https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a23319884/lightning-la...
There's no need to tip any scales to destroy a portly luxury sedan with a lighter car.
RANK CAR (MODEL YEAR) TIME
136 Mazda MX-5 Cup Car (2016) 3:06.4
209 Fiat 124 Spyder Abarth (2017) 3:16.9
211 Tesla Model S P85D (2015) 3:17.4
227 Mazda MX-5 Miata Club (2016) 3:20.8
241 Mazda MX-5 (2006) 3:29.3
I could easily have used the 124 as an example (I own one), but it's less known.
It also does 0 to 60 in over 6 seconds stock and is only at 164 HP stock.
If anything he Club number is suspiciously low
(The 2006 Miata, which non car people might not realize, is one of the heaviest, least Miata models ever made, also proving the point of how much weight matters)
On a relatively short test course in the hands of legendary racer Keiichi Tsuchiya, the ND[1] was 1.431 seconds slower than the Abarth[2] in best lap time comparison...seems about right when linearly scaling over VIR's length, and given the Abarth's better factory torque and suspension tune.
Otherwise, in general agreement.