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Originally Posted by PeeBee
Michelin Pilot Sport tires... Got those on the Camaro too... they're no slicks, but are definitely quite sticky.
Love how he seems to enjoy the lap though 
BTW... Motor trend seems to put the 2010 Viper ACR in first place on their site, with a time of 1:33:9, but different driver though...
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They were Michelin Pilot Sport Cup ZP tires, which are quite a bit better than Pilot Sports.
Motortrend even commented on how much of an advantage they gave. Several other cars here were running regular Pilot Sports, and the Porsche ran Sport Cups.
http://www.motortrend.com/features/p...r/viewall.html
From the article:
"So why sixth place? You know anything about tires? Chevrolet decided to offer slicks as an option for the 2012 model year, and our Corvette came so equipped. In the Corvette's defense, the Porsche GT3 RS also came packing basically the same sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cups. However, they're different spec, and the autobahnstuermer's tires had tread all the way around. Not the 'Vette's meats. A quarter of the enormously wide 345s had no tread at all. The refrain then became, "Sure, the 'Vette's fast. But put those tires on the LFA, and let's see what's what."