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Originally Posted by ViperTomcat
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Oh...okay. I guess you're right about this track. The VIR Grand Course is 3.27 miles long with a 2500' straight and a 3000'+ straight. I would surely hope that a car, like the GT500, that has 120 HP more than the GS Vette, would be able to run a pretty good time on a wide-open course like this. It has some technical sections, but this is a horsepower track plain and simple.
Pit these two cars against each other on most other tracks (most around the country are shorter and more technical without the multiple long straights) and you will find that the Vette out-handles (and subsequently runs a faster time) than the GT500 almost every time. The time gap would widen even further in favor of the Vette if the surface of the track isn't butter smooth. The straight axle cars don't like rough pavement mid-corner. The main thing is, it is just a factor of the platform differences between the two cars. One is a sporty car, and the other is a racecar for the street.