ZR-1 at Nurburgring 1992 - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

conesare2seconds · 03-29-2018

Was watching an interview with John Heinricy and found a ZR-1 tidbit I hadn’t heard before: in late 1991 GM planned to debut the 1992 LT1-powered base car to the press in Europe and wrap up the intro with a sub-8 minute lap of the Nurburgring by the ZR-1.

John said GM was keen to cement the ZR-1’s bona fides as a world class performance car by throwing down the gauntlet in Europe. Unfortunately, the plan was scuttled due to the beginning of the first Gulf War.

The interview was done 01-17-2018 in for the the weekly “GRM Live” webcast by Grassroots Motorsports magazine. John talks about Corvette extensively, especially the C4 and C5 programs. GRM’s latest project car is a 2003 commemorative Z06. Click the link to watch the video on their YouTube channel (segue into 'Ring disclosure is around the 39:00 mark)
https://youtu.be/s8jhVvKH5wE

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conesare2seconds Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Greater St. Louis Posts: 488	ZR-1 at Nurburgring 1992 Was watching an interview with John Heinricy and found a ZR-1 tidbit I hadn’t heard before: in late 1991 GM planned to debut the 1992 LT1-powered base car to the press in Europe and wrap up the intro with a sub-8 minute lap of the Nurburgring by the ZR-1. John said GM was keen to cement the ZR-1’s bona fides as a world class performance car by throwing down the gauntlet in Europe. Unfortunately, the plan was scuttled due to the beginning of the first Gulf War. The interview was done 01-17-2018 in for the the weekly “GRM Live” webcast by Grassroots Motorsports magazine. John talks about Corvette extensively, especially the C4 and C5 programs. GRM’s latest project car is a 2003 commemorative Z06. Click the link to watch the video on their YouTube channel (segue into 'Ring disclosure is around the 39:00 mark) https://youtu.be/s8jhVvKH5wE Last edited by conesare2seconds; 03-29-2018 at 01:44 AM. Reason: Fix link