nurburgring
04-25-2018, 07:43 PM
#1
nurburgring
Why not ask Tadge if they were trying for a ZR1 record last week when there was an unofficial time of 7:12 and whether any further Ring testing is planned? Given the performance of the ZR1 relative to the ACR at both VIR and Road Atlanta, it's hard to believe that the ZR1 won't do better than 7:01.
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Xanthophyll (04-28-2018)
04-25-2018, 09:33 PM
#2
Not sure this will make it, just as the Z06 at the ring didn’t make it. Would love to hear though.
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Xanthophyll (04-28-2018)
04-28-2018, 10:27 PM
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Tadge was asked about the ring time again this morning, his answer was;
We mainly go to the ring for validation and testing, it costs millions of dollars to go over to the ring due to the logistics. He also added that there are not any controls of what each manufacture is doing, you don't know what has been done to each car because all you see is the video and time.
The weather can be so different from one part of the track to the other that it is very difficult to put a clean lap together.
Tadge said they were lucky to get the Camaro time, everything just happened to "work out".
We mainly go to the ring for validation and testing, it costs millions of dollars to go over to the ring due to the logistics. He also added that there are not any controls of what each manufacture is doing, you don't know what has been done to each car because all you see is the video and time.
The weather can be so different from one part of the track to the other that it is very difficult to put a clean lap together.
Tadge said they were lucky to get the Camaro time, everything just happened to "work out".
05-01-2018, 02:35 PM
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Tadge was asked about the ring time again this morning, his answer was;
We mainly go to the ring for validation and testing, it costs millions of dollars to go over to the ring due to the logistics. He also added that there are not any controls of what each manufacture is doing, you don't know what has been done to each car because all you see is the video and time.
The weather can be so different from one part of the track to the other that it is very difficult to put a clean lap together.
Tadge said they were lucky to get the Camaro time, everything just happened to "work out".
We mainly go to the ring for validation and testing, it costs millions of dollars to go over to the ring due to the logistics. He also added that there are not any controls of what each manufacture is doing, you don't know what has been done to each car because all you see is the video and time.
The weather can be so different from one part of the track to the other that it is very difficult to put a clean lap together.
Tadge said they were lucky to get the Camaro time, everything just happened to "work out".
Just curious.
(Disclaimer: I've spent a few Deutschmarks and Euros having fun at that track on business and vacation trips.)
05-05-2018, 09:24 AM
#7
Orrr maybe we can ask why there is an absence of the entire C7 line up. I find it hard to believe no clean lap was made with:
Stingray
Z06
Grand Sport
ZR1
This entire generation has been hush hush at the Ring. Even though we were told to do the math back in 2015, Tadge said they did have a time for the Z06, sooooo... I sorta hated maths back in school and still hate it now.
Stingray
Z06
Grand Sport
ZR1
This entire generation has been hush hush at the Ring. Even though we were told to do the math back in 2015, Tadge said they did have a time for the Z06, sooooo... I sorta hated maths back in school and still hate it now.
05-05-2018, 05:11 PM
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Orrr maybe we can ask why there is an absence of the entire C7 line up. I find it hard to believe no clean lap was made with:
Stingray
Z06
Grand Sport
ZR1
This entire generation has been hush hush at the Ring. Even though we were told to do the math back in 2015, Tadge said they did have a time for the Z06, sooooo... I sorta hated maths back in school and still hate it now.
Stingray
Z06
Grand Sport
ZR1
This entire generation has been hush hush at the Ring. Even though we were told to do the math back in 2015, Tadge said they did have a time for the Z06, sooooo... I sorta hated maths back in school and still hate it now.
The earlier claim of "validation and testing" requires a shitload of track time/miles (BTDT on all of GM's tracks), so it's hard for me to fathom that there haven't been any opportunities for any clean laps.
OTOH, does a C7 overheat in less than 12.9 miles?
JMO
05-06-2018, 08:33 AM
#9
If the Stingray didn’t do it, no problem. But cmon now, the other 3 cars?? One has to give. If I had to choose I would pick the Grand Sport and the ZR1 times. There is no going back to the Z06 now unless they do a dual release.
05-06-2018, 02:07 PM
#10
Burning Brakes
Tadge was asked about the ring time again this morning, his answer was;
We mainly go to the ring for validation and testing, it costs millions of dollars to go over to the ring due to the logistics. He also added that there are not any controls of what each manufacture is doing, you don't know what has been done to each car because all you see is the video and time.
The weather can be so different from one part of the track to the other that it is very difficult to put a clean lap together.
Tadge said they were lucky to get the Camaro time, everything just happened to "work out".
We mainly go to the ring for validation and testing, it costs millions of dollars to go over to the ring due to the logistics. He also added that there are not any controls of what each manufacture is doing, you don't know what has been done to each car because all you see is the video and time.
The weather can be so different from one part of the track to the other that it is very difficult to put a clean lap together.
Tadge said they were lucky to get the Camaro time, everything just happened to "work out".
05-06-2018, 11:23 PM
#11