You can’t be serious, they may not claim to be balls to the wall but to even run a 2:40 in either of those cars is serious concentration and effort, much less either of those times.
Chevy Corvette ZR1 Just Smashed the Ford GT's VIR Lap Record
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You can’t be serious, they may not claim to be balls to the wall but to even run a 2:40 in either of those cars is serious concentration and effort, much less either of those times.
I live near VIR and the rumor around here is that the Ford guys were drunk when they ran the lap and to top it all off they had to stop to let a bunny across the track. If they were serious and didn't care about bunnies that half million dollar Ford GT would have killed the Zr1.
Well as long as they had fun and were safe. A bunnie's life is worth the record! =D
He is serious, did you read the article? Ford had a pretty fluffy, civilian speced GT. Not even a "track oriented" GT at that, it had none of the performance options selected. That's what he means by dicking around, they were literally just doing laps. If they were going for a record, it was 100% the wrong car to be doing it in.
Oh I know the details and trust Ford wasn't going for the record. It doesn't sound like they were going all out for it, especially since the track version of the NFGT wasn't used.
Well them not using the track version of the FGT at VIR tells us all we need to know about the time. It's hard not to wonder what is left on the table. Great marketing there.
So what you're saying is a 400k manufacturer contracted specialty car should have been optioned up to save face...got it!
What i'm saying is GM does not get to claim they beat a FGT until Ford puts an actual effort into it. If the Zr1 beats it then, then so be it, but that's not something they have earned yet.
Like i said, the fact that they did not bring a specd car proves they were not going for any sort of record attempt. And if they were, then we're just all idiots for liking it i guess.
Like i said, the fact that they did not bring a specd car proves they were not going for any sort of record attempt. And if they were, then we're just all idiots for liking it i guess.
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....lol 2:40?
It would take a good driver to do that. But just think, the Prototypes would run 25-30 seconds faster.
I posted this in the new zo6 vir thread.
So Ford sets the record "without trying" and everyone loses their shit. Chevy beats it a week later and they're "meaningless". Got it
Chevy beat it earlier this month I believe and it was just released.
The driver posted the picture of the lap time, it’s not like ford came out touting it although I’m sure they were happy about it. There’s a big difference between that and making a dedicated effort to turn the fastest lap possible
I don’t think anyone here is going to argue it’s “meaningless” but Ford’s position appears to be that they don’t see a value in making that dedicated effort so people can waive their dicks around on the internet about it
Because there haven’t been 10 other threads today
Dedicated? Jim mero, an engineer, set the time. I wouldn't really call that dedicated. It's not like Oliver Gavin or Jan Magnussen were out there trying to set quick times.
I beg to differ...
The article said he is basically the foremost expert with the Covette at The Ring and VIR. There's always someone faster but it's not like this guy is no slouch. He knows the car as good as anyone.
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