The ACR\u2019s records\u00a0<\/a>include a staggering 1.28.65 minute circuit of one of America\u2019s most famous tracks, Laguna Seca in California. With accomplished racer Randy Pobst aboard, \u201cThe Snake\u201d eclipsed the previous lap record by more than a second \u2014 set by Pobst in the $900,000 Porsche 918 hybrid which costs seven-fold more than the Viper. Most of the lap records were set by SRT vehicle development engineer Chris Winkler, an accomplished SCCA champion.<\/p>\nDeveloped as the \u201cultimate street legal race car,\u201d the ACR first appeared in the Viper lineup in 1999. While shattering track records, Viper has struggled to eclipse 1,000 units in annual sales. Hand-built in Detroit\u2019s Conner Avenue Assembly Plant, the Viper\u2019s $90,390 base price is well above cross-town rival Corvette. The \u2019Vette starts at just $56,395 with annual sales in 2014 of over 34,000 units.<\/p>\n
The 2016 ACR is powered by the same 8.4-liter, V10 engine as the base Viper with an industry-leading 600 pound-feet of torque for a normally-aspirated engine. But its track steroids come from an \u201cExtreme Aero package,\u201d which sucks the car to the ground with technical wizardry including a dual-element carbon fiber rear wing, rear diffuser, unique hood, front splitter, and dive planes. The resulting 2,000 pounds of downforce at a top speed of 177 mph is the most of any production car made.<\/p>\n
Add carbon ceramic Brembo brakes and massive, Kumho 14-inch rear rubber and the ACR stickers for $122,490.<\/p>\n
The ACR is developed by Dodge\u2019s SRT performance program, which includes 200-mph Hellcat versions of the Dodge Challenger and Charger.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the Hellcat is the King of the Road, then the ACR is King of the Track,\u201d says Kuniskis.<\/p>\n
2016 Dodge Viper ACR lap records<\/p>\n
Laguna Seca (Salinas, California), 10\/28\/15<\/p>\n
Lap Time:\u00a01:28.65 min.<\/p>\n
Driver:\u00a0R. Pobst<\/p>\n
Road Atlanta (Braselton, Georgia), 10\/11\/15<\/p>\n
Time:\u00a01:26.54<\/p>\n
Driver:\u00a0C. Winkler<\/p>\n
Waterford Hills (Waterford, Michigan), 9\/30\/15<\/p>\n
Time:\u00a01:10.89<\/p>\n
Driver:\u00a0C. Winkler<\/p>\n
Nelson Ledges (Garrettsville, Ohio), 9\/21\/15<\/p>\n
Time:\u00a01:06.21<\/p>\n
Driver:\u00a0C. Winkler<\/p>\n
Motown Mile (Detroit, Michigan), 8\/28\/15<\/p>\n
Time:\u00a051.17 sec.<\/p>\n
Driver:\u00a0C. Winkler<\/p>\n
GingerMan Raceway (South Haven, Michigan), 8\/27\/15<\/p>\n
Time:\u00a01:31.91<\/p>\n
Driver:\u00a0C. Winkler<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh International Race Complex (New Alexandria, Pennsylvania), 8\/18\/15<\/p>\n
Time:\u00a058.37 sec.<\/p>\n
Driver:\u00a0C. Winkler<\/p>\n
Grattan Raceway (Belding, Michigan), 5\/19\/15<\/p>\n
Time:\u00a01:22.09<\/p>\n
Driver:\u00a0C. Winkler<\/p>\n
Virginia International Raceway (Alton, Virginia, Grand Course), 4\/23\/15<\/p>\n
Time:\u00a02:40.02<\/p>\n
Driver:\u00a0C. Winkler<\/p>\n
Willow Springs Raceway (Rosamond, California), 4\/2\/15<\/p>\n
Time:\u00a01:21.24<\/p>\n
Driver:\u00a0C. Winkler<\/p>\n
MotorSport Ranch (Cresson, Texas), 2\/25\/15<\/p>\n
Time:\u00a01:16.98<\/p>\n
Driver:\u00a0T. Kendall<\/p>\n
Buttonwillow Raceway Park (Buttonwillow, California), 1\/21\/15<\/p>\n
Time:\u00a01:47.70<\/p>\n
Driver:\u00a0C. Winkler<\/p>\n
Inde Motorsports Ranch (Wilcox, Arizona), 11\/19\/14<\/p>\n
Time:\u00a01:33.75<\/p>\n
Driver:\u00a0C. Winkler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cReports of my death have been greatly exaggerated,\u201d Mark Twain famously said. Slap his words on a Dodge Viper bumper sticker. As if to snuff reports\u00a0from UAW contract negotiations that the Viper program was finished, the sports coupe\u2019s 2016 ACR performance model completed a year-long journey across 13 American race tracks this fall by setting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17608,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17607\/revisions\/17608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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