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Old 08-28-2018, 3:15pm   #1
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Old 08-28-2018, 3:22pm   #2
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A rolling start is not drag racing. And like one of the comments said, take the wing off the Corvette and it wins.
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Neither one of those cars were designed for the drag strip. Any guess which car holds the record for the flying lap at VIR ?
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Drag racing is also all about gear ratios. I wonder what they are in those two cars? I've always been amused at people who will spend thousands of dollars under the hood to gain a few tenths on the strip when a gear change would produce the same E.T. results.
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A rolling start is not drag racing. And like one of the comments said, take the wing off the Corvette and it wins.
Rolling races matter more to some folks. It's about what car walks away (remove traction as a factor as much as possible), not what car happened to get the better dig.

Regarding the wing, I tend to agree with you.
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The Ford GT is so far out of reach for your average joe blow, what in the hell is the point? Buying one of those things is like getting married and buying a house.
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That particular Z06 Z07 is a DOWNFORCE car. It's not about speed in a straight line.
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That particular Z06 Z07 is a DOWNFORCE car. It's not about speed in a straight line.
Yeah you're right. It says that in the article too.
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Yeah you're right. It says that in the article too.
I didn't even read the article after the first few sentences, but when I see one with all of the aero, it KILLS speed. It's supposed to kill speed. When I drag raced my 2008 Z06 against a NON aero 2016 Z06, I still had it by 1.5 car lengths in a roll from 30-130 at our airstrip.

I'd take aero all day long, but again, I race.
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