DODGE Viper fans with money to burn have banded together to send a brace of the swansong ACR Extreme cars to Germany’s Nurburgring in an attempt to take back the production car lap record and plant the Star-Spangled Banner on hallowed European soil.

Since the sub-Extreme Viper ACR claimed the lap record in 2011, a number of other contenders have since brought the title back to Europe. However, patriotic Americans have joined forces for one last attempt on the record before the Viper is put out to pasture in August.

The vehicles are being provided by Texan Dodge Viper and SRT dealer ViperExchange, which presumably wants the pair of super coupes back in one piece.

It is worth noting that the ACR Extreme has already had a crack at the record once before but failed to sneak under the seven-minute mark.

The band of Viper lovers, buoyed by the car’s recent successes smashing records at a number of US race tracks, believe the V10-powered monster has what it takes to embarrass the world’s toughest metal on home turf.

At its disposal, the most track-focused road-legal Viper to date has a 481kW naturally-aspirated V10 at the front and driven wheels at the back.

Even if the crowd-funded team is successful, some might question the legitimacy of a record set by a car dressed up in the Extreme Aero Package, which is a retrofit option and contributes about 800kg of downforce.

The team will hit the track in July.