LightningLap Legends: Chevrolet Corvette vs. Porsche 911:
at Virginia International Raceway for roughly one-fifth of that time, and the Corvette and 911 have featured prominently—as of 2021, we've recorded 28 times for the two models in various incarnations, and the battles have been fierce. Flip through to see how America's sports car and Germany's icon stack up at VIR:Except the Corvette is definitely not a clumsy beast. Sure, the Lotus was more precise around the racetrack, but the Vette handled terrifically, too.
Those tires — Yokohama A048s — are part of the model's optional Track package , so they were allowed, but they're gumball tires that probably won't last 2000 miles when driven on the street.As before, there was only one entrant in this class, this time in the shape of a Porsche 911 Turbo. Despite a strong 480 horsepower, it wasn't that happy around VIR and ran an unexpectedly mediocre 3:05.
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