What do get when you pair a professional racer, such as Andy Pilgrim, with a top-shelf supercar, such as a McLaren Senna, and set them loose at NCM Motorsports Park? You get a track record for a production car–well, until Steve Luca came with his 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500.
At last year’s Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge …
The 2-minute mark at NCM is special territory, by the way. Last year's UTCC winner, in a Stohr prototype, turned a 2:00.901 lap.
How do you call this a production car? Hardly anything is stock.
"Production-based car" I think was intended. “It may be one of the fastest cars that still has a stock engine, stock transmission, stock rear end and stock axles,” Steve acknowledges.
This is the 'ol: OEM unmodified car A is beat by heavily modified car B, therefore, car B is better. "Better" is very subjective.
A splitter, cage, and giant wing...
kb58 said:This is the 'ol: OEM unmodified car A is beat by heavily modified car B, therefore, car B is better. "Better" is very subjective.
I look at it as "I built this modified production car myself in my shop and it's quicker than (one of) the fastest production car(s) available at any price"
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