Chevy Corvette ZR1 Tops Lightning Lap, Beats Senna by 0.7s at VIR
Chevrolet's 2026 Corvette ZR1 set Car and Driver's production-car Lightning Lap record at Virginia International Raceway with a 2:34.2, beating the McLaren Senna by 0.7 seconds. The regular ZR1 has 1,064 hp and weighs 3,899 lb, while the Senna has 789 hp and weighs 3,030 lb, and the ZR1 also reached a top speed of 179 mph; price-wise the ZR1 base is about $216k versus the Senna's roughly $965k.