Viper ACR, Corvette Z06 Nurburgring Battle Set for 2016, Records Will Fall - Torque News
Over the past decade, the two frontrunners in the battle for the quickest American cars around the famed Nürburgring have been the Chevrolet Corvette and the Dodge Viper. However, some new models over the past few years have jumped ahead of both the Corvette and the Viper – although both camps have a car set to reclaim the record and based on this recent news out of Germany, we should expect to see these record... Earlier this year, a Nissan GTR GT3 race car got airborne through the Flugplatz portion of the Nürburgring and went off the end of the track, over a catch fence and into a crowd of people – killing one of the fans. It should be noted that the area where the fan was killed was a restricted area for this very risk, but the track is so massive that they cannot police the entire grounds for spectators who are where they shouldn’t be. Unfortunately, this fan... As a result, the Nürburgring management immediately announced a speed limit for certain vehicles that would impact a variety of racing events, but most notably, the speed limit effectively put a stop to lap record runs since any run challenging... Source: www.torquenews.com
