Which is a shame because the rest of the Z06 is a riot. It was a bold decision by Chevrolet to make the C8 Corvette mid-engined after seven generations and almost 70 years using the classic front ...

In its Stingray guise, the C8 stays true to the Corvette's ethos of offering far more performance capability than its price tag would suggest. With the Z06, Chevrolet took things a step further.

Now that the production C8 ZR1 and the latest version of the Corvette Z06 GT3.R racecar have been put through their paces on these same four tracks, let’s compare the best lap times of the ...