In summary, the ZR1 and ZR1X beat the GTD by roughly two and three seconds respectively. While these times are impressive, given the cost of the other machines that fall under the seven-minute category, there's one car that still manages to school both 1,000-hp-plus Corvettes with half the horses, and it's not even the latest Porsche 911 GT3 RS ...

With the 2026 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X and ZR1, the Chevrolet team has achieved the fastest official laps set by an American manufacturer at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X and ZR1 have achieved significant speed records at the Nürburgring,