LS9 Corvette ZR1 Beats Nissan GTR Around Nurburgring!

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Who would have thought?! Has the Nissan GTR been beaten already? Well, there goes GTR’s bragging rights!

So quick after claiming the fastest time around the Nurburgring, the GTR appears to have lost its top dog status to the new 2009 Corvette ZR1.

The ZR1 has lapped the Ring in a time of 7 minutes 26 seconds (beating the GTR by 3 seconds), with anticipation of faster times if the weather was better during the record breaking run!

The car was stock standard except for the communications and safety equipments (i.e. Fire Extinguisher). According to the engineers, even the tires were also stock, and the Corvette was running on normal pump fuel.

The 6.2-liter supercharged engine powering the Corvette ZR1 packs 638 bhp/ 475kW. The monstrous engine would bring the american muscle car to 100km/h in a blistering 3.4 seconds, and breaking the quarter mile mark in 11.3 seconds.

A simple analysis of the Nissan GTR vs Corvette ZR1:

1. 3.8ltr twin turbo vs 6.2ltr twin-screw supercharger
2. All-wheel drive (ATTESA E-TS) vs Rear wheel drive
3. Bridgestone’s semi slicks vs Michelin PS2
4. Twin-clutch sequential gearbox vs traditional box
5. 7:29 vs 7:26

The Corvette has weight and power on its side, whilst the GTR has AWD, semi slick tyres (not production, for the Nurburgring only) and twin cluth sequential gearbox on its side.