2009 Dodge Viper ACR Steals Nrburgring Record From Corvette ZR1, Laps In 7:22

[coolmazda5]

2009 Dodge Viper ACR Steals Nrburgring Record From Corvette ZR1, Laps In 7:22

Love to see these videos. Viper ACR, Corvette ZR-1, Nissan GT-R, give my any... seconds more, seconds less, don't mind

A 2009 Dodge Viper ACR has claimed the fastest time ever for a production car around the Nrburgring. The lap of 7:22 is just a few ticks quicker than the 7:26.4 lap set by the 2009 Corvette ZR1. It doesn't come as much of a surprise, since the ACR is the most brutal version of the already-unforgiving Viper, whereas the ZR1 actually drives well on the road. Nonetheless, the Viper ACR is the new unofficial king of the 'Ring.

If you'd like to compare its on-board video of the record lap to the ZR1's video, check it out over at Motor Trend. Looks like Jim Mero may have to head back to Germany and set that faster lap he was talking about after all.

Source (Jalopnik):
http://jalopnik.com/5042855/2009-do...burgring-record-from-corvette-zr1-laps-in-722


Video (Motortrend):
http://www.motortrend.com/av/featur...viper_acr_nurburgring_record_video/index.html

 

[genericuser]

I never thought a viper would be able to do that.

 

[Kymerik]

GT-R Vspec will crush this...

GM will get angry over this as well and tweak the ZR1 for the next model year and beat it as well

 

[jmv]

honestly, if i had just watched the video, i wouldn't have figured it for a record setting run. But that is pretty incredible that it did that.

 

[VermZ06]

Too bad Chrysler is planning on selling the viper off, but I always take these times with a grain of salt. It all depends on the driver, the weather, the orientation of the moon and the sun...etc...

 

[blacksrt47]

The Viper isn't actually that bad of a car and the ACR can definately handle. I don't think people also relize that its suppose to be somewhat brutish b/c thats what makes it fun and a Viper.

 

[slo4now]

Its funny how they let these cars run the track with no traffic
from other cars, yet our cars run 8:30's with heavy traffic.


I would bet our car can make-up about 30 seconds if it ran without traffic.
Being the only differance (straight -line speed from the extra power).

 

[Flash5]

that car is just insane, i remember reading that it comes with a warning in the manual that says you should take advanced driving school lessons or else this car could kill you

 

[coolmazda5]

that car is just insane, i remember reading that it comes with a warning in the manual that says you should take advanced driving school lessons or else this car could kill you

At least you die happy, imagine the grin of the cadaver when taken out of the car

 

[Rotary_Powered]

Wow....Wonder which one of the four (Porsche, Chevy, Dodge, Nissan) will break into the 7:19's first... or maybe Honda? Toyota killed their program. I think the revised GT2 could come close, the unofficial time for the 2008 one was around 7:25 and the GTR should come just as close as well... then again the Chevy engineer said he could have still pushed the car harder with the right weather. And we around and around and around. This is really good fun

 

[SuperProtege5]

Hell of a time to be a car enthusiast eh?

 

[MakeMeGoFast]

Yeah, If I remember correctly when the ZR1 drove it had a really bad head wind on the straight.

I think all 4 of em could get into the teens. Giving the drivers some more time behind the wheel and on the track.

 

[lasermp5]

and so it begins...

 

[Silver Ecstasy]

I don't understand why the driver kept raping the rev limiter. Plus, he miss-shifted a few times into 5th.

 

[Kymerik]

I don't understand why the driver kept raping the rev limiter. Plus, he miss-shifted a few times into 5th.

And supposedly he's a professional driver that ONLY drives vipers...(rofl2)


Didn't the Corvette also run on a wet track?

 

[happy and angry]

Its funny how they let these cars run the track with no traffic
from other cars, yet our cars run 8:30's with heavy traffic.


I would bet our car can make-up about 30 seconds if it ran without traffic.
Being the only differance (straight -line speed from the extra power).

30 seconds is a bit much. I'm in a Mazdaspeed3 and I really don't think it's an 8:00 minute car on the 'ring.

 

[coolmazda5]

I don't understand why the driver kept raping the rev limiter. Plus, he miss-shifted a few times into 5th.

Here is the thing, he is not a Viper driver. The driver is Tom Romeo Coronel (who BTW has a twin brother named Tim Alfa Coronel, LOL). Tom is a WTCC driver. I'm not an experienced pilot, but cars' driving should be different.

Now imagine what a driver who is very familiar with the car can do (boom06)

The dude:

The daily beater, LOL:

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordschleife_fastest_lap_times

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Coronel

 

[coolmazda5]

Viper ACR vs Corvette ZR-1, side by side

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[MakeMeGoFast]

I don't understand why the driver kept raping the rev limiter. Plus, he miss-shifted a few times into 5th.

And supposedly he's a professional driver that ONLY drives vipers...(rofl2)


Didn't the Corvette also run on a wet track?

There are some things you are not understanding about driving.

Here's the thing.. Shifting takes time. When you put the clutch in the car slows down, and when you let the clutch back out you upset the rear wheels. When you're on the rev limiter, the car DOES NOT slow down. It keeps going the same speed.

Sometimes you reach the rev limiter just before a corner, and you need to decide if you'll have an opportunity to accelerate enough to make up for the time that the upshift and downshift will cost you. That is to say nothing of the extra busyness for the driver of shifting twice in a few seconds.

 

[Kymerik]

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Is it just me or does it look like the ZR1 driver is babying that thing through the turns compared to the Viper driver.

Also, from motortrend.com

"So SRT rented the Nordschleife for a half-day (at a cost of $2000 Euro per hour), shipped two ACRs over to Germany, hired a pro driver through Zakspeed (a race team that runs Vipers in the ADAC Zurich 24h Race at the Nurburgring)"

He is a pro driver that runs Vipers on the Ring...