Hey guys, I know the driver of the GT and actually just spent a couple of days driving with him at Autobahn CC in Joliet.
He tracks a GT350R and can really hustle it around any track. Exceptional driver.
He had just taken delivery of the GT, the ZL1 filming it was a friend of his, he was driving the GT at about 6/10ths (think..."I'm still breaking this in.") Several of us watched the video together the night between our track days.
One of the other guys in our group drives a Boss 302S on the track, also a great driver, but he will occasionally roll out his 2005 GT40 for a session or two. I got a chance to drive his GT40 one night. Even the old school GT is an amazing car. I didn't drive it on the track, just the paddock and the road around the track linking up all the garagemahals, but I might have busted the paddock speed limit a couple of times....
It is quite a car, made me wish I had my FFR GTM with me...
Comparing the new GT (or old one for that matter) to any Camaro - even our ZL1 1LE's - isn't going to end well in any rational discussion. It's just not.
I love tracking my Z/28, and can't wait to get my hands on my ZL1 1LE, but I'll be content with dicing it up with the Mustangs. THAT we can compare with and compete with any day, any version, any track.
