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Old 12-11-2014, 11:23 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by babydriver View Post
It's not a question of power, it's a question of balance. I am certain that a Ford GT, driven by nearly anyone, would beat the pants off most sports cars on an oval track or the Big Willow. At the very least, the time for the Streets of Willow is not that different from the FR-S or BRZ. Certainly within the margin of error. But these are supposedly fastest times at that track for each car.

I have enough sense not to go drag racing in the FR-S. I have beaten the pants off a Z4 on a windy canyon road, though, although again you could of course blame the driver of the Z4.
The problem with the times you posted is you have professional race car driver Randy Pobst in the Twins, and <unknown> driver in the Ford GT. I'm pretty sure if Pobst was driving the Ford GT, it would have obliterated the times set by the Twins, even on SOW.

On the track, I've also passed a Z4 coupe (and C6Z, M3, ZL1 Camaro, Maserati, and countless other cars I shouldn't have passed), but I can guarantee you the reason was the driver:

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