Car and Driver Lightning Lap 2019 - Zanardi

Browsing through Car and Driver, they ran their annual Lightning Lap event and was pleasantly surprised to see a 99 NSX Zanardi (supercharged) in the test.

Ran a 3:07.1 at VIR.

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a29414950/1999-acura-nsx-zanardi-edition-lightning-lap/

What a neat collection of cars.....and yes, nice to see an old nsx in the mix. Although, back in 1999 I bet no would guess that someday a Zanardi would be put head to head with a Camry on a track.

Fun article, thanks for sharing.

Cool to see. I think this is the car that reportedly lives at the PMC where the new NSX is manufactured.

Kinda cool to see that Honda themselves modified this example with a supercharger. Assuming a Comptech/CT Engineering?

Zanardi C/D video

piran1 said:

Kinda cool to see that Honda themselves modified this example with a supercharger. Assuming a Comptech/CT Engineering?

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Funny I stumbled upon it today too.

It's possible that someone at Honda high-up purchased the car like this or did the mods themselves, I very much doubt the mods were done in Honda's care but I could be wrong.

Edit: Confirmed, this is Zanardi #41 and was modified with a Comptech supercharger by 1 of the 3 owners it already had as of 2006, see thread: http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showt...di-41-vin-JH4NA2126XT000168?highlight=zanardi

I spoke to a Honda employee and he said #41 was in really bad shape at one point. I believe it was in an accident and they were ready to part out the engine but a few people pushed to get it restored, so glad it didn't end up in the crusher. Thanks for sharing!

https://youtu.be/s_NEVnjf-X0

Here's the video of the lap

Nice!

A friend at work sent me the article and then I saw the video here.

Cool stuff.

I want to say Honda/Acura has brought #41 to a NSXPO or two before. Definitely 2014 in Ohio.

So a supercharged, lightened NSX is as fast as a Hyundai...

Probably could have gotten a better time wearing better rubber.

dablackgoku1234 said:

So a supercharged, lightened NSX is as fast as a Hyundai...

Probably could have gotten a better time wearing better rubber.

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Great point.

It got beat by a Jeep Grand Cherokee too.

I wonder, what does Stuntman think it should have done at Lightning Lap?

Valkyrie Pilot said:

Great point.

It got beat by a Jeep Grand Cherokee too.

I wonder, what does Stuntman think it should have done at Lightning Lap?

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He maybe too busy with the shelby gt500....:wink:

dablackgoku1234 said:

So a supercharged, lightened NSX is as fast as a Hyundai...

Probably could have gotten a better time wearing better rubber.

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Valkyrie Pilot said:

Great point.

It got beat by a Jeep Grand Cherokee too.

I wonder, what does Stuntman think it should have done at Lightning Lap?

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Uhh, calling these cars "a Hyundai" and "a Jeep Grand Cherokee" is the same as when people simplify the NSX to "a Honda."

The Hyundai Veloster N Performance is one of the best hot hatches on sale, with 275 horsepower and competing against the Civic Type R.

The Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is a factory tuned SUV with 707 horsepower.

Both benefit from 30-years more development knowhow than the NSX had when it was developed in the late '80s. To compete against these cars at all is pretty amazing.