n1kon

Does anyone know a link to the Laptimes?
That is updated regularly.

Thanks

n1kon

anyone? A site with Nurburg lap times?

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forfun

go to Google and type in Nurburgring. You should be able to get their site from there.

Gary2KC5

Or check out the Road & Track coverage of the new Z06. elite company laps the full course in 8 to 8.5 minutes

Ryan Bell

'04 Z06 did it in 7:56.

LTC Z06

This is what you want.
http://nurburgring.de/

n1kon

vettedave

"The last time we ran for time was on the 2004 Z06, which recorded one lap of 7'56". The 2005 would not be quite as good. We will be there in April with a production built Z06, and hope to get a good time for that one." Dave Hill crossedflags.com
Dec. 2004

c2jones

One might also enjoy seeing www.track-challenge.com which tests the track times of over 200 cars at Hockenheim.

http://www.track-challenge.com/main_e.asp

LTC Z06

Hockenheimring was a fun coarse, but compared to "the ring" the drivers there were crazy.

Lancer033

I've done 3 track days there and had close calls with other cars every time. Too many kids with mama's car that think they are Michael Schumacher on the last lap of the German Grand Prix.

LTC Z06

Also, I think that because Hock is a modern, safe track with plenty of runoff before the wall that people take chances they don't take at the ring. I did a track day there a few days after the F1 race and we did the full F1 course, a straight that I got up to 145mph followed by a 30mph U-turn!!!! I had brake fade.

Lancer033

going into that hairpin is my favorite place to pass people, especially when you've got a passenger in the car scared to death because he doesn't realize how much better C5 brakes are than his mustang brakes

the safety factor is a major factor in how poeple drive, I know I've gone off in turn 1 (right in front of the pits) and never took my foot off the gas, just turned back on to the track and kept going.

bernrex

If 1DAY's info on the Ring is complete and accurate ... a big IF....

Porsche Carrera GT would appear to dominate at the Ring. Has 3 placings in the upper echelon (times 7:40 or less).

It will be interesting to see if the new Z06 can crack 7:45 mark.

rbarta

Just getting to 7:45 would be huge for the new Z06. It is giving up 100hp to the CGT and weighs in a bit more, plus the CGT brakes are some of the best in the world (even with the Z06 brakes being a very nice improvement). Plus several other things.

bernrex

I agree big time with you. Yes, if it can break 7:50 we should be happy.
The Porsche C.GT is the ultimate ...IMO. If I had an extra 500 Large ... I'd buy it in a heartbeat. ... its like BUTTA.

ivan111

Yeah CGT brakes are super powerful.....

In a comparison in Automobile magazine the CGT reported the best decceleration of the group with 1.26 g's and of course shorter braking distances.......

DT

I agree - if the new Z06 can get _close_ to the 7;45 mark, that's a huge accomplishment (take a look at the chart and compare the company it would be in).

Hmm, 100 extra HP, 75 lb/ft more TQ, much better brakes, bigger tires (though runflats) and I assume better suspension (though I suspect the suspension improvements over the previous Z aren't huge). It will be interesting.

One thing I've read (I have no hands on experience, maybe one of the posters who have been on the ring can comment), is the condition of the track is pretty rough. So overly stiff suspensions can cause unsettling in many spots. I believe this was one of the explainations of the low-ish SRT-10 times.

It's funny that some Porsche enthusiasts put little credence in ring times (even though Porsche cars are a pretty high % of the top cars). Their comments suggest that the size of the track, combined with environmental factors and familiarity of the track (especially to "local" manufacturers) skew the results a little too much.

Cheers!

rbarta

Because they know that most of those GT3 times on the upper part of the list are on track prepped cars, not stock. Several other of the cars like (like the Supra with 750hp?) are obviously not stock. Stock meaning "everything" stock, "off the showroom floor" stock, "didn't switch out the tires for race car compound tires" stock. I wish they kept track records for purely stock cars.

I believe all of the CGT times are (or at least the worst time posted is...and it's pretty incredible)

I cannot wait to see what the Z06 can produce....stock.

trumper Z06

The C-6 Z06 should easily break the 7:50 barrier. Anything below 7:45 will be remarkable.. but it could happen!