When you think of the ultimate street-legal race car, you probably think of the McLaren P1, Porsche 918, or the Ferrari LaFerrari. Unfortunately, if your definition of "ultimate" involves putting down the fastest possible lap time at a track, you'd probably be wrong to pick any of those three.

Yep, on tracks like Laguna Seca, Road Atlanta, and Virginia International Raceway, if you want to set the fastest time, you'll need to be driving something a bit more American—a Dodge Viper ACR. According to FCA, the Dodge Viper ACR holds the lap record not just at those three tracks but at 10 more, as well.

"The SCCA has certified that the new 2016 Dodge Viper ACR holds more track records than any other production car in the world," said Tim Kuniskis, FCA's North American Head of Passenger Car Brands. "We expected our new Viper ACR to be the fastest street-legal Viper track car ever. Now we know without a doubt that it is."

For comparison, Randy Pobst ran the Viper ACR with the Extreme Aero pack around Laguna Seca and set a record lap time of 1:28.65, beating the previous record—set by a Porsche 918―by 1.24 seconds.

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The Viper may be ending production in 2017, and it may have been eclipsed by the Hellcat twins in terms of horsepower, but if you want to dominate on the track, it's clearly a heck of a choice. For years, sales have been lower than FCA had hoped, so it isn't terribly surprising to see the Viper go out of production, but if it has to go, at least it's leaving behind a legacy of American awesomeness and on-track performance.

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