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When launched in Dubai in 2017, Team Corvette said the ZR1 will do north of 210 miles per hour thanks to what they simply call the “big-ass supercharger.” One still needs to choose the smaller wing with the low downforce package to get there, yet either spec you choose with your LT5 V8, the 755-horsepower Corvette will deliver. With the optional eight-speed automatic, the ZR1 has proven to do zero to 60 mph in 2.85-seconds, 192 mph in a standing mile and equipped with the TK performance package, even a 2:37.25 lap around Virginia International Raceway’s Grand Course West layout. With that run, Chevy broke the Ford GT’s lap record there by 1.37 seconds.
Chevy officially quotes 212 mph as a top speed, yet on a dry day over 2.7 miles at one of the world’s flattest stretches of concrete, the ZR1 with an automatic can climb even higher.
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The Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds at Space Florida’s Shuttle Landing Facility features a runway that’s three miles long and 100 yards wide, having also been designed by NASA to have only a quarter-inch height difference from end to end. What’s more, there’s a 24/7 fire rescue station at the south end of the runway, which is designed to handle much larger accidents than what a fast car could get into.
With consistently low crosswinds and two south-to-north runs completed in sub-80-degree temperatures, the 2019 Corvette ZR1 reached 214 mph without using the absolute length of the runway. Still, given how the JBPG team runs test over half-mile, one-mile, 1.5-mile, 2-mile, 2.3-mile, 2.5-mile and 2.7-mile distances, the fastest Corvette had 53 seconds to show what’s it got. On top of its 13 heat-exchangers, that is.
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