Germany’s Nürburgring Nordschleife has turned into the rope in a figurative game of tug of war among automakers. The prize for pulling the other team over the line? The production-car lap record. But like the back-and-forth in a tug of war, the Nürburgring prize switches hands more times than we can keep track of. In the past few years alone, the Lexus LFA, Nissan GT-R, Porsche 911 GT2 RS, and Radical SR8LM, to name a few, have laid claim to the record. Now, Dodge has re-entered the ’Ring-lap fray, running a 2010 Viper SRT10 ACR around the course in a scant 7 minutes, 12.1 seconds—a time the company says is the new production-car record (based upon its definition of “production car,” which apparently excludes the Gumpert Apollo and its seven minute, 11 second run).
Dodge set its first record lap time for a production car around the Nürburgring back in 2008 with a 2008 Viper SRT10 ACR, but the record only stood for a short while. We anticipate the current “record” will also last only briefly. To watch the Viper’s record-setting run, check out the video below.
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