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 ...

A trio of Corvette supercars — piloted by Chevy engineers — raced epic German track to challenge Mercedes and Porsche, including the ZR1X hypercar.

Chevrolet has announced that the new Corvette ZR1X has become the fastest American car to complete a lap on the demanding Nürburgring circuit in Germany.