Lightning Lap 2023: America’s Toughest Track’s Hottest Cars

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No other test combines cornering, acceleration, and braking while also revealing information about at-the-limit behavior.

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This year’s lineup resembles that of the first event, when we ran a Corvette Z06 but not one with a mid-engine 670-hp V-8.

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