2012 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Coupe

This Corvette ZR1, which is on display at the Corvette Museum in Kentucky, is the actual ZR1 World Record Car driven by Jim Mero on June 9th of 2011 at the Nurburgring. The 13-mile, 100 corner Green Hell, in the picturesque Eiffel Mountains, is the most demanding track in the world, requiring of cars that would conquer it a complete suite of attributes: enormous top-end speed, low-speed handling and grip, drivability combined with hard-edged, flat-track cornering, excellent dynamic balance and braking. To test there cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The Nurburgring is a motorsport complex around the village of Nurburg, Germany. It features a modern Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nurburg in the Eiffel Mountains. It is located about 70 km (43 mi) south of Cologne, and 120 km (75mi) northwest of Frankfurt. The old track was nicknamed 'The Green Hell' by Jackie Stewart and is widely considered the toughest, most dangerous and most demanding purpose-built racing circuit in the world.

Since 2000, Corvettes have been tested on the north course of the Nurburgring in Germany. This track is open to the public except for a few months every year where its manufacturers have its exclusive use.

Source - Corvette Museum