carrera GT broke Nürburgring record
 

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Tijdens de recordrit zat de Duitse journalist Horst von Saurma, chef-redacteur van het blad ´Sport Auto´ aan het stuur. Hij joeg de 612 pk sterke Porsche Carrera GT met een gemiddelde snelheid van 164 km/h over het 22,6 km lange traject: een recordtijd voor een ´gewone´ straatauto.
Al 10 jaar lang deelt het Duitse blad een wisselbeker uit aan degene die de snelste ronde over de ´Ring´ rijdt. In 1995 begon de traditie. Toen stond de tijd op 7.52 minuten. Von Saurma stelde nu de tijd scherp op 7,32.44 minuten. Volgens het blad is de Nürburgring de ultieme test voor onderstel, motor, aërodynamica en de banden van een auto.

or in english :

it went bloody fast and knocked 20 seconds of the previous lap record for street cars... setting it at 7 minutes 32 secs

EDIT correction in the translation , it didn't knock 20 secs off, the dutch text said , the tradition started in 95 and the time then was 7 minutes 52... the CGT now set it at 7:32 .. dunno what the previous record was

I've got a woody

I wonder why every Porsche factory car has that same *S GO* plate? Always makes me think of s-car-go, or that rap song by Puffy(?) Anyhow......., impressive car. :cool:

The S stands for Stuttgart, don't know about the go part.

The Gemballa GTR600 had the current lap record of 7:32.5

Can't help it.....

That car is just plain ugly in side view behind the roll-over bar... : (

Wil

" Geet Out of ze vay!"

so it beat the gemballa by a measely 0.06 seconds?

wow, talk about splitting hairs

Nah, that car's not bad from any angle.

The Porsche 956 did it in 6.25.91 and this was in 1984 :) Driver was Derek Bell the 956 was rated a "sportscar" back then ;)

I'm pretty sure the Radical SR3 has done a 7:19.XXX w/o really trying. The SR3 is really getting into the gray area of a "road car."

http://www.radicalmotorsport.com/media/speedfreak/index.php

well the radical is definately not a production car, it's a kitcar
the artical mentioned production cars

Peter; Sportscar -- Yes. Street legal sports car -- not by any stretch of the imagination (excluding the Dauer 962).

Yep, the Radical is a production car and holds the record. I'd love one!

It looks Teutonic to me. Ugly but effective. Well, not really ugly either, and its effectiveness dictates its looks. Form and function. In fact, I'm having images of the Millenium Falcon flash in my head...

is he wearing a helmet?!?

Blechhhh... that overhead shot makes it look like 2 cars glued together in the middle. I think Porsche needs some design lessons from the Italians.

Based on its lap times, I would describe it as a very beautiful ugly car. ;)

The Radical is ONLY street legal in the UK. Since the Nring is Germany maybe that has something to do with it not having the record. Makes sense to me and in all fairness the radical is really a full on LMP class 2 type racer. I believe Rohrl did 7:28 at the Nring according to Autobild. :D

I think the Radical is legal in Europe. I seem to remember a magazine article saying that was the case. They even drove it from the UK to get to the ring.