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That was fun to watch. Love VIR and you absolutely need to use the gators there. A lot of people are afraid to use them but you need them especially up the climbing esses. He was carrying serious speed through there and on the front straight. I think the front straight shows how good the aero and tires are. I saw mid 150s before he was on the brakes. Coming around that slight bend in the high 140s even is pretty exciting.
I wish they ran the traditional full course for the lightning lap but only because it's what I'm familiar with. I'd like to see what kind of speed they hit on the back straight and how much speed it could carry coming into the roller coaster.
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I'm not a fan of the GT350/GT350R at all. Nor the Z28 for that matter. But I gotta say, realistically, something seems off if the 15 Z28 beat the 16 GT350R when the Shelby has convincingly beaten the Z28 in every other test and comparison I have seen. Something doesn't quite add up. Unless this particular track doesn't play up to the Shelby's strengths. I can see the ZL1s beating it. But I'm a little curious about the Z28 beating it. I hate to be the one to come to the Shelby's defense but it really IS a good cornering car and I can't see how the Z28 could beat it.
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The ZR1 is going to be insane! It's good to be on top of the world again.
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The ZL1 1LE times don't matter at all, because they are on a different day then the GT350R.... lol
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of course you guys saw the mishap Car and Driver had before the uphill esses when they were greedy trying to squeak out the last few tenths?? They bent a wheel and had to have repairs.
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If that is the case and this particular track plays to the Z28's particular strengths and all the Shelby's weaknesses are exploited here then the exact opposite can happen. There can be tracks that play to the Shelby's strengths and exploit the Z28's weaknesses as well. In which case neither car is actually better. It's just that some cars are better suited for some tracks and not as good on other tracks. |
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09-07-2017, 12:28 PM | #40 |
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C+D Lightning Lap results are in for ZL1 1LE
Plus the ZL1, too. NB SS 1LE did 54.8 there last year. Given some published data it is amazing how good stock Goodyear S3 tires are, albeit S3R is a bit better. Enjoy!
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Yeah, both laps are a bit underwhelming if you ask me. He bleeds way too much speed in the esses in both cars- and his min speed through south-bend is higher in the SS 1LE.... which definitely shouldn't be the case as that's a 90+mph corner (very much aero speeds).
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It's too bad. I like everything about the C&D Lightning Laps (lap times, graphs/dashboard, footage),except the fact they use magazine editors for these tests and not only they don't use a pro racer, hot shoe like Randy Pobst, but also different drivers :/
Driver is the most important factor in the equation in putting consistent lap times and when ignored everything is in up in the air. Like apples to avocados
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