Porsche 911 GT2 RS breaks Corvette C8 ZR1 lap record

Posted by Talbot Payne on May 20, 2026

Porsche911 GT2 RS with Manthey Kit hits curb in Turn 2 at Road Atlanta.

Porsche911 GT2 RS with Manthey Kit hits curb in Turn 2 at Road Atlanta.

Porsche, Porsche

Motown muscle cars Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Corvette have sauntered into Porsche and Mercedes’ backyard in recent years to set new benchmarks for sportscar performance at the Nürburgring race track.

Now Porsche has struck back on U.S. soil.

The German brand announced this week a Porsche 911 GT2 RS has broken the Corvette C8 ZR1’s production car lap record at Road Atlanta Raceway with a time of 1.22.6 minutes. The record comes just two months after Ford shattered Porsche’s production lap record at Nürburgring (only the limited-edition Mercedes AMG One is quicker) with its Mustang GTD. Corvette’s ZR1 has posted competitive Nürburgring times as well.

Ford and Chevy are following European makes like Porsche, Mercedes and Ferrari with global GT3 racing programs. Lap records by the race cars’ production variants have become a benchmark of brand cred as they sell in foreign markets. By the same token, the United States is Porsche’s biggest global sales market and Mercedes’ second largest.

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