jamie furman

Well I finally got to the track with my ZR1 today for the first time with fellow forum members Walterm32 in his Z06 and Billy Clubb in his Ron Fellows Z06 and the Northern Va Mustang Club and a few strays that showed up with me. I decided I was going to run the car on the stock tires in totally as delivered condition and thats what I did. The traction was OK off the line but was not very good much past the starting line and the 2nd gear shift and subsequent loss of traction and occasional wheel hop and throttle lift on many runs cost me some et and mph but overall I was pleased with the results as it was my first time in the car at the track. All the runs are in chronilogical order to the time of day I ran and as you can see I even hot lapped the car on a few occasions. Overall I would say there is no question the ZR1 is the fastest American Factory Production car ever! The single slip picture was my shakedown run and all the runs that follow are in order.




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racerns

What did I tell you! A short reign.

Great runs!

Zippy

Impressive! Your runs were pretty consistent. Good job.

breakskeet

All I can say is WOW!!

I'm stunned! Don't know where to begin....

10.794 @132+..... Incredible and not even your best 60 footer!

Maybe heat sink is not as bad as people think in a real world setting.

You guys impress the hell out of me with your driving! Great work!

This should continue to quiet the skeptics! The numbers are beginning to speak for themselves, and you guys will continue to go lower.......

cheers!

breakskeet

But it was still time on top!!!!!

congrats to you again as well!

cheers!

resipsa

What! No 9.9xxs???

Confirmation of ZR1 peformance. Excellent driving!.

walterm32

I got the 10.85, 10.90 and 10.96 passes on video and will post them up tomorrow. Nice driving all day Jamie.

ZO6Jeff

Congratulations. Looks like some great runs. I don't really care who gets the best times with a bone stock ZR1, it just goes to show what a great car the ZR1 is. As to your statement about the fastest American production car, I would venture to say that with the exception of cars costing will over a million dollars (like the Venron), the ZR1 is the fastest production car ever in the world. According to 6speedonline.com, the only production car with a 1/4 mile time better than your 10.794 run is the Venron at 10.2. It even beat the Enzo at 10.8.

Hope to see even better times in the future.

ChriSS/SC

Whoa. 10.7 on street tires bone stock? Lambo-what? Haha

Jeeeezus. Good runs man. The king of american muscle right there

jamie furman

Thanks Race! I told you I couldn't touch the 1.70 and I couldn't! I tried but there were many factors holding me back like, skill and traction but mostly skill. I wasn't sure whether I would be able to run a better pass than your 10.85 or not because thats a strong run! I guess I was able to make it up after I got out of the hole as I am better once out than I am at getting out.

Also thanks Mike!, I forgot to mention Mike (Walterm32) moved right behind Ranger on the Z06 fast list with his bone stock 11.19 run he made today to go with many low 11.20 runs he made.

racerns

Just think of the possibilities with my launch and your shifting down the track.? 10.6s stock tire?
It sounds like the traction may not have been quite as good as last week when we were there. I don't remember breaking traction on the 1-2 shift. Though, my 1-2 shift is more labored than yours I am sure. We may have had a little better track and you may have had a little better air.

Edit: Taking a look at the time slips at least I still have the quickest stock tire 1/8 mile time.

Stevo92z28

That's incredible. If your looking at some more track time, we are having a rental at MIR on Nov 6. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/perf...rnie-king.html

Great times...

walterm32

Here's the 4 videos I have of Jamie's day.
10.96 @ 132.01
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzo_QB3pNww
10.90 @ 127.92
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NisAtGmXQpA
10.85 @ 130.12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxXqWHT9hXg
10.90 @ 129.08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy99cMRxbe0

treynor

Wow - fantastic driving, Jamie! Those times (and MPH) are amazing. Two runs 3 minutes apart - heat soak apparently isn't an issue.

For the record - what was the DA, and were you running 91 / 93 / ? octane?

robjr67

A few strays...!?!?!?!.... Hey, excellent runs today...! Talk to ya soon, Take care, Rob

walterm32

Here's some of the strays passes. Your car is mean Rob!
Robjr67's GT500 10.83 @124
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Bdp0-v-Wc
Heres Billy Clubb's 2007 RFZ 11.45 @ 125 pass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZwMEEzR7sA
Here's my 11.21 @124 pass(didn't get the 11.19 0n video, better times to come next trip to the strip, guarnteed!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN0GWY6v9M4

jamie furman

Rob I wasn't talking about you, you and Mark were the Mustang guys!
The 2 Pontiacs were the strays!

venomws7

Damn awesome runs Jamie Congrats man.

Any vids of the 10.7 runs
Great driving the ZR1 is truely a sick machine.

robjr67

Jamie, no harm no foul....just messing with ya.... Had a good time...even though...

Thanks Mike! Really appreciate the video....!

4DCYKEY

Amazing times. I'm sure that with the competitive nature of racerns, Ranger and Jamie, that the times will continue to improve.