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Written by Rowan Horncastle
It"s all going down at the Virginia International Raceway. Over the last two weeks, an unexpected ding-dong between Ford and Chevrolet has erupted: both companies have hit the track to duke it out for the fastest production car lap record. Ford showed its hand first, if a little unexpectedly. It simply arrived at the circuit with a pre-production GT to take part in some testing, with hot shoe Billy Johnson at the wheel. Without trying, Johnson beat the previous production car record of 2m 40.02s (held by the Dodge Viper ACR), sending the 638bhp, 216mph GT around VIR"s Grand Course layout in 2m 38.62s. That record didn"t stand for long. A few days later, Chevrolet decided to put its fastest car the new 755bhp, 210+mph Corvette ZR1 around VIR"s technical and challenging circuit (often dubbed the N rburgring of America) to see if it could better Ford"s effort.
Date written: 1 Feb 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10734
It"s all going down at the Virginia International Raceway. Over the last two weeks, an unexpected ding-dong between Ford and Chevrolet has erupted: both companies have hit the track to duke it out for the fastest production car lap record. Ford showed its hand first, if a little unexpectedly. It simply arrived at the circuit with a pre-production GT to take part in some testing, with hot shoe Billy Johnson at the wheel. Without trying, Johnson beat the previous production car record of 2m 40.02s (held by the Dodge Viper ACR), sending the 638bhp, 216mph GT around VIR"s Grand Course layout in 2m 38.62s. That record didn"t stand for long. A few days later, Chevrolet decided to put its fastest car the new 755bhp, 210+mph Corvette ZR1 around VIR"s technical and challenging circuit (often dubbed the N rburgring of America) to see if it could better Ford"s effort.
Date written: 1 Feb 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10734