Keep in mind that these results are for VIR and do not necessarily imdicate that the cars would finish in the same order on another track.
VIR is a good indication of how a car will perform on the road because there are some long straights, some tight turns and several elevation changes. On this type of track acceleration and braking performance (along with handling and cornering) are very important.
On a track lime Lime Rock (my home track) which in the "Classic"" configurtion is more of a "momentum" track a good deal of the course can be taken flat out. There is little threshold braking and acceleration is not as important. I don't have lap time comparisons for Lime Rock but it would be an interesting comparison.
Here is a video of lap of VIR in a supercharged Miata.
And these are the lap times for the starting grid at VIR for the 2007 Rolex Grand American Road Racing Series.
Pos No. Driver Team Time Speed
1 75 Braun/ Papis Krohn Racing / Pontiac Riley 01:45.0 112.111
2 99 Fogarty/ Gurney Gainsco/ Bob Stallings Racing / Pontiac Riley 01:45.2 111.951
3 58 Donohue/ Law Red Bull/ Brumos Porsche / Porsche Riley 01:45.7 111.39
4 1 Pruett/ Rojas TELMEX Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates / Lexus Riley 01:45.7 111.362
5 10 Taylor/ Angelelli/ Magnussen SunTrust Racing / Pontiac Riley 01:45.8 111.277
6 61 Frisselle/ Wilkins/ Frisselle AIM Autosport / Lexus Riley 01:46.3 110.733
7 6 Frisselle/ James Michael Shank Racing / Lexus Riley 01:46.5 110.586
8 77 Gidley/ Goeters Feeds The Need/ Doran Racing / Ford Doran 01:47.1 109.902
9 11 Dalziel/ Dumoulin SAMAX / Pontiac Riley 01:47.2 109.815
10 19 Finlay/ Valiante Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates / Lexus Riley 01:47.4 109.585
11 59 Haywood/ France Brumos Porsche/ Kendall / Porsche Riley 01:47.8 109.165
12 39 Fittipaldi/ Brix Cheever Racing / Porsche Fabcar 01:47.9 109.141
13 91 Matthews/ Goossens Riley-Matthews Motorsports / Pontiac Riley 01:48.4 108.638
14 60 Patterson/ Negri Jr Michael Shank Racing / Lexus Riley 01:48.5 108.508
15 5 Auberlen/ Alhadeff Luggage Express Team Sigalsport BMW / BMW Riley 01:48.8 108.209
16 76 Krohn/ Jonsson Krohn Racing / Pontiac Riley 01:48.9 108.083
17 53 Constantine/ Borkowski/ Murry Playboy Racing/ Unitech / Infiniti Riley 01:49.6 107.395
18 3 Lewis/ Ruhlman Southard Motorsports / Lexus Riley 01:49.9 107.104
19 16 Dyson/ Dyson Howard Motorsports / Porsche Crawford 01:51.9 105.229
20 12 Schramm/ Bell RVO Motorsports / Pontiac Riley 01:55.0 102.397
21 23 Long/ Bergmeister Alex Job Racing / Porsche Crawford 01:59.4 98.589
Virginia International Raceway
Classic Lime Rock (Black)
The gray areas are are work in progress. Only the New Uphill and the New West Bend are complete.
