The 'Ring

[Nambo]

You guys just hear Dom say at Sebring they are going back to the 'Ring to attempt to re take the record?!

[Torquemonster06]

I just heard Kuno say " It would be nice to go back and try for a new record" That would be AWESOME. Bring on the New ACR Talk.

[BlknBlu]

Will it be a T/A? If so better snag up one of those record breakers before they are all sold.

Bruce

[Nambo]

He didn't give specifics on the car, just said they would be back soon on a live interview on FS1.

[FLATOUT]

Will it be a T/A? If so better snag up one of those record breakers before they are all sold.

Bruce

The TA would be slower around the ring then the 2010 ACR lots of high speed corners that need real aero.

[ViperSmith]

The TA would be slower around the ring then the 2010 ACR lots of high speed corners that need real aero.

I wonder if the wing on the Green SRT is more than just a show part...

[FLATOUT]

I wonder if the wing on the Green SRT is more than just a show part...

Good point.

[ACRucrazy]

I wonder if the wing on the Green SRT is more than just a show part...

It's an ugly part. It just doesn't look right.

[ViperSmith]

It's an ugly part. It just doesn't look right.

not saying it isn't

[BlknBlu]

The TA would be slower around the ring then the 2010 ACR lots of high speed corners that need real aero.

way back in the other entitiy days i brought this up. I am not 100% convinced that a G4 ACR can outrun a T/A at the ring. The extra HP and diet and suspension should help a lot. I think it will be closer than most people think.

Bruce

[FLATOUT]

way back in the other entitiy days i brought this up. I am not 100% convinced that a G4 ACR can outrun a T/A at the ring. The extra HP and diet and suspension should help a lot. I think it will be closer than most people think.

Bruce

It won't do it, not that it wouldn't run a respectable time, but it won't beat a 10 ACR around the ring. No cups, no aero. I could see it running in the high teens 18 or 19 I would think, but it don't see it running faster than 12.

[Newport Viper]

It won't do it, not that it wouldn't run a respectable time, but it won't beat a 10 ACR around the ring. No cups, no aero. I could see it running in the high teens 18 or 19 I would think, but it don't see it running faster than 12.

Totally with you on this one. I have been/driven the Ring and you need the cups and aero. Plus the weather has to work out....

[VRYALT3R3D]

The TA would be slower around the ring then the 2010 ACR lots of high speed corners that need real aero.

Then again, the huge aero hurt the ACR in the straight line speed. 2010 ACR's rear spoiler was revised because of the drag

[FLATOUT]

Then again, the huge aero hurt the ACR in the straight line speed. 2010 ACR's rear spoiler was revised because of the drag

I agree but if aero didn't matter Formula 1, ALMS, and any other road coarse race car would be shaped like Salt flat cars.

And the straight line performance improvement came from the revised trans gearing not the updated wing lip. The 2010 trans gearing is the best Dodge has used for the Vipers, why they didn't use it on the 2013's is strange.

It's just my opinion, maybe it will be faster I just seriously doubt it.

[VRYALT3R3D]

Awesome. Hopefully in a new ACR!

[mnc2886]

I still think an ACR will arrive before a vert.

[BlknBlu]

We all would love to see the results, but as a manufacturer one would not want to publish if old beat new.

Bruce

[FLATOUT]

We all would love to see the results, but as a manufacturer one would not want to publish if old beat new.

Bruce

They'll take an ACR out there once it's released. (My wish)

[SWEEN]

There is no way the TA will get the record. 918 has a 6:57 lap time and the P1 is rumored to have close to 6:30. With that being said it might be able to make a run just to beat the GTR Nismos 7:08 time.

I think they should just save it for the ACR. That would be awesome if the next ACR could get a time under 7:00. Also hopefully they give that Green SRT a different wing, like the posts above said it just doesn't look right.

[Schen]

Ok...I'll admit. I smirked.

BUT...McLaren P1, Porsche 918, LaFerrari.

All three of those have been itching or have itched Nurburgring already. Just saying.

--RS

[Late Apex]

Is their goal to beat the awesome Nismo GTR at the Ring or who leads the record now?

[Policy Limits]

I thought the wing wasn't making it on the green GT car? I actually liked the way it looked.

Hope the new ACR has the ability but 918 & P1 made incredible times. I also absolutely love the Gen IV ACR color scheme of white with black thick stripe and red thin drivers side stripe; hope that look makes its way to the V.

Interesting how the GTS-R beat the Corvette today at Sebring today too; the performance of the new Z06 seems really incredible. I'd like to see the new ACR have a more aggressive aero than the Z06 though; it's all about the wing.

[FLATOUT]

That was all the time they had that day. They rented the track the two days prior and it rained or was wet the entire time. Track officials (or whoever) gave them a very small window the third day between other events to make a run. If each lap is 7 minutes and you make adjustments between the laps it doesn't give you too many chances if they gave them 30 minutes to an hours worth of private run time.

[Viper Girl]

Just curious... Was it track officials that gave them the 3rd day time? or Ron Howard who was there filming Rush?

[Bill Pemberton]

Not sure I understand your rationale Flatout, because even though we both have ACRs you seem to be negating that the TA outran the ACR at Laguna Seca, and there are some very high speed corners there, off camber and demanding. The TA suspension, the greater top speed, the brakes , weight, all factor in, and frankly the speed was a major issue as we all know in returning to the Ring. Love my ACR, but have to
believe the electronic suspension changes and brakes make a big difference, and the fact that it went faster on what many of us consider a mid level DOT competition tire ( Pirelli Corsa ) , means with a set of Trofeos on, it would not surprise me in the least to see a TA take a quicker time. The electronic suspension, likely, could respond quicker to the compression and rolling course faster than the KWs --- frankly a good system but becoming dated. Have to agree with Black and Blue and others, no offense, but a TA with Trofeos should be a champ ---- let's say a few in the know are thinking up to 5 mph faster in some straights and leave it at that.

Supposedly Ron Howard gave them some of his allotted time to make the run, Viper Girl.