{"id":289759,"date":"2016-06-23T01:55:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T01:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=289759"},"modified":"2024-03-06T14:49:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:49:35","slug":"video-2012-corvette-z06-laps-nurburgring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/video-2012-corvette-z06-laps-nurburgring\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: 2012 Corvette Z06 Laps the Nurburgring"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"watch-description-text\" class=\"\">\n<h1>Onboard Video of 2012 Corvette Z06 As It Laps the Nurburgring<\/h1>\n<p id=\"eow-description\" class=\"\">Corvette engineer, Jim Mero, records a lap of 7:22.68 in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/2011-chevrolet-corvette-z06-centennial-edition\/\">2012 Corvette Z06<\/a> with the Z07 chassis package at Germany&#8217;s Nurburgring &#8212; 20 seconds better than the previous Z06 fast lap recorded in 2005.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cRacing and performance are the roots of Chevrolet, a tradition carried forward today by Corvette,\u201d said Rick Scheidt, vice president of Chevrolet marketing. \u201cThe Centennial Edition not only celebrates our 100 years, it once again pushes Corvette forward for a new generation of sports car fan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">See\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/top-nurburgting-times\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Top 100 Nurburgring Track Times<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and more\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/tag\/nurburgring-video\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Nurburgring Attack Videos<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"watch-description-extras\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Onboard Video of 2012 Corvette Z06 As It Laps the Nurburgring Corvette engineer, Jim Mero, records a lap of 7:22.68 in the 2012 Corvette Z06 with the Z07 chassis package at Germany&#8217;s Nurburgring &#8212; 20 seconds better than the previous Z06 fast lap recorded in 2005. \u201cRacing and performance are the roots of Chevrolet, a tradition carried forward today by Corvette,\u201d said Rick Scheidt, vice president of Chevrolet marketing. \u201cThe Centennial Edition not only celebrates our 100 years, it once [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":177356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[658,12919],"tags":[660,1388,1390,11122,8441,611],"class_list":["post-289759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chevrolet","category-videos","tag-chevrolet","tag-chevrolet-corvette","tag-chevrolet-corvette-z06","tag-chevrolet-videos","tag-videos","tag-nurburgring-times","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO: 2012 Corvette Z06 Laps the 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