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I think this record with the VW Nardo has to be accepted. But, this car was purpose built
for this record run. If it would have failed, they would have said that it was just a test run of a prototype. And, they drove it at the high speed circle track in Nardo, Italy. This track is not so dangerous as Fort Stockton. It was no economic risk for VW as it was for Chevrolet. At the time of the record run of the ZR-1, ZR-1s were in the showrooms of Chevy dealers. Just imagine what would have happened to this car if they would have had no success in Fort Stockton! But this is typical for the European car manufaturers, especially the Germans. They also played an unfair game with Reeves Callaway and his Sledgehammer. But Callaway and Lingenfelter showed them what a real "hammer" is! For me, the ZR-1 is still the record holder, no other production car was ever able to do this. Last edited by ZR-1 Franz; 05-28-2013 at 12:05 PM. |
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I have no trouble (any longer) accepting the "*Record*" that VW set.
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