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Posted: 10/22/08 8:34pm Message 1 of 12
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Burke, VT - USA
Joined: 1/23/2002
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Vette(s): SOLD - "The Toy" - '70 Convertible
SOLD - "The Beast" - '90 ZR-1 (#682)
SOLD - "Betty" - '28 Ford Model A Tudor
Sold - "BLKBRRD" - '78 Pontiac Trans Am
"BLUBYU" - '04 Coupe

The Ultimate Hot Lap

http://www.youtube.com/v/h5gyUCOD-tc&hl=en&fs=1 width=425 height=344 =application/x-shockwave-flash allowfullscreen="true"

Watch and listen as the ZR1 tackles the twists and turns of "the Ring" and sets one of the fastest times ever clocked for a production car.
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Posted: 10/23/08 5:31am Message 2 of 12
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Vette(s): Gone, but not forgotten: 1974 Coupe Red, matching numbers, Black Interior, L-48 w/ 4 speed; The “Admiral”, also gone and never to be forgotten. 1994 Admiral Blue LT-1 coupe, Black Interior Automatic
I have seen this video . If you get a minute, watch it. It is awsome. Two things are immediately evident. The ZR-1 is one fast car and the Nurburgring is the mother of all road racing circuits. I believe the ZR-1 now holds the production car lap record at the Nurburgring. A ZR-1 is the best performance car bargain on the planet!...but we already knew that....


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Posted: 10/23/08 5:42am Message 3 of 12
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Crap, the link didn't work. I copied and pasted....but still didn't work. 


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Posted: 10/23/08 5:53am Message 4 of 12
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Vette(s): 1981 red with silver interior,350(L-81), 350TH, glass t-tops, aluminium rims, 1980 Black/ Black int., 350 GM crate engine/350TH, 1976 black/ saddle int., L-82 w/headers, holly carb, Hypertech ignition
Cool video .   Thats one loooong track.   I noticed he only got up to 175mph on the strait .  I was expeciting a little closer to 200.....That was fun !
                               thanks Jim !!!Thumbs%20Up



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Posted: 10/23/08 6:34am Message 5 of 12
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Very cool..........I had to switch to a different browser. Thanx for posting it!Thumbs%20Up


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Posted: 10/23/08 9:33am Message 6 of 12
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Woodland, WA - USA
Joined: 10/14/2003
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Vette(s): 1977 T-Top,350,Auto Black Ruby Pearl,Steeroids R&P conversion
That is one Awsom car


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Posted: 10/23/08 10:26am Message 7 of 12
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Wichita, KS - USA
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Vette(s): 2005 Daytona Sunset Orange Metallic Coupe --------------------- Sold 1974 T-top, 4 spd to BillKS
That is one great video, thanks Jim.  Thumbs%20Up   It'd be fun to drive our vettes on that course and see how we would do.  Probably take 2-3 times as long as that ZR-1.
 
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Posted: 10/23/08 2:25pm Message 8 of 12
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Jim Mero actually blipped 178 on the final straight. More amazing is that he  was able to scrub off 120 mph in a few seconds to enter one of the final turns. Thanks for posting this great video.
 
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Posted: 10/23/08 2:54pm Message 9 of 12
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visalia, CA - USA
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Vette(s): 1981 red with silver interior,350(L-81), 350TH, glass t-tops, aluminium rims, 1980 Black/ Black int., 350 GM crate engine/350TH, 1976 black/ saddle int., L-82 w/headers, holly carb, Hypertech ignition
your right Scott,  that was very impressive just how fast that thing slowed down!
 
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Holland Patent, NY - USA
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Vette(s): #1 *1980 White, Red interior 14,000 mile #2 *1980 Red, Oyster interior 93,000 miles Resto project car, rebuilt to 383 stroker
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What a ride, wish I could have put that up on the big screen.
Thanks
And what is the price tag?
 
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