“The ZR1 needs to go to finishing school to get all of its kinks worked out; otherwise, what’s the point of all this power?”
We were ready to lap the ZR1 at the end of day one at WRLS, but the Chevy team begged for a morning run in the cool, dense air. Perhaps they should have let the afternoon heat rob this 755-hp beast of a few wheel-spinning horses, because even in the scorching heat of Route 198, every driver complained about overpowering the rear tires. We’ve seen this movie before: Is Chevy rerunning it to promote its forthcoming, better balanced mid-engine Corvette?
Traction-enhancing plot twists this year include ultra-sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires and a big-wing aero package good for 950 pounds of downforce at top speed. But…
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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2018