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Old 10-18-2013, 11:43 AM   #370
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Originally Posted by tramtwo View Post
Missing my point... Mr Bird. It is just that this thread is full of fail.. a lap time or lap times does not a car make. Sure it is a gauge... and obviously important enough that GM spends big money going there... but I bet it is meant to be a development tool more so than a sales tool.

Telling you that my 1LE ran a sub 3 minute VIR tells you almost nothing about the car.
I think what is most misunderstood (I don't fully understand it myself) is that they were "under the gun" to satisfy an elaborate 24 HR test, of which the so-called glory lap at the Ring was a scheduled part.

It had to be done under some scheduled guidelines or rules, rain or shine.
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