Awsome track video ZR1 at Nurburgring

[infg35]

Here is a link to one lap of the Nurb in the ZR1 being driven by development engineer Jim Mero. The car is stock with the stock tires. Time was 7:26.4 top speed was 179mph
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6mEirkQN8o

[EricIsKlumzyee]

damn that guy can drive...

car accels very fcking impressively

[ltrrtl218]

thats just plain wreckelss driving. i wonder how long it takes before u know that track that well.

[JON-UGH-10]

amazing car..wish i could drive like that!!

[badtziscool]

Originally Posted by ltrrtl218

thats just plain wreckelss driving. i wonder how long it takes before u know that track that well.

A damn long time. With a 140+ turns, that's just insane.

A couple of things on the video that I noticed.

1. There's no one on the track. Did they close it up for a few minutes to let the drivers clear out so that he could get an uninterrupted run around? That's why I don't take too seriously on the ring times. Some are ran with traffic, and others, like this one, was not. That affects times seriously and makes all this talk about GTR vspec vs. ZR1 a complete wash.

2. The driver was short shifting the last 1/2 to 2/3 of the track where he could have clearly ran it up much higher. I know some are going to argue that it's not necessarily faster to run to readline all the time. Sometimes short shifting lets you drive more consistently and thus get better lap times, but there were a lot of times when that wasn't the case. Did he encounter some problems during the run like overheating or did he just want to make sure he could finish without breaking down?

[Texasscout]

Go back to the 419garage.com website. There is a vid that they did where they sinc up the ZR-1 and the GT-R and run them side by side at the same time. GT-R gets whipped by almost 4 seconds.

[BlueDevilBAMF]

Wow that was crazy to watch - awesome driving

Quick! Call the conspiracy theorists - the ZR1 didn't start from a stop either OMG

[infg35]

Originally Posted by BlueDevilBAMF

Wow that was crazy to watch - awesome driving

Quick! Call the conspiracy theorists - the ZR1 didn't start from a stop either OMG

And the GTR did???? not in th video I saw

[Msedanman]

Originally Posted by PadillaG35

amazing car..wish i could drive like that!!

+1....To have the chance to....
C.

[BlueDevilBAMF]

Originally Posted by infg35

And the GTR did???? not in th video I saw

The GTR didn't either... that was the point...

[JOKER]

that was one violent drive.

[Texasscout]

someone just sent me the dyno sheet on the ZR-1:

[fecurtis]

Originally Posted by badtziscool

A damn long time. With a 140+ turns, that's just insane.

A couple of things on the video that I noticed.

1. There's no one on the track. Did they close it up for a few minutes to let the drivers clear out so that he could get an uninterrupted run around? That's why I don't take too seriously on the ring times. Some are ran with traffic, and others, like this one, was not. That affects times seriously and makes all this talk about GTR vspec vs. ZR1 a complete wash.

2. The driver was short shifting the last 1/2 to 2/3 of the track where he could have clearly ran it up much higher. I know some are going to argue that it's not necessarily faster to run to readline all the time. Sometimes short shifting lets you drive more consistently and thus get better lap times, but there were a lot of times when that wasn't the case. Did he encounter some problems during the run like overheating or did he just want to make sure he could finish without breaking down?

You can rent out the track. You aren't supposed to go barreling down the 'Ring if its open to public traffic. And I know that there was a strong tailwind that day so he couldn't go completely balls to wall in many of the straights.

The driver (Jim/James Mero) is the chief engineer of the ZR-1, he also raced in some Le-Mans races back in 1995 while driving, surprise surprise, a Corvette ZR-1.

[Klubbheads]

Originally Posted by ltrrtl218

thats just plain wreckelss driving. i wonder how long it takes before u know that track that well.

years of driving fast and growing balls at the same.

Repost btw.

[Texasscout]

Originally Posted by ltrrtl218

thats just plain wreckelss driving. i wonder how long it takes before u know that track that well.

Bet you have never driven in Houston....