in SEMI WET conditions with a 100kg weigh disadvantage and around 130 less hp! That is HUMILIATING for the ZR1!!!

[rmf09024]

@03056932 look up 2012 zr1 nurburgring, and watch perfection

[triplexxxsatyr]

Jeebus, the ZR1's handling characteristics are a direct derivative of the Corvette Racing program entered in the American LeMans Series for the past dozen years. It's called, "technology transfer," and no way does GM spend that kind of money without knowing full well what it means for consumers.

It can handle corners and chicanes just as well as the BMWs and Porsches. There are no speedway courses in ALMS; they're all road courses.

Stupid argument...

[disbsam333]

This is the 21st century equivalent of propaganda films to Germany. I LOVE IT!

[KibaInuZaka]

I was flying over the proving grounds and saw a blue corvette on the skid pad but it was a year prior to this i believe. Time to go check my log book!

[winged70bbody2]

@03056932

This car has better lap times with company drivers than the lp670 and slr with PROFESSIONAL RACE CAR DRIVERS driving them..

on nurburgring anyway..

regardless ill take my 100k ZR1 vs the 450k lp670

or the million dollar mercedes and put all that money into the corvette and a new house...

[03056932]

@d14d you are only talking about straight line speed, because in corners about 30 times as many cars have better handling characteristics. aston one-77 will destroy the zr1. SLR in a straight line is close as is the lp670. Hell this is all dumb is just a HP fest. Anyone can make big hp. Corvettes still dont handle predictably, this is where quality design, engineering and implementation is lacking.