One for the record books.
Production car lap records at Laguna Seca usually change hands quietly, if at all. Improvements typically occur in tenths, sometimes hundredths, and often only after years of incremental development. That’s why Czinger Vehicles’ recent visit to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca is special. On December 9, 2025, the Czinger 21C recorded a blistering lap time of 1:22.30, reclaiming the production car’s lap record by a considerable margin. Nearly two seconds faster than Koenigsegg’s previous best, it’s a result that’ll draw a second look, even from people who thought they’d already been paying attention.
The lap was driven by Joel Miller in a stock 21C with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tires and independently verified by Racelogic using VBOX GNSS-based data. Equally important, this was not a one-sided record attempt. The same car had recently completed the California Gold Rush Rally, covering approximately 1,000 miles between courses and setting five lap records in five days. This detail is important because it reinforces what Czinger has been trying to prove from the start, namely that the 21C is not a fragile, barely road-legal car. It’s designed to function like a real car, being extremely fast when the perfect opportunity presents itself.
If Czinger still feels like a new name, that’s because it is, at least by hypercar standards. Founded by Kevin and Lukas Czinger in Los Angeles, the company took a unique approach to building high-performance cars, combining additive manufacturing, AI-driven design and in-house production techniques. The 21C, their first road car, reflects this approach. It uses a bespoke twin-turbo V8 paired with electric motors in a longitudinal arrangement, with an emphasis on weight distribution and aerodynamics rather than just looking for performance metrics.
Laguna Seca has become a well-known battlefield for this. Since 2021, the lap record for production cars has been held by Czinger and Koenigsegg, with each new benchmark typically shaving fractions of a second off. Czinger’s own progression from 1:25.44 in 2021 to 1:24.39 earlier in 2025 follows this pattern. The 1:22.30 lap breaks it. As Lukas Czinger noted after the run, the team has always believed that the 21C can do better in the right conditions, and this lap finally shows it.
Source: Czinger Vehicles
