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Originally Posted by Doubleblank
I'll add my perspective then I'm done. Go to any SCCA event these days that includes a PDX. Or any road track running some regional races and HPDE's for amateurs. Guess which groups are the largest at most events. It's not the class racers.....it's the PDX and HPDE groups. People who like to get on a road track are, for the most part, never going to get active in sanctioned class racing. They are there to get on a track, go fast, have fun, learn how to drive faster, etc and drive home. The Z 28 allows one to do just that (if you have the money). And so do a lot of other cars that aren't built to compete in a "sanctioned class". It's OK to be unhappy that GM didn't build it to compete in your favorite class racing. But it's also OK if the majority of users simply want to have a unique, and very fast, car to take to the track who never intend to race it.
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I would agree. Yet anyone interested in simply having a fast track car, can spend $55Gs on a superbly capable ZL1, replace its (rather average) street tires with R-comps for say $1500, another $1000 for easy weight reductions (follow the z28 list - except for rear the windshield of course - but don't necessarily stop there) and have more HP and Torque to beat up on the Mustangs with. As to the brakes, note what technology pro racers use.
As far as aero, many aftermarket solutions exist, just watch a Conti Challenge in TV. All in all: likely less than $60Gs and $15+ grand to spare on track/school fees.
Anyhow, that's what I would do, or perhaps just buy a (more capable?) c7 Z51 (for thousands less) since if this is supposed to be a pure track car, the rear seat is just a weight balast (since rear passengers are not allowed on track, note Boss 302 LS had its seat out).
Just my thought trying to come to grips with the $75 price tag and its advertised use as a track "weapon".
But I suspect most of these cars will become "museum" cars, sitting on display as limited production art pieces for rich and famous, or become investment tools for those that flip such cars for profit. Not exactly what I would refer to as going back to z28 "roots". But that's just my humble opinion as an enthusiast.