|
03-02-2008
|
#1 |
 Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Solothurn, Switzerland
Posts: 144
|
March 2, 1990
Hello from Switzerland,
March 2, 1990. A date we should remember. On this day Tommy Morrison and his team broke three world records of endurance regardless of category or class, driving a Corvette ZR-1 on the test track in Fort Stockton. Meanwhile the records were broken by a Volkswagen prototype, but this was a purpose built car and can't be compared to the enormous performance of the ZR-1, because the Corvette was nearly stock. Still 18 years later we have to congratulate Tommy Morrison and his team on these records.
__________________
ZR-1 Franz, '90 ZR-1 # 982 Red/Saddle (Manual Control Air Conditioning) Last edited by ZR-1 Franz; 03-02-2008 at 09:55 AM. |
|
|
|
03-02-2008
|
#2 |
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Ideho
Posts: 2,653
|
Re: March 2, 1990
Here's to Tommy Morrison and the team. Just one of the many things that make this car so special.
__________________
[I][FONT=Comic Sans MS]John Boyd[/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=1]Ideho[/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=1][I]2015 ZL1 [/I][I]Camaro #1121 BLACK/BLACK 6 SPD (540 RWHP)[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [I][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=1]1991 ZR-1 #458 [COLOR=red]RED/[/COLOR][COLOR=black]BLACK 72[/COLOR]k miles ([B][COLOR=red]SOLD[/COLOR][/B]) 1991 ZR-1 #473 [COLOR=red]RED/[/COLOR][COLOR=black]BLACK [/COLOR]37k miles ([B][COLOR=red]SOLD[/COLOR][/B])[/SIZE][/FONT][/I] |
|
|
|
|
03-02-2008
|
#3 |
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 197
|
Re: March 2, 1990
Long Live the KING and to those who had the Balls to prove it!
__________________
[IMG]http://i16.tinypic.com/4ig0b3a.jpg[/IMG] D. Mark Gentleman Farmer, U.S. Army-Retired LS3,LS6,LT1,LT5,L98,L82,L36,L79,L76 |
|
|
|
|
03-02-2008
|
#4 |
|
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: lone pine and mammoth lakes ca.
Posts: 544
|
Re: March 2, 1990
they can say what they want about newer is better .let them go to fort stockton and try to better the kings record . they may make em faster ,but our engine is still the best built , longest lasting motor ever built for the corvette . example my 148k car has run11.38 @124+ mph in the 1/4 with just full porting. we did a leak down test and the worst cylinder was 5percent . we did the test twice to make sure .I'll bet i can get 250k before a rebuild . not bad at all . heck the car will proably last longer than me .
|
|
|
|
|
03-02-2008
|
#5 |
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Edmonton, Alberta or Phoenix, Arizona
Posts: 2,741
|
Re: March 2, 1990
amen
__________________
There are no limit's mans ingenuity, just as mans ingenuity will never conquer the forces & behavior of this planet...Smokey Y. |
|
|
|
|
03-03-2008
|
#6 |
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Jacksonville, FL USA
Posts: 4,645
|
Re: March 2, 1990
to TM & the King! I agree with the amen also to the durability of our motors.
__________________
1990 ZR-1, Black/grey, #2233, stock. ZR-1 Net Reg Founding Member #316 & NCM member |
|
|
|
|
03-03-2008
|
#7 |
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Georgia Mountains
Posts: 926
|
Re: March 2, 1990
FWIW ~
Ft. Stockton is located in West Texas (not too far from where I grew up) and March 2 also happens to be Texas Independence Day ... so for Texans who own ZR-1's, it is a double celebration. George |
|
|
|
|
03-04-2008
|
#8 |
|
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Germantown, MD
Posts: 738
|
Re: March 2, 1990
Long live the King!
|
|
|
|
 |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Linear Mode
