[CarandDriver] Lightning Lap 2023 VIR - Kaizen Autosports GR Supra 2.58.3

[Schang105]

Big congrats to Nathan Bunn from Kaizen Autosports for wiping the field in LL2 with a 2:58.3 time at VIR! Goes to the show the platform punches way above its weight with times even faster than LL3 with 718 GT4s and C8 corvettes in class above in LL3. Nathan being a pro racing instructor doesn't hurt, either .

The next-up class had a good mix of competitors: a pair of Civic Type Rs, a Tesla Model 3, and a Challenger Hellcat. The Model 3 and Hellcat were neck and neck in the 3:14s, while the better of the two Civics got down to a 3:07. But none could hang with the 2021 Toyota Supra adorned with an aggressive aero kit driven by Nathan Bunn. Now Bunn was at a distinct advantage, having formerly worked for VIR's home driving-instruction shop and our partner in this track-day endeavor, Kaizen Autosport, and has no shortage of time at VIR. While his 2:58.3 handily beat everything else in the class, it's a few seconds off our quickest from a Supra, a manual, last year. Bunn said his fresh set of R-compound tires didn't arrive in time, so he was nursing a well-used set.

BY AUSTIN IRWIN, MIKE SUTTON AND DAVE VANDERWERP.

From: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a...-lightning-lap-reader-track-day-vir-may-2023/

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[kaj]

We've been whooping on 718s and C8s for some time now.