Virginia International Raceway Grand East Course (post 01/2014) lap times

Meatbag five American cars in the top ten. Up your fat ass.

LOL american fat ******s.Your cars are shit so just deal with it.

Bah gawd, what is that GT2RS even made of?

What a bloody Gag that ZR1 is. I cant believe some people actually believe engineering goes into these 'murican cars. Honestly, fitting a 285 section front tyre should be bordering on criminal negligence. The less educated are astounded with the "grip" this car has without even thinking about tyres. Sure you get a crap ton of grip, but the second you even SEE rain you might aswell travel on foot.

The americans like to publish lap times now because they actually believed they have engineered their cars to be better at cornering. DING! Wrong again. Fitting hyper sticky rubber the width of a district is not engineering! It is a lazy solution selected by lazy companies to impress yahoos with meaningless laptimes when the car becomes a public danger at the sight of rain.

720s and performante achieve far superior laptimes with far narrower and safer tyres. THAT is engineering. Not a ham-fisted approach that americans possess.

I was expecting the R8 V10 Plus to be faster than that

Does this page no longer get updated?

Ford GT - 2:38.62
http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/a15884757/ford-gt-lap-record-vir-viper-acr/

ZR1 - 2:37.25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7j1gCM6-5M

CHEVY CORVETTE ZR1 SMASHES DAYS-OLD FORD GT VIR LAP RECORD 2:37.25
https://www.motor1.com/news/229075/corvette-zr1-smashes-vir-record/

Can you guys fix the title? These are all West course times.

2017 corvette z06 (with z07 package) got 2:39.77 at VIR Grand Course this summer due to improved calibration offered in all their 17s and onward plus they have a retro fit availa or for 15 and 16 z06's. The z06 time you have there of 2:41.32 was from the 2015 z06 when it first came to market. Both the new and previous times were from their driver Jim Mero. The new time was posted on a promo video at SEMA and again more recently he posted it personally on corvette forum in the "Ask Tadge" section. This is a new lap record and I ask that you please update this list

I thought the 5th gen Camaro 1LE was a great car but then noticing that the 6th gen 1LE was 10 seconds a lap faster. Wow.

do i need to remind everyone who supports this corrupt site ?

oh look! the usual suspects on top 3 and somehow they managed to throw in a yankee camero ride with a shocka absorba zooloo package too lol

These times are bullshit thanks to Car and driver and their shitty "drivers"...

it even says west on your map image

the vette grand sport is it with z07 package?

No Grand East Course is mentioned here.

http://virnow.com/track/configurations/

@FastestLaps - Is this the full VIR track because the time is insane?

Track - Grand West Course.
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/lightning-lap-2015-results-historical-lap-times-and-more-feature

It's outdated: Corvette Grandsport made 2:45:18

Check it out: https://youtu.be/KYegfUdsB_U

Some of these lap times are wrong, because they were taken from the Car & Driver lightning lap test, which uses the Grand West Course (4.1 mile) configuration instead of the Grand East Course configuration.

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/lightning-lap-2016-results-historical-lap-times-and-more-feature

Historical Lap Times

RANK CLASS CAR TIME
1
LL5
2015 Porsche 918 Spyder
2:43.1
2
CONCEPT CAR
2016 Lexus RC F GT Concept
2:43.2
3
LL4
2016 Dodge Viper ACR
2:44.2
4
LL3
2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
2:44.6
5
LL5
2016 Ferrari 488GTB
2:45.1
6
LL5
2015 McLaren 650S Spider
2:45.8
7
LL5
2009 Mosler MT900S
2:45.9
8
LL4
2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS
2:47.0
9
LL3
2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport
2:47.1
10
LL4
2016 McLaren 570S
2:47.4
11
LL5
2015 Lamborghini Huracán LP610-4
2:47.5
12
LL3
2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR coupe
2:48.6
13
LL4
2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO
2:49.4
14
LL5
2012 Mosler Photon
2:49.8
15
LL4
2014 SRT Viper TA
2:49.9
16
LL4
2012 Ferrari 458 Italia
2:49.9
17
LL4
2017 Acura NSX
2:50.2
18
LL4
2015 Porsche 911 GT3
2:50.4
19
LL3
2012 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
2:50.7
20
LL5
2014 Ferrari F12berlinetta
2:50.8
21
LL3
2015 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
2:50.9
22
LL4
2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S
2:51.0
23
LL4
2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S
2:51.2
24
LL2
2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R
2:51.8
25
LL5
2010 Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera
2:51.8
26
LL3
2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
2:51.8
27
KIT CAR
2009 KTM X-Bow
2:52.3
28
LL4
2016 BMW M4 GTS
2:52.9
29
LL3
2012 Nissan GT-R
2:53.2
30
LL3
2011 Chevrolet Co

It is only a single laptime, If other surface and are just as fantastic, Then that should calm any doubts about it, But Not every car performs the same on every track.

@DodgeHemi. You do realize the GT3 RS put in nearly identical lap times as the Z06 (when it's not broken) at Laguna and other tracks.

We know at NO track is the Z06 faster than the ACR. Yet here the grand sport which has nearly 200hp less than the Z06, puts in a lap time just 3 seconds behind an ACR on such a large track.

Perhaps all that can be said is there's a lack of consistency in the laps.

Something's definitely wrong here...the 2.44.2 time for the ACR along with the Grandsport's time of 2.47.1 etc. and all the other 2016 Car and Drive Lightning Lap times seem accurate. What's not accurate is that fastestlaps calls this the Grand East Course when, if you look at the issue, the map they say they tested on was the Grand West Course. It appears there are slight but noticeable differences between both track layouts, am I missing something here? Also, I feel that C&D has always tested using the Grand West Course. I haven't verified that or the times but I wonder how many other of these times are incorrectly posted here under the Grand East Course times??

Why is that too fast? The GS Z07 has only 40 hp less than the GT3 RS and with all that aero, those semi-slicks and the world class brakes I'm not surprised it's right in there. The cornering capabilities are just out of this world. The 570 S is much less radical in terms of tires and the like so again, I was expecting this.

That is one of the ideas i was thinking, hat GrandSport time just seems way too fast, I know a GS is damn near a ZO6 without the power, So its alot more manageable and confidence inspiring and less batshite crazy overall, And Chevrolet knows how to make a car handle, But It just seems TOO fast, They all seem too fast, But that one stands out the most, Followed by the R8 V10.

LOL... that grand sport time... unless GM slipped in with their own guys and team to prep and run the lap themselves. Perhaps they just had a team of journalists drive them. and sometimes you got captain slow and sometimes you got the stig.

In willow spring Huracan is 5s faster. Is loght and have much better tires. Depends of a track. If the track is very technical the diference is biguer.

On the other hand a super car like a 458 in a profesional drivee hands have better times than a Turbo S. R8 and turbo S are faster in all cases and in the regular drivers hands but a 650S or 458 are faster in the limit.

Regards

Agreed, There is something up with that test, It just doesnt seem right, None of the cars seem too slow, They all seem TOO fast, Focus RS as fast as an M4? GrandSport as fast as a GT3 and 570S, And literally kicking the shite outta the NSX?...And then theres that R8 Time, Theres NO way in hell its .4s faster then the older model, And 10s slower then the LP610.

I think its a misprint, Theres gotta be some typos, Or, Like the 458 in later years the cars were tailored by factory help to get the best times, But that many? I doubt it, Either way, Something too me seems off.

Honestly, i dont trust this kind of results. Last time the driver of the TA lost more than a second just cause of improper driving, and now they just have done a non relative laptime.
Audi R8 time it's a joke. Anyone who has drive knows that is impossible that almost the same f****ng car has done it 10seconds faster in the same conditions