Speaking Of The 918…. 6:57

Jack Baruth
by Jack Baruth

Self-reported times on the Burgerkingring have long been the accepted currency of keyboard-racing morons, which has led to an increasingly bizarre series of manufacturer-sponsored “assaults” on the track. Real racers know how worthless the times are, but real self-funded racers only come in two categories: broke-ass dudes running a Neon ACR (yo!) and zillionaires racing Daytona Prototype. The two groups combined buy supercars at approximately the rate of two teenagers in Dubai — and teenagers in Dubai do care about Ring times.

Thus, we see that Porsche is now reporting a 6:57 for its hybrid supercar. This breaks the six-minute mark for self-reported times of factory-prepared “production” cars, ending a very long time where the fastest times were in the sevens. To see how it was done, click the jump.

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  • Davekaybsc Davekaybsc on Sep 10, 2013

    Errmm.. a Radical SR8 LM would outrun this thing on lap ONE. Lap two? Fuggetaboutit. The Radical can chase down the Zonda R. It has no time for electric Porsches.

  • El scotto El scotto on Sep 10, 2013

    Whaat? This many comments about the 'Ring and none about Sabine Schmitt

  • WheelMcCoy WheelMcCoy on Sep 10, 2013

    >> Burgerkingring Ha! That's some drive-thru. But honestly, I can get thru my local BurgerKingring in 5:59 minutes and exit with a whopper and fries.

  • Raph Raph on Sep 10, 2013

    I love watching cars run the 'ring, but yeah, I hate how manufacturers game the runs. I wish there was sort of rule system in place with a 3rd party observer to prevent that but I suppose it would be a needless expenditure and will never happen. Thanks for screwing the pooch guys...

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