Chevy finally stepping up to the plate

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you guys have not realized yet...it is not about the numbers...... it is not about who is the fastest...who fluff'n cares that some lame arse rich guys can buy a fast car he is still a lame arse rich guy.....none of it matters..........NONE OF IT MATTERS........
































unless its 65-72 MOPAR......its junk............just sayin

 

[CAP1]

you're close.

 only ONE thing matters.




















FUN

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you're close.

 only ONE thing matters.




















FUN

that's pretty accurate too 


Fun in a MOPAR













 

[clerick]

Go VOLVO!!   

[Dragon]

Heck, the BMW M3 coupe, Lexus IS-F, and Jag XKR all whooped up on that 5.0 Mustang at VIR.  

And who wouldn't take a Jag over a Mustang?

[CAP1]

And who wouldn't take a Jag over a Mustang?


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 pretty much anyone that knows jags. 

[CAP1]

Oh! And Chevy's turn into 20 foot tall robots too! Take THAT blue oval fan bois!

 well, danabit!! that settles it. i'm gonna go order myself one of those secret transformer edition camaros. it dam well better transform, or i'm gonna be really really really super uber mad.

[Reaper90]

so you're saying that their corvette numbers are exaggerated too?

 i could've sworn i saw a gt500 lap in the mid to high 2's.....whoops...here it is. 2:58.48 

To give a little context to the time… when referencing the best lap times ever recorded on FastestLaps.com, the 2011 Shelby GT500 is in some fairly elite company, and would place directly between the 10th ranked Chevrolet Corvette Z06 with 2:58.2 and the Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport C6 at 2:58.8 seconds. No offense to Gene Martindale, Ford’s vehicle dynamics engineer, but looking at the video it looks as if there might be a little more time to be shaved even still and that was poorly driven from what i could see.
 i had seen(and think i posted) the gt lap.

[Lee Corso voice]NOT SO FAST, MY FRIEND!!![/Lee Corso voice]

First, the 2:58.2 Z06 time you referenced is for a 2007 Z06. The new ones do it in 2:53.xx

Second, please provide a link to this supposed 2:58.48 lap by the GT500. The website you reference, www.fastestlaps.com, only shows a 3:04.0 best lap at VIR for the GT500 (link)

Personally, I'd bet if such a lap does exist, it's likely BS, like Nissan's record-breaking Nurburgring lap was found out to be, where they claimed to have beaten the ZR1, until it was discovered that their lap was run on pure race slicks hand grooved to look like treaded street tires. My money sais the blue oval guys were wearing race tires for any such a lap, not street tires.

[Shuffler]

Pos Make / Model Time Speed (km/h) Year Power (hp) / Weight (kg) Driven by
1. Radical SR8LM 6:48.00 182 0 455 / 650 Radical
2. Radical SR8 6:55.00 179 '05 363 / 650 Radical
3. Gumpert Apollo Speed 7:11.57 172 '09 700 / 1200 Gumpert
4. Dodge Viper SRT-10 ACR 7:12.13 172 '08 600 / 1536 Dominik Farnbacher
5. Lexus LFA Nurburgring Package 7:14.64 171 '12 570 / 1509 Lexus
6. Donkervoort D8 RS 7:14.89 171 '05 350 / 600 Michael Duechting
7. Porsche 911 GT2 RS 7:18.00 169 '10 620 / 1370 Porsche
8. Radical SR3 Turbo 7:19.00 169 '03 320 / 500 Phil Bennett
9. Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 7:19.63 169 '08 647 / 1530 General Motors
10. Dodge Viper SRT-10 ACR 7:22.10 168 '08 600 / 1536 Motor Trend
11. Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Z07 Package 7:22.68 168 '11 512 / 1394 General Motors
12. Lexus LFA Nurburgring Package 7:22.85 167 '12 570 / 1509 Lexus
13. Gumpert Apollo Sport 7:24.00 167 '07 700 / 1200 Sport Auto
14. Nissan GT-R 7:24.22 167 '11 530 / 1736 Nissan
15. Maserati MC12 7:24.29 167 '04 632 / 1335 Marc Basseng
16. Pagani Zonda F Clubsport 7:24.65 167 '05 650 / 1230 Marc Basseng
17. Ferrari Enzo 7:25.21 167 '02 660 / 1365 Marc Basseng
18. Nissan GT-R 7:26.70 166 '08 479 / 1740 Toshio Suzuki
19. Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 7:27.00 166 '11 500 / 1360 Porsche
20. Ferrari 458 Italia 7:28.00 166 '09 570 / 1485 Scuderia Autoropa
21. Porsche Carrera GT 7:28.71 165 '03 612 / 1380 Marc Basseng
22. Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 7:30.00 165 '11 500 / 1360 Sport Auto
23. Porsche 911 GT2 7:31.00 164 '07 530 / 1440 Auto Motor und Sport
24. Porsche 911 Turbo S 7:32.00 164 '10 530 / 1585 Porsche
25. Pagani Zonda F 7:33.00 164 '05 602 / 1371 Sport Auto
26. Porsche 911 GT3 RS 7:33.00 164 '10 450 / 1400 Sport Auto
27. Koenigsegg CCX 7:33.55 164 '06 806 / 1456 Marc Basseng
28. Koenigsegg CCR 7:34.00 163 '04 806 / 1418 Sport Auto
29. Audi R8 GT 7:34.00 163 '10 560 / 1520 Sport Auto
30. Nissan GT-R Spec-V 7:34.46 163 '09 492 / 1680 Best Motoring
31. RUF RT12 7:35.00 163 '05 650 / 1573 Sport Auto
32. Porsche 911 Turbo 7:38.00 162 '06 480 / 1585 Porsche
33. Lexus LF-A 7:38.00 162 '10 560 / 1609 Sport Auto
34. Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera 7:38.00 162 '10 570 / 1430 Sport Auto
35. Ferrari 430 Scuderia 7:39.00 162 '07 510 / 1402 Sport Auto
36. Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 7:40.00 161 '06 640 / 1805 Auto Bild Sportscars
37. McLaren Mercedes SLR 7:40.00 161 '03 626 / 1693 Auto Bild
38. Porsche 911 GT3 7:40.00 161 '09 435 / 1376 Walter Rohrl
39. Porsche 911 Carrera S 7:40.00 161 '11 400 / 1415 Porsche
2012 Camaro ZL1 7:41.27
40. Porsche 911 GT3 7:42.00 161 '06 415 / 1395 Walter Rohrl
41. Radical SR3 7:42.00 161 '02 205 / 495
42. Lamborghini Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce 7:42.00 161 '09 670 / 1664 Sport Auto
43. Chevrolet Corvette Z06 7:42.90 160 '05 513 / 1437 Jan Magnussen
44. Porsche 911 GT3 RS 7:43.00 160 '03 381 / 1360 Motor
45. Pagani Zonda C12 S 7:44.00 160 '02 555 / 1250 Sport Auto
46. Audi R8 V10 5.2 FSI 7:44.00 160 '09 525 / 1620 Sport Auto
47. Mercedes CLK 63 Black Series 7:45.00 159 '07 507 / 1745 Berndt Schneider
48. Gardner Douglas GD T70 Spyder 7:45.00 159 '10 710 / 900 Dario Margutti
49. Porsche 911 GT2 7:46.00 159 '00 460 / 1430 Sport Auto
50. Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera 7:46.00 159 '07 530 / 1520 Auto
51. Jaguar XJ220 7:46.37 159 '92 549 / 1470 John Nielsen
52. Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano 7:47.00 159 '06 620 / 1748 Sport Auto
53. Wiesmann GT MF5 7:47.00 159 '08 507 / 1380 Sport Auto
54. Porsche 911 Turbo 7:47.00 159 '09 500 / 1570 Sport Auto
55. Porsche 911 GT3 RS 7:48.00 158 '06 415 / 1375 Sport Auto
56. BMW M3 GTS 7:48.00 158 '10 450 / 1543 Sport Auto
57. Lamborghini Murcielago 7:50.00 158 '02 580 / 1800 Sport Auto
58. BMW M3 CSL 7:50.00 158 '03 360 / 1385 Sport Auto
59. Porsche 911 Carrera S 7:50.00 158 '08 385 / 1425
60. Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series 7:51.00 157 '09 670 / 1870 Sport Auto
61. Lamborghini Gallardo 7:52.00 157 '03 500 / 1613 Sport Auto
62. Ford GT 7:52.00 157 '04 550 / 1538 Sport Auto
63. Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 7:52.00 157 '08 560 / 1530 Sport Auto
64. Mercedes CLK DTM 7:54.00 156 '04 582 / 1678 Sport Auto
65. Porsche 911 GT3 7:54.00 156 '03 380 / 1380 Sport Auto
66. Ferrari F430 7:55.00 156 '05 489 / 1450 Sport Auto
67. Caterham R500 1.8L K Series 7:55.00 156 '99 233 / 450 EVO
68. BMW M5 7:55.00 156 '11 560 / 1870 BMW
69. Porsche 911 Turbo 7:56.00 156 '00 420 / 1540 Sport Auto
70. Ferrari 360 CS 7:56.00 156 '03 425 / 1280 Sport Auto
71. Ferrari California GT 7:56.00 156 '09 460 / 1787
72. Porsche Panamera Sport Chrono Turbo 7:56.00 156 '09 500 / 1974 Auto Bild
73. Porsche Panamera Turbo 7:56.00 156 '09 500 / 1870 Walter Rohrl
74. Chevrolet Corvette Z06 7:56.00 156 '02 411 / 1414 General Motors
75. Porsche 911 GT3 7:56.33 156 '99 360 / 1350 Walter Rohrl

[CAP1]

[Lee Corso voice]NOT SO FAST, MY FRIEND!!![/Lee Corso voice]

First, the 2:58.2 Z06 time you referenced is for a 2007 Z06. The new ones do it in 2:53.xx

Second, please provide a link to this supposed 2:58.48 lap by the GT500. The website you reference, www.fastestlaps.com, only shows a 3:04.0 best lap at VIR for the GT500 (link)

Personally, I'd bet if such a lap does exist, it's likely BS, like Nissan's record-breaking Nurburgring lap was found out to be, where they claimed to have beaten the ZR1, until it was discovered that their lap was run on pure race slicks hand grooved to look like treaded street tires. My money sais the blue oval guys were wearing race tires for any such a lap, not street tires.

 i hadn't heard that about the nissan, but it doesn't surprise me much either.

 the shelby be running goodyear supercar f1 tires. i know what you're gonna type next........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR7PIZhFUdc&feature=player_embedded

 although i'm not a professional driver, and this guy is supposed to be, i think there's a second or two in that car, due to mistakes made. i could be wrong though. i'm also kinda surprised that they didn't up the rev limiter from 6250......

[CAP1]

also, i don't give this much weight.....but i found this in a gm forum.......

Re: 2013 GT500 at Nurburgring

    Both cars were running mid 7 minute laps, the red GT500's best was said to be 7:30ish and the black 500 was 7:40ish. I personally seen a 7:35 and a 7:43 from them. Both cars were said to have major brake upgrades so not sure if these times will stick. I imagine that a 165mph top speed was needed to break a mid 7 minute lap so if the production cars are limited then there is no way they can replicate those times.

[RTHolmes]

how did the 08 ACR viper get 10s?

edit: ... on itself?


edit2: "51. Jaguar XJ220 7:46.37 159 '92 549 / 1470 John Nielsen"  

[CAP1]

how did the 08 ACR viper get 10s?

edit: ... on itself?


edit2: "51. Jaguar XJ220 7:46.37 159 '92 549 / 1470 John Nielsen"  

 dodge paid em to give those ratings. 

[Reaper90]

Pos Make / Model Time Speed (km/h) Year Power (hp) / Weight (kg) Driven by
1. Radical SR8LM 6:48.00 182 0 455 / 650 Radical
<snip>
9. Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 7:19.63 169 '08 647 / 1530 General Motors
<snip>
40. 2012 Camaro ZL1 7:41.27
<snip>
62. Ford GT 7:52.00 157 '04 550 / 1538 Sport Auto

Congrats on reaching 62nd place!! 

No Rustangs on that list, either..... 

[321BAR]

Pos Make / Model Time Speed (km/h) Year Power (hp) / Weight (kg) Driven by
19. Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 7:27.00 166 '11 500 / 1360 Porsche
21. Porsche Carrera GT 7:28.71 165 '03 612 / 1380 Marc Basseng
22. Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 7:30.00 165 '11 500 / 1360 Sport Auto
23. Porsche 911 GT2 7:31.00 164 '07 530 / 1440 Auto Motor und Sport
24. Porsche 911 Turbo S 7:32.00 164 '10 530 / 1585 Porsche
26. Porsche 911 GT3 RS 7:33.00 164 '10 450 / 1400 Sport Auto
32. Porsche 911 Turbo 7:38.00 162 '06 480 / 1585 Porsche
38. Porsche 911 GT3 7:40.00 161 '09 435 / 1376 Walter Rohrl
39. Porsche 911 Carrera S 7:40.00 161 '11 400 / 1415 Porsche
40. Porsche 911 GT3 7:42.00 161 '06 415 / 1395 Walter Rohrl
44. Porsche 911 GT3 RS 7:43.00 160 '03 381 / 1360 Motor
49. Porsche 911 GT2 7:46.00 159 '00 460 / 1430 Sport Auto
54. Porsche 911 Turbo 7:47.00 159 '09 500 / 1570 Sport Auto
55. Porsche 911 GT3 RS 7:48.00 158 '06 415 / 1375 Sport Auto
59. Porsche 911 Carrera S 7:50.00 158 '08 385 / 1425
65. Porsche 911 GT3 7:54.00 156 '03 380 / 1380 Sport Auto
69. Porsche 911 Turbo 7:56.00 156 '00 420 / 1540 Sport Auto
72. Porsche Panamera Sport Chrono Turbo 7:56.00 156 '09 500 / 1974 Auto Bild
73. Porsche Panamera Turbo 7:56.00 156 '09 500 / 1870 Walter Rohrl
75. Porsche 911 GT3 7:56.33 156 '99 360 / 1350 Walter Rohrl