2016 C&D Lightning Lap

[dirtsniffer]

http://www.caranddriver.com/features...at-vir-feature

awesome summary this year. Full videos of each lap with G-forces.

[heavyD]

LOL at the Charger Hellcat.

[90_Shelby]

GT3 RS 2:47.0

Corvette Grand Sport 2:47.1

[corsvette]

Originally posted by heavyD
LOL at the Charger Hellcat.

Lol indeed, the V6! Camaro is nearly as fast. A pig with a big engine is all.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Would have really liked to see a GT-R or 911 Turbo as well just to compare.

That M4 was pretty damn fast too.

Seemed odd that they wasted a spot with a second Camaro and left out more interesting cars in favor of the same car with a different engine option.

[mzdspd]

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt

Seemed odd that they wasted a spot with a second Camaro and left out more interesting cars in favor of the same car with a different engine option.

What???

The V6 1LE beat the previous LL1 record by 8 seconds and a 15 GT with PP with 100 hp more. So basically it was the biggest underdog there. So why would they not include it?? It just shows how well GM is doing at (cheap) building performance cars.
And the SS 1LE beat a R8 V10+ by 2 seconds.. For a car that is 45K vs 202K. Once again.. Why would they not include that car either?

[dirtsniffer]

well that sucked, here is the link to the infographic.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/lightni...and-much-more/

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by mzdspd


What???

The V6 1LE beat the previous LL1 record by 8 seconds and a 15 GT with PP with 100 hp more. So basically it was the biggest underdog there. So why would they not include it?? It just shows how well GM is doing at (cheap) building performance cars.
And the SS 1LE beat a R8 V10+ by 2 seconds.. For a car that is 45K vs 202K. Once again.. Why would they not include that car either?

I just think having two of the same cars is silly, I am not talking about the merits of any individual car. All I'm saying is I'd much rather see a different car altogether (especially with the glaring omissions) than the same car with a different engine. I would have the exact same comment if they had both the R8 V8 & V10, TTS & TTRS, or a few different 3-series'. I'd rather see them add a GT-R or something than just more versions of the same car.

The R8 had bad tires, apparently, causing the bad lap time.

The 1LE is about as fast as the Hellcat which is pretty funny though.

[mzdspd]

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt


I just think having two of the same cars is silly, I am not talking about the merits of any individual car. All I'm saying is I'd much rather see a different car altogether (especially with the glaring omissions) than the same car with a different engine. I would have the exact same comment if they had both the R8 V8 & V10, TTS & TTRS, or a few different 3-series'. I'd rather see them add a GT-R or something than just more versions of the same car.

The R8 had bad tires, apparently, causing the bad lap time.

The 1LE is about as fast as the Hellcat which is pretty funny though.

The GTR has been to the lightning lap event 4 times now. Last time being 2014 with a nismo edition.

But I bet that the reason that it wasn't added to this is (for the 2017 update) because it probably wasn't available at the time this was done.

[Maxt]

Easy to see why the rumors of an AWD or Widebody ACR version of the Hellcats keeps surfacing. There are photos of test mules wearing big rubber floating around...
Viper ACR in top spot..

[Darell_n]

As poor handling as the Hellcat was but still hitting 150mph on the track and not landing out of country, must have felt death defying.