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 ...

The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and ZR1X just set new Nürburgring records for American sports cars, toppling the much more expensive Ford Mustang GTD in the process. It’s a staggering achievement, but YouTube personality and Nürburgring expert Misha Charoudin believes the Corvettes could’ve set