Porsche Reclaims Road Atlanta Record in 1:22.649 With 2019 911 GT2 RS

8 articles · Updated · CarBuzz · May 19

A 2019 Porsche 911 GT2 RS with the Manthey Kit lapped Road Atlanta in 1:22.649, taking back the production-car record from Chevrolet's Corvette ZR1 by about 0.2 seconds.
Jörg Bergmeister drove the 690-hp, road-legal GT2 RS on Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R N0 tires, improving the car's own previous best there by 2.2 seconds despite a big power gap to the 1,064-hp ZR1.
Porsche also posted two more benchmark laps: a Manthey-equipped 911 GT3 RS ran 1:23.92 to become the circuit's fastest naturally aspirated sports car, while a Manthey 911 GT3 clocked 1:24.639.
The result extends a widening Porsche-Chevrolet lap-time fight after Chevrolet's early-2025 U.S. record run, with Porsche now answering on an American track and more potent next-generation GT models still to come.

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