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Originally Posted by BlaqWhole
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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I've only remember the one head to head between the two which the GT350R won by a little over a second at Chuckwalla. Randy has run both cars at a few other tracks but not on the same day and was two seconds (1.7 seconds actually) faster at Laguna and a tenth faster at Willow springs (on different days). I agree with others that the Z/28 is not nearly as out classed as it's made out to be.
Different tracks are different as well. The way they do Lightning lap is they try to get as many cars on the track on the same day as possible and that requires them to use a bunch of drivers. Not ideal, but it is what it is.
I would love to see someone track them at VIR on the same day and see what happens. Then we would know if the track favors the Z/28 or if the conditions/ drivers were just that different to give the Z/28 the advantage.