in 2017, Chevrolet teamed with Corridor Racing to acquire the Colorado ZR2 working with a real race group undertaking hardcore off-highway races. In 2019, without the need of any person acknowledging, Chevrolet teamed up with Corridor Racing once more to acquire the Silverado ZR2. The entire-sized race truck has accomplished ten races so far, Chevy finally taking its engineering trials public with the ZR2’s entry in the Very best In The Desert King Shocks Laughlin Desert Classic very last weekend. The truck concluded initial in its class, twelfth in its group. The truck is, admittedly, the only entry in its class. The 4-man group of Chad Corridor, Chris Woo, Nick Holmer and Waqas Shafi piloted without the need of hiccup, we are advised, the ZR2 racer only needing to stop for gas, so it probably appeared like the pickup in the over promo video most of the time.
Of course, the adage that racing improves the breed essentially includes breakdowns as well it truly is far better for engineers to determine out how a truck breaks than for owners to. The ZR2 has experienced its share of DNFs as well, this sort of as in very last year’s Vegas to Reno occasion. That should have been an particularly tough race — out of 18 web pages of results, 6 web pages are the entries that didn’t complete. At the other end, the Corridor Team’s Colorado ZR2 concluded initial in class (a class of two), so it truly is obvious the offer performs.
The Silverado ZR2 and the production truck, which goes on sale in spring 2022, share their big chassis and functionality parts, differing only in sheetmetal and interiors. That signifies the race truck is beating up on the very same 6.two-liter V8 and ten-pace automatic, transfer case, front and rear differentials, skid plates, and DSSV spool dampers as the pickup headed to supplier lots. The Silverado Path Manager will come to be the off-highway prince to the ZR2’s kingship when that transpires, the ZR2 upping the stakes more than the Path Manager with 33-inch tires, a little bit greater than the Path Boss’ 32s, that enable give the ZR2 the finest ground clearance of the Silverado assortment of 11.two inches.
And finally, there’s that new Silvy inside, significantly nicer than what is found in the race truck and even the aged Silverado, frankly.
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