Sherminator98 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-ford-mustang-gtd-competition-just-destroyed-the-chevy-corvette-zr1xs-nurburgring-lap-record 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherminator98 Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 https://www.fromtheroad.ford.com/us/en/articles/2026/ford-mustang-gtd-competition-new-record-nurburgring 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Let the chevy whining begin...... 😎 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeluxeStang Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 1 hour ago, akirby said: Let the chevy whining begin...... 😎 1 hour ago, akirby said: Let the chevy whining begin...... 😎 They'll tell us how engineers with thousands of laps of track driving weren't racing drivers and how a racing driver will be 30 seconds faster in a zr1 🤣. This is impressive as hell. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeluxeStang Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 I'll be honest, when Ford had the videos taken down, I was worried it was because the time we thought Ford achieved was faster than what they actually achieved, and they didn't want to look bad. The opposite is true. This is insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew L Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 How long till Chevy is back out there fine tuning lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZanatWork Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Healthy rivalries are a human side of business. The need to keep evolving one's game for sales/credibility is the best defense against soul-sucking routine. I hope, somehow, that this focus (pun lightly intended) leads to one more "real" Mustang redesign, allowing a lighter starting point and all the advances (reasonably) available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 3 hours ago, Andrew L said: How long till Chevy is back out there fine tuning lol They're trying to figure out how to get an even larger motor in there. That's all they seem to know how to do - throw hp at it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeluxeStang Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 I wonder how much more power this has over the normal GTD. It hit 194 coming down the final straight. For comparison, that's only about 4 mph slower than the zr1x max speed. I'm not suggesting it's matching the zr1x's 1200 hp level, just that they seem pretty evenly matched in a straight line. The mustang does have DRS, so that helps. My guess is around 1,000 hp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeluxeStang Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 10 minutes ago, akirby said: They're trying to figure out how to get an even larger motor in there. That's all they seem to know how to do - throw hp at it. Which will just be a case of diminishing returns. Watching the zr1x ring video, it looked like it was struggling around the turns relative to the GTD. The tires were squealing like crazy. It seems like the chassis would struggle with any additional power. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearheadGrrrl Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Gotta compare fruits to the same species to be accurate, the Corvettes are street legal and entering production and the Mustang GTD Comp ain't (yet) and may not be the same exact car when it gets street legal. In the Mustang's defense, in most variations it has a back seat and the 'Vette don't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan20 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 3 hours ago, DeluxeStang said: Which will just be a case of diminishing returns. Yea exactly, as seen with ZR1’s time of 6:50.763 with 1,064 hp and ZR1X’s time of 6:49.275 with 1,250 hp. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 4 hours ago, GearheadGrrrl said: Gotta compare fruits to the same species to be accurate, the Corvettes are street legal and entering production and the Mustang GTD Comp ain't (yet) and may not be the same exact car when it gets street legal. In the Mustang's defense, in most variations it has a back seat and the 'Vette don't. It will absolutely be street legal. They're already taking orders. The GT mk IV however is track only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherminator98 Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 43 minutes ago, akirby said: It will absolutely be street legal. They're already taking orders. The GT mk IV however is track only. They just putting in a subtle jab because they want Ford to make them a car that no one else really wants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 13 minutes ago, Sherminator98 said: They just putting in a subtle jab because they want Ford to make them a car that no one else really wants. Autocross! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan20 Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 On 4/17/2026 at 9:08 PM, akirby said: Autocross! Formula 1! Ah, never mind. Ford now has that covered too. 😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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