The Lightning Lap!
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09-13-2016, 02:43 PM
I thought it was the GS in the race. If the GS did so well the z06 would have won. But it must been a small track with no room to stretch and they used 1st and 2nd gear. The GS speed is not the same league.
Chevy likely paid for it and it was a sales add. The GS can handle well but no speed in the stretch.
Chevy likely paid for it and it was a sales add. The GS can handle well but no speed in the stretch.
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...d-more-feature
It is not a race but best lap time. Look under historical times which includes the 2015 Z06 run. The Z06 was 4th and the GS was 9th.
Makes you wonder why a mid engine car that costs more is needed.
09-13-2016, 02:29 PM
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Chevy likely paid for it and it was a sales add. The GS can handle well but no speed in the stretch.
09-13-2016, 02:42 PM
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VIR has a long straight where speeds can reach 150+ it is not a slow track by any means. To think that Chevy "paid" for the GS to do as good as it did but not the Z06 is laughable.
09-13-2016, 02:43 PM
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I thought it was the GS in the race. If the GS did so well the z06 would have won. But it must been a small track with no room to stretch and they used 1st and 2nd gear. The GS speed is not the same league.
Chevy likely paid for it and it was a sales add. The GS can handle well but no speed in the stretch.
Chevy likely paid for it and it was a sales add. The GS can handle well but no speed in the stretch.
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...d-more-feature
It is not a race but best lap time. Look under historical times which includes the 2015 Z06 run. The Z06 was 4th and the GS was 9th.
Makes you wonder why a mid engine car that costs more is needed.
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09-13-2016, 03:15 PM
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2:47 just about smokes anything out there regardless of cost. Even the 500hp GT3 RS with all that down force isnt any faster.
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09-13-2016, 03:16 PM
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09-13-2016, 04:03 PM
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EDIT: All this talk about drivers and repaving. Seems like a ton of conflicting stories. Results are that the wide body corvettes did amazing.
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09-13-2016, 05:28 PM
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Melting Slicks
The track was repaved in 2014 and again this past Aug. This years LL was completed before the Aug repave. The changes in the '14 repave did make a big difference in lap times so you really can't compare any of the pre '14 LL times. The laps times after the latest repave don't seem to be showing any great difference.
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09-13-2016, 06:10 PM
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Wasn't the Z06 time driven by a hot shoe as opposed to the basically amateur drivers used in this comparo? Chris Winkler ran a 2:40 there in an ACR does that count too?
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09-13-2016, 06:27 PM
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09-13-2016, 06:44 PM
#13
Melting Slicks
Lap videos are posted on YouTube.
09-13-2016, 06:46 PM
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Burning Brakes
On a serious note...The one thing that should make us go hmmm is the fact that the GT3RS was only .1s faster than the GS...and the GS was 2.5s slower than the Z06...Thus, even on a 'green' track, why was the Z06 only .3s faster than the GT3Rs at MRLS????? Same day, same conditions, just like this test...something is amuck! Anyone?
09-13-2016, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by ZoratZ06
Mero said they ran a 2:41 in the Z06, does that count?
On a serious note...The one thing that should make us go hmmm is the fact that the GT3RS was only .1s faster than the GS...and the GS was 2.5s slower than the Z06...Thus, even on a 'green' track, why was the Z06 only .3s faster than the GT3Rs at MRLS????? Same day, same conditions, just like this test...something is amuck! Anyone?
On a serious note...The one thing that should make us go hmmm is the fact that the GT3RS was only .1s faster than the GS...and the GS was 2.5s slower than the Z06...Thus, even on a 'green' track, why was the Z06 only .3s faster than the GT3Rs at MRLS????? Same day, same conditions, just like this test...something is amuck! Anyone?
09-13-2016, 08:13 PM
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Mero said they ran a 2:41 in the Z06, does that count?
On a serious note...The one thing that should make us go hmmm is the fact that the GT3RS was only .1s faster than the GS...and the GS was 2.5s slower than the Z06...Thus, even on a 'green' track, why was the Z06 only .3s faster than the GT3Rs at MRLS????? Same day, same conditions, just like this test...something is amuck! Anyone?
On a serious note...The one thing that should make us go hmmm is the fact that the GT3RS was only .1s faster than the GS...and the GS was 2.5s slower than the Z06...Thus, even on a 'green' track, why was the Z06 only .3s faster than the GT3Rs at MRLS????? Same day, same conditions, just like this test...something is amuck! Anyone?
09-13-2016, 09:07 PM
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09-13-2016, 09:27 PM
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09-13-2016, 11:39 PM
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Burning Brakes
Lightening Lap GS and GT3 same day etc...and the GT3 was on only .1s faster than the GS.
So please explain the delta difference. The track condition is almost irrelevant. A GS on the same day was only .1s slower than a GT3RS...a car that should be much faster...better downforce, more power, and lighter.
Then on the same day, same track, same driver, a Z06 was only .3 faster than a GT3RS.
Seems very strange to me. So YES please go on. I'm genuinely curious.