Everett Ogilvie

Zonda R, one of my favorite cars, beats the Ferrari FXX:

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/27/v...6-27-ring-run/

63Corvette

Amazingly stable platform relative to some other cars which I have seen in videos of the ring.

Joy of 6

Wow, what a ride. I still want to ride with that German Lady in her BMW (or even the Top Gear van)

The paddle shifters are on the steering column and not on the wheel. they sure are tall. When the driver was making a right hand turn he upshifted with his left hand (I think was in the 2 to 3 minute mark)

dfinke23

Very cool car, I agree; but at what point are we going to stop saying "new record" every time one of these cars does a lap? They are much closer to full on race cars than anything that I would consider a road going super-car. Put AC and turn signals on a P1 car, and it would smoke that time.
Having said that, I really enjoyed watching.

TLGunman

When is there going to be an actual sanctioning body, to certify said records?

Zonda is a work of art, regardless!!

John Shiels

There needs to be a class for street legal cars that can be reistered and road going with emissions.

dvandentop

i would so buy one of those if i win the powerball :drool:

thebrander

That's almost too scary to watch. Unreal speed.

MartyZ51

Sounds and looks just like the same car on Need for Speed Shift for the PS3. I feel like I've driven it!

thebrander

Don't get me started on the fidelity of modern racing games! I play Forza 3 on XBOX 360 and you can absolutely feel the difference in the cars. I've owned a Lotus Elise and currently own a C6Z and 2010 Camaro SS and those video game cars feel so much like the real thing.

efranzen

Sort of like the infamous Porsche RUF "Yellow Bird" at the Ring? I pucker just watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9jj8YGQWGA

hamdog

That Ruf 911 is a very capable car. The driver is the issue in that video!

hamdog

Note the Racelogic lap timer on the windshiled. I just happened to be selling one

Everett Ogilvie

Interesting brief documentary about the car and the attempt (I want this car);

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF0ss...eature=related

shakedown067

Is it normal to have your legs bunched up like that? The driving position looks really uncomfortable. Or is that guy just too tall for the car?

63Corvette

The video of the Yellow Bird illustrates what I was trying to say above. Because the driver's hands are a blur, constantly fighting (induced) oversteer. By comparison, the driver of the Zonda seems very relaxed, and the car seems very quiet and stable. I thought that the "appearance of speed" was much better in the Hans Stuck video in the BMW GTR, possibly because of other cars on the track during the run. At any rate, the Zonda seems to me like a walk in the park compared to the Porsche.

TLGunman

To quote Paris Hilton..."That's HOT!"

Doc V.

Take a ride with Hans Stuck at the Nurburgring:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...5467458424752#

Z06Norway

Just got home after a week on the ring, watched VLN 6 hour on Saturday, drove to SPA and watched the end of 24 hour GT race. We planned to try and go faster than "street record" Viper ACR, but got sidelined due to technical problems.
In my book Porsche GT2RS holds the street record with a 7.18.
Zonda, Ferrari FXX, Radical and the other million dollar race cars are in a different class :-)

We had also an accident with a friends Z06 that kissed barrier on Hohe acht, highest point on the northsleife. He got a nice black eye, big nose and cut lip, car not so good, but repairable


Ps just noticed that Zonda did a FULL lap, ie the T13 included.
Got to look up Ferrari and see, but manufactors claims are without T13.
Porsche, Corvette, Viper, Nissan etc exclude T13, that is close to 7 sec


Rune