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Not related to any one specific post, but I do recall reading some folks mentioning, that Ford doesn't go to Nurburgring. Well, they do, but not for the purpose of releasing any lap info (at least yet). Apparently Ford sent a video of a GT500 doing a full lap there, amongst other track vids to somebody that asked for some track coverage. Unsure if it was on purpose or somebody blundered by not checking the contents first. So here it is on YouTube now (not exactly new news, but I just stumbled upon it yesterday so thought I'd share).
Jalopnik also released this entertaining commentary:
"The Mustang GT500 is 660 horsepower of craziness. It's hilarious fun in a straight line but is more than a wee bit terrifying around corners. Yet all that scariness gets around the 'Ring in 7:39. That's Z/28 territory...
The GT500's run around the 'Ring is really fast, but it is not close to composed. Just look at it on corner entry, that thing is more nervous than me asking a girl on a date. Even mid-corner it's a fight to keep it on the straight and narrow and not in the dirt.
Looks like an ass clenching lap, and it also looks like an insane amount of adrenaline pumping fun."
Obviously the mention of the z28 is misleading, given the latter ran in inclement weather. Regardless, the GT500 seems to get almost identical time to ZL1 presumably on the same street tires and I believe the vid comparison gives it about 1:40-1:41 or so. How identical nobody knows (?), as the timer isn't shown. But, I found it fun to watch and fun to see how both cars respond differently in corners, etc. A supreme battle of 2 spectacular muscle cars at the Ring (if you watch the split screen version). Very entertaining!
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