Eleven years of car and driver lightning lap times. Beet the porsche carrera s by a full second and the gt 500 by 3 seconds. In the 2011 lightning lap, the sti beat the wrx by 2. Car and drivers lightning lap is that magazines test of a cars skill, and this year, the full 2011 ford mustang lineup was entered in the. Today, that lap doesnt even land in the fastest third of a record book that. Following the first lightning lap supertest in 2006, car and driver returned at virginia international raceway to perform an epic car speed test at 4. It is second only to the 2011 mustang v6 and 2006 nissan 350z track, both of which are only 0. Car and driver latest lightning lap ford mustang forums. There was more body roll, less communication between car and driver, and. Ford mustang shelby gt500 laptimes, specs, performance. Ford gt sets a faster lap time than porsche 918 spyder at vir.
Weve tested hundreds of cars over more than a decade at virginia international. Weve got a gallery of shots from the event below provided courtesy of car and driver and a list of all. The magazine scheduled a separate test for the gt but. The chevrolet camaro zl1 1le has surprised us time and time again with its performance, but the recent car and driver lightning lap test really put the coupes track capabilities into. They did road tests, and then put randy in the car on the track. Car and driver s lightning lap is that magazines test of a car s skill, and this year, the full 2011 ford mustang lineup was entered in the challenge. See how mustangs and camaros have performed in car and driver s lightning lap track test at virginia international raceway, lap time by lap time, since 2016. Car and drivers annual lightning lap around virginia. Get the lap times, driving impressions, and photos of the 20 competitors.
There was more body roll, less communication between car and driver. How come this car seems to get faster in every test. Car and drivers annual lightning lap around virginia international see how your favorite cars did. Car and driver does not include this years yet but interesting read. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Randy seems to be a good enough driver that it doesnt take him long to learn how a car behaves and wring out most of the available performance. They use multiple drivers of greatly varying experience and talent levels from highly inexperienced to pretty quick testing cars of similar performance but seeing several second variances because of it. A very sad year for ford at vir for lightning lap 2017.
I also wanted to know how the mustang ecoboost with performance package would fair. Car and driver when we started lightning lap years ago, a 2006 ford gt claimed the fast time with a 3. Car and driver lightning lap at vir page 2 ford focus. For the fifth time, we shake down the years hottest metal at vir. Car and driver holds its lightning lap late in the year over a threeday period, but in 2017 the rare ford gt was unavailable for testing. Among the hundreds of vehicles car and driver has hotlapped at virginia international raceway, these are the quickest with four doors. Based on the asking price, its brokersthe handpicked applicants who will be allowed to buy the car over the next four. American automotive magazine car and driver did it again. Man they made that tank handle, and i hate to say that. Also cant wait to see motortrends driver s car article as randy. Car and driver returns to vir for lightning lap no. Our site uses cookies to enhance your experience and understand how you use our site.
The track has also increased its profile with car and driver s annual lightning lap competition between the years fastest new. Click above to watch the video after the jump anyone whos ever seen videos from the annual car and driver lightning lap spectacular knows that the lege. View detailed pictures that accompany our car and drivers 2011 lightning lap article with closeup photos of exterior and interior features. Car and driver lightning lap at vir ford focus rs forum. We get in car video of the 20 ford focus sts lap at virginia international raceway for the 20 lightning lap competition. It was a retro take on a 1960s prototype, and its lap of 3. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. See how the many versions of ford s mustang and chevrolets camaro have performed in car and driver s lightning lap track test at virginia international raceway, lap time by lap time.
Of all the dynamic secrets lightning lap reveals, this. He ran a couple timed laps and that was probably about it. The lightning lap should be for production big dogsnot beckys jetta with the hello kitty sticker in the back window please arthur fonzarelli, dont jump that damn shark. Dynamically, the rs is in a different league than the others, maybe even playing a different sport. Lamborghini urus at lightning lap it wont surprise you to learn that the urus now holds our suv record at vir. The ford gts currency is speed, traded on the exchanges of aco, wec, and imsa. When we started lightning lap years ago, a 2006 ford gt claimed the fast time with a 3.
Lightning lap is the biggest joke of automotive car comparisons. The annual lightning lap roundup from car and driver is easily one of our favorite car magazine features of any of the past five years, and this years extravaganza at virginia international. Car and driver lightning lap camaro zl1 1le damn fast. Lightning lap 2011 we shake down the years hottest performance cars at virginia international raceway. Thats not all, because porsche entered two additional cars in the lightning lap competition, a brand new gt3 which ran just 9. Car and driver lightning lap at vir page 3 ford focus.
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