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Parkway Ford Lincoln SVT
01-23-2018, 02:03 PM
They couldn't get their hands on one last year for the 11th "Lightning Lap", a 3 day test-fest, so now that they were able to get a car they did a one-day test at VIR with it, and broke the record previously set by a Porsche 918 Spyder:

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/lightning-lap-115-we-lap-the-ford-gt-at-vir-feature


There are a bunch of great on-track photos as well, couldn't get them to display here using the image tags unfortunately

https://www.caranddriver.com/photo-gallery/lightning-lap-115-we-lap-the-ford-gt-at-vir-feature-gallery#T1
G-ForceJunkie
01-23-2018, 06:47 PM
Those are some great photos. I love the car (other than the V6...), but have a hard time believing it's faster than a 918. On this track on those days, sure, but on the same day....I don't know.
ZR
01-23-2018, 07:52 PM
Epic cool.
Ponyryd
01-23-2018, 07:55 PM
Those are some great photos. I love the car (other than the V6...), but have a hard time believing it's faster than a 918. On this track on those days, sure, but on the same day....I don't know.

Well said.
Rino
01-24-2018, 01:38 PM
:ford:
Parkway Ford Lincoln SVT
01-24-2018, 01:41 PM
Those are some great photos. I love the car (other than the V6...), but have a hard time believing it's faster than a 918. On this track on those days, sure, but on the same day....I don't know.

The stuff that Multimatic and Ford did with the suspension and aero is very clever. On a fast course I could see it being as quick as something like the Porsche, which has more power but also a bunch more weight to haul around.