2009 Corvette ZR1

Ordinarily you’d think a stock Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 would be able to take on just about any comers. But a recent quarter-mile run at Palm Beach International Raceway during the StreetCarDrags.com event breaks that mold as a Cadillac CTS-V Wagon gets off to an unbelievable start and goes on to whip the Corvette. The ZR1 [...]  

Team Penske driver Ryan Briscoe averaged 226.484 mph to win the pole for this Sunday’s 96th Annual Indianapolis 500. While that time guarantees he’ll be starting at the head at the field, there are some other benefits that the Indy pole sitter enjoys like getting the opportunity to run some hot laps in the 2013 [...]  

“We are excited to have Guy Fieri drive the Corvette ZR1, the official Pace Car for the 2012 Indianapolis 500,” said Jim Campbell, Chevrolet vice president, Performance Vehicles and Motorsports. “Guy will bring his genuine enthusiasm as he ...  

Ask any driver in the Indy 500 if they’d like additional track time, in any car, and we’d bet the answer is yes. When Chevy tossed the keys to the Corvette ZR1 pace car to Indy 500 polesitter Ryan Briscoe, we’re pretty sure the Team Penske driver ...  

Torque News2013 Corvette ZR1 to Pace the Race at the Indianapolis 500ReadMedia (press release)On Sunday, May 27, the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will join the likes of the 1967 Chevy Camaro and the 1999 Monte Carlo, becoming the 23rd Chevy to pace the Indianapolis 500. Boasting an imposing 638 horsepower, the 2013 Chevy Corvette ZR1 marks the ...Guy Fieri To Drive Indianapolis 500 Chevy Corvette ZR1 Pace CarBusiness InsiderINDYCAR: Culinary...  

Indianapolis Motor Speedway chose Guy Fieri, best-selling author and host of Food Network's "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" to be the honorary Pace Car driver for the 96th Indianapolis 500 on May 27. In this position, Fieri drives the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ...  

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Marketing/Advertising, Chevrolet, CelebritiesDiners, Drive-ins and Dives persona Guy Fieri is making more news with garages these days than kitchens. The Food Network host, who recently had his Lamborghini Gallardo stolen and then recovered in a teen's storage container, has been selected to drive the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 pace car at the Indy 500 this year. Guy's an admitted car fan, and he...  

This year's race marks the 23rd time Chevrolet has paced the Indy 500; it's the 11th time for a Corvette to be the Pace Car - both event records. Jim Campbell, U.S. vice president for performance vehicles and motorsports noted, "We are excited to have Guy ...  

A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will pace the Indianapolis 500 on May 27, the 11th time the field has been led by a Corvette and the 23rd time a Chevy has done the honors. The way things have been trending in IndyCar racing, a Chevy will likely lead the ...  

For the 23rd time in the running of the Indianapolis 500, a Chevrolet will lead the pack to the green flag. This year, the car chosen is the 638-horsepower Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, which goes down in the history books as the most powerful production car ...  

INDIANAPOLIS- A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 on May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, officials announced today. “Corvette embodies pure performance, so the ZR1 is a perfect car to ...  

New York Times (blog)2012 Indianapolis (Indy 500): IndyCar Race Preview2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 ...PaddockTalkThis will be the 23rd time a Chevrolet has paced “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” and the 11th time a Corvette is serving as the Pace Car. Both are event records. The 2013 model year will mark the 60th anniversary and the final year of production for ...2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Named Pace Car for 96th Indianapolis 500...  

A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 to the green flag Sunday, May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With 638 horsepower, the Corvette ZR1 is the most...  

INDIANAPOLIS – A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 to the green flag Sunday, May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With 638 horsepower, the Corvette ZR1 is the most powerful production ...  

INDIANAPOLIS – A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 to the green flag Sunday, May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With 638 horsepower, the Corvette ZR1 is the most powerful production car ever to pace the race.  

Popular TV personality, author, restaurateur to lead field in Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 INDIANAPOLIS, Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - Restaurateur, best-selling author and host of the Food Network's hit show "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" Guy Fieri will drive the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Pace Car to lead the field of 33 drivers to start the 2012 Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Fieri is an avid classic car...  

A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 Continue reading →Corvette ZR1 to Pace Indy 500 is a post from: Autos.ca  

The move makes the Corvette ZR1 the most powerful production car ever to pace the race. However, this isn’t the first Chevy to pace the ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing’ – and neither is it the first ‘Vette. Chevrolet has paced the ...  

Chevrolet said its 2013 Corvette ZR1 will be the official pace car for the Indianapolis 500 race on May 27 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The 2013 model year marks the 60th anniversary of the first Corvette and the final year of production for ...  

In celebration of the Corvette’s 60th anniversary, Chevrolet will pace the field at this year’s Indianapolis 500 with its Corvette ZR1. With 638 hp under the hood, the ZR1 is the most powerful Chevrolet ever produced, and will be the most powerful production car to pace the historic race. This comes in stark contrast to [...]  

Inside is a Blue Diamond leather-wrapped interior with suede accents. Look for the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 during the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500, scheduled to start at 12:00 pm ET on Sunday, May 27th. INDIANAPOLIS – A 2013 ...  

The Russian speed junkies over at DragTimes have posted a trio of new videos in the past couple of days, pitting giants such as the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, Lamborghini Gallardo, and Nissan GT-R against one another for our enthusiast viewing pleasure in ...  

The Corvette ZR1 packs a supercharged 6.2L V8 with 638 horsepower, making it the most powerful production car to ever pace the race. This year marks the 23rd time that a Chevy model has paced “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” and the 11th time a ...  

From Autos Insider RSS from The Detroit News: General Motors Cos 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 May 27. Its the 23rd time a Chevy has paced the field. Read the whole article  

With 638 hp under the hood, the ZR1 is the most powerful Chevrolet ever produced, and will be the most powerful production car to pace the historic race. This comes in stark contrast to the Ford Focus Electric pace car that controlled the NASCAR race from ...  

DragTimes, a Russian-based outfit, has released a cluster of new videos that includes tuned versions of  the mighty Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, Nissan GT-R, and a Lamborghini Gallardo with a reported 1500-hp going head-to-head in quarter mile and mile-long ...  

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet Today Chevrolet announced that a 2013 Corvette ZR1 will pace this year's Indianapolis 500, marking the 23rd time that a Chevy has paced the race and the 11th time the Corvette has performed the duty. With 638 horsepower from its supercharged 6.2-liter V8, the Corvette ZR1 will be the most powerful production machine to serve as the race's pace car. Helping to celebrate six decades of...  

2012 Indy 500 Corvette ZR1 Pace Car On Track: VideoMotor AuthorityMore Buick's Riviera concept from the 2007 Shanghai Auto Show was designed in China, but set... Read More Announced yesterday as the official pace car of the 2012 Indy 500, the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is a familiar beast to most of us.and more »  

Said Jim Campbell, Chevrolet vice president of Performance Vehicles ... and lapping the famed Nurburgring Nordschleife ("north loop") in 7:19.63. The Corvette Pace Car features an exterior paint scheme and full body length stripe similar to that of the ...  

A celebrity driver for the pace car will be named later; that person is expected to be chef Guy Fieri. Get more car news, reviews and opinion every day: Sign up to have the Autoweek Daily Drive delivered right to your inbox.  

Special Pace Car graphics are also available. The interior gets wrapped in Blue Diamond leather with suede accents. Convertible models get a blue soft-top and can be had with a tonal stripe stitched in the top. Gray brake calipers as well as 60th ...  

2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Named Pace Car for 96th Indianapolis 500 +VIDEO - Autochannel (press release)New York Times (blog)2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Named Pace Car for 96th Indianapolis 500 +VIDEOAutochannel (press release)INDIANAPOLIS ? A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 to the green flag Sunday, May 27 [...]  

Washington -General Motors Co's Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500. It's the 23rd time a Chevy has paced the field.  

We dropped the rumor last week that Guy Fieri is in contention to be the pace car driver at this year’s Indianapolis 500 and today we learned that its official. The celebrity chef and Corvette owner will be driving the 2013 Corvette ZR1 to start the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May [...]  

And with that, I’ll let my brother put his ride on the track: Flogging the ZR1 on the bends of Spring Mountain Raceway in Pahrump and Motorsport Ranch in Angleton, TX proved that the active handling computer rarely intervenes when driven smoothly.  

As if there weren’t enough superlatives surrounding the 2009 Chevy Corvette ZR1, we learn General Motors undersold the grunt of its most expensive and most powerful production Corvette ever. We were already enthralled as we dreamed of an estimated 620 hp ...  

Photo Credit: Indianapolis Motor Speedway After weeks of anticipation, we learned this morning that the 2013 60th Anniversary Corvette ZR1 will be the official pace car of the 96th Indianapolis 500. This is the first time the Corvette ZR1 has earned the role as the pace setter and with its 638 horsepower, it’s the most [...]  

INDIANAPOLIS, May 8, 2012: A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 to the green flag Sunday, May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With 638 horsepower, the Corvette ZR1 is the most powerful ...  

The LS7's cylinder walls were deemed too thin to reliably handle the extra grunt of the supercharger. The LS9 has been validated to 150,000 hours and had no piston, rod, or crank failure in 6800 cumulative dyno hours. The hand-assembled engines come from ...  

Back in January, Corvette fan Beau Blackwell took advantage of General Motors build your own engine option, a $5,800 experience unique in the world for letting customers assemble their own powerplants -- in this case, a 638-hp LS9 supercharged V-8 for his ...  

Mecum Auctions will be offering a very rare 1972 Corvette ZR1 coupe at their upcoming 25th Anniversary Indianapolis auction May 15th – 20th. The blue coupe is one of just 20 produced in 1972 and one of 53 built during the 1970 – 1972 production run. When selected, RPO ZR1 equipped your new Corvette with [...]  

Sales of the Corvette in 2009 were the worst since 1961 ... so the ZR1 is a perfect car to pace the most prestigious auto race in the world," said Jeff Belskus, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corp. president and chief executive officer.  

“I can’t think of a better way to mark the 60th Anniversary of Corvette than having it lead the starting field of the Indianapolis 500,” said Jim Campbell, GM vice president of Performance Vehicles and Motorsports, in a release. The Corvette Pace Car ...  

a Chevrolet will pace the field of 33 at IMS, and perhaps no year is it more appropriate, as the manufacturer has returned to the IZOD IndyCar Series in triumphant form, capturing the first four races of the 2012 season. Said Jim Campbell ...  

For a small fraction of the car-buying public, price is irrelevant. These people simply see something they want and buy it, regardless of cost. You may picture this demographic buying Ferraris, or Bugattis, or even mammoth quantities of more prosaic stuff (“Fifteen BMW M3s, one for every Caribbean island I own? Hell yes!”). And they [...]  

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corp. has announced a 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will be the pace car for the 2012 Indianapolis 500. This year's race will mark the 23rd time a Chevrolet has led the field to the green flag.  

2012 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 VideoChicago TribuneFor the 2012 model year, the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 gets new seats, a new steering wheel and a Bose stereo. While those are all valuable additions, what matters most on the ZR1 is its unrivaled performance. Watch Cars.com editor Joe Bruzek put the ZR1 ...and more »  

Laguna Seca? Route 66? Corvettes at Carlisle? All fair options, but Motor Trend‘s Angus MacKenzie had a better idea: grab contributor and racer/ driving ace Justin Bell, and take the ZR1 on a proper European roadtrip. Their itinerary should set any car ...  

MT ‘s Angus MacKenzie and racer/driver-for-hire Justin Bell did just that, using a brand new Corvette ZR1 for a proper European vacation. The itinerary should set any car geek’s tongue a-wagging. MacKenzie and Bell pick up the ZR1 in Munich ...  

Click to view Gallery I think it was while we were shooting our 2011 Best Driver's Car video last year that Justin Bell and I got talking about great road trips. Justin's one of those rare people who can drive fast and talk coherently at the same time ...  

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WANEGuy Fieri To Drive 2013 Chevrolet Corvette »Inside LineCelebrity chef Guy Fieri will drive the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 pace car at the 2012 Indianapolis 500. | May 17, 2012 | Indianapolismotorspeedway.com By Anita Lienert, Correspondent | Published May 17, 2012 In what is widely being seen as a safe ...Food Network host to drive Indy 500 pace carFox NewsGuy Fieri to Drive Pace Car at Indianapolis 500SB Nation (blog)all 9 news articles »  

The sound of that BMW's S54 inline-six is both intoxicating and arousing. This M3 CSL is equipped with a straight-pipe exhaust system and sounds just the way an M3 should. 2011 Corvette ZR1 The Chevrolet Corvette has long been the domestic performance-car ...  

The words of praise about the Corvette ZR1 soar as high as the beautiful scenery of Italy as Motor Trend Editor At Large Angus MacKenzie and successful racer Justin Bell drive Chevy’s fastest ‘Vette ever from Munich, Germany to Maranello, Italy. And in case you’re not familiar with Italian geography, there is a pretty well-known [...]  

There’s a lot of activity happening in the Corvette world south of the border. Here is a :60 second television commercial that (we believe) is running in Mexico to support the new Chevrolet Performance Stores which will sell the Corvette ZR1 and Grand Sport models. Chevrolet Mexico made the announcement last week that four of [...]  

One of the many perks of working for a large magazine like Motor Trend is that you have the opportunity to perform trips and projects that most people can only dream of – like travelling from Munich, Germany to Maranello, Italy, in a Corvette ZR1, and while in the land of supercars, hop in a brand-new Ferrari 458 Italia for quick ride. If you follow the break, you can watch MT's Editor at Large Angus MacKenzie and British racecar driver...  

You may have heard about and seen the Top Gear chopper that was captured as it lost control and crashed into the dirt on a timely video shot by a man in Coolidge, Ariz. What you may not have seen is additional footage that has just surfaced on YouTube that actually shows the speeding Corvette [...]  

They also visit the famous Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, once picked by Top Gear as the “greatest driving road in the world”. This road is the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps, and features 48 exhilarating (or nauseating ...  

Photo Credit: BridgetoGantry.com At the 2012 NCM Bash held last weekend at the National Corvette Museum, GM test driver Jim Mero and engineer Jeff Mosher talked about their last visit to the Nurburgring in 2011 where the 2012 Corvette ZR1 lapped the famous circuit in 7:19.63, beating their previous run in 2008 of 7:26.4 and [...]  

Corvettes Qualify Second and Fifth for American Le Mans Series Monterey Milner Second Quickest in GT at Laguna Seca, Garcia Grabs Fifth on Final Qualifying Lap #4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 Chevrolet: Oliver Gavin, Tom MilnerPhoto by: Jeff Davidson MONTEREY, Calif., May 11, 2012 – Corvette Racing drivers Tommy Milner and Antonio Garcia took different approaches to qualifying for Saturday's six-hour American Le Mans Series...  

In a press release shared on its facebook page today, Chevrolet Mexico has announced that the Corvette ZR1 and the two Grand Sport models will be available for sale at four retail outlets across the country starting in April. Customers will be able to visit these dedicated “Performance Stores” to shop and custom order America’s [...]  

SALINAS, CA, Tuesday, May 8, 2012: Jan Magnussen is looking to make headlines at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend for all the right reasons – challenging for his first race win of the year. #3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1: Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia, Jordan TaylorPhoto by: Greg Aleck - Fastlines The Danish Corvette Racing star was in the headlines in 2009 with a clash with Porsche driver Jörg Bergmeister on the final...  

Third Round of American Le Mans Series Is Crucial in GT Championship Fight #4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1: Oliver Gavin, Tom MilnerPhoto by: Darren Pierson MONTEREY, Calif., May 7, 2012 – With 82 class victories to its credit, Corvette Racing has celebrated at race tracks from California to France – but it's been four years since the Corvette drivers sprayed champagne from the top step of the podium at Mazda Raceway Laguna...  

Corvette Racing Reigns in American Le Mans Series Monterey with One-Two Finish Gavin and Milner Score Consecutive GT Victories; Magnussen and Garcia Take Second in Six-Hour Race #4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 Chevrolet: Oliver Gavin, Tom Milner Photo by: Jeff Davidson MONTEREY, Calif., May 12, 2012 – Corvette Racing broke its victory drought at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in ...  

What a Day in Monterey: Corvette Wins as GT Steals Show Graf, Luhr win overall for second straight ALMS race #4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 Chevrolet: Oliver Gavin, Tom Milner Photo by: Jeff Davidson Muscle Milk Pickett Racing cruised to its second straight victory in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón on Friday at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. But another ...  

ZL1 is a genuine track car that's also comfortable on the public highway ALTON, VA.-Lap times around the North Loop of Germany's Nurburgring race course have become a touchstone for marketing/PR/bragging-rights in recent years. Chevrolet's Corvette ZR1 and ...  

Corvette Racing Wins Long Beach ALMS Gavin and Milner Score GT Victory on Streets of Long Beach; Magnussen and Garcia Finish Fourth in Battered Corvette #4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1: Oliver Gavin, Tom MilnerPhoto by: Bob Heathcote LONG BEACH, Calif., April 14, 2012 – Corvette Racing drivers Tommy Milner and Oliver Gavin won a hard-fought battle in the streets of Long Beach today, claiming a GT class victory in the second...  

MAGNUSSEN TARGETS TOP SPOT AT LONG BEACH FOR CORVETTE LONG BEACH, CA, Tuesday, April 10: While he may have a pair of runner-up finishes in the past two years on the streets of Long Beach and a runner-up spot in the opening round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series, Danish Corvette star Jan Magnussen has his sights set on going one better in California this weekend. #03 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1: Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia...  

Two C7 Corvette prototypes were sighted earlier this month driving on the streets of Holly, Michigan which is just North of Milford. According to the photographer who spotted the Corvettes, there were two C7 prototypes in a group of about eight cars with the others being Z06s and a ZR1, as well as a Porsche [...]  

Article contributed by Dave Salvatore / Kerbeck Corvette There has been much talk on the net about the final year of Sixth Generation Corvette and the 2 special editions Chevrolet will be offering. Also being talked about was the new color Night Race Blue (GXH) that will be available for the 2013 Corvette Model Year. [...]  

At the NCM Bash on Friday, visitors were greated with a lineup of 2013 Corvettes on display on the patio outside the Museum. The display included the new 427 Convertibles as well as a Grand Sport, Z06 and a ZR1, all in 60th Anniversary white trim. At the end of the day, we were able [...]  

Corvette Racing Finishes Second and Third in ALMS GT in Sebring Wild Finish Propels Corvettes to Podium in Closing Minutes of 12-Hour Race #03 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1: Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia, Jordan TaylorPhoto by: Eric Gilbert SEBRING, Fla., March 17, 2012 – Corvette Racing celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in style, finishing second and third in the closely contested American Le...  

A 638-horsepower 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will pace the Indianapolis 500, but who will be behind the wheel is generating lots of speculation.  

The list of cars that can run the quarter mile in under 12 seconds right off the showroom floor is a short one, populated by cars like the Nissan GT-R, the Ferrari 458 Italia and Chevy’s Corvette Z06 and ZR1. Now you can add the 2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 to that list as well, as both the manual...  

The list of cars that can run the quarter mile in under 12 seconds right off the showroom floor is a short one, populated by cars like the Nissan GT-R, the Ferrari 458 Italia and  Chevy’s Corvette Z06 and ZR1. Now you can add the 2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 ...  

They range from the base 1LT with 430-horsepower, 6.2-liter V-8 to the Z06 with 505-horsepower, 7-liter, naturally aspirated V-8 to the ZR1 with 638-horsepower, supercharged, 6.2-liter V-8. The breadth of performance, and car personality ...  

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