New lap record at the Nordschleife (Sport Auto Trophy)
With a lap time under 7:12 minutes on the Nürburgring Nordschleife gets Gumpert Apollo Sport, the Sport Auto Trophy, the coveted cup for the fastest street-legal vehicles with life lap on the Nordschleife. Pilot Florian Gruber to undercut the old record by 3.32 seconds.
The new record 7.11,57 minutes – Gruber drove in the mid-engined sports car the “Apollo Sport”. Gruber stated “It certainly would have gone a little faster,” said the 26-year-old record after the round and seemed totally uneffected by this committed drive.
The Pistonspy was there and got the pictures of the Gumpert on the 13th August 2009.
This is the Footage of the lap record
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