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      07-31-2007, 11:22 PM   #67
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Originally Posted by ALPINE6SPD View Post
he must have forgot to hit the gas. Also what fool runs a 14.1 in a 911 turbo? Those cars are low 12's all day with a good driver.
Obviously the 996 SHOULD be the faster car, no one is debating that. But under some conditions, you may end up beating one if the driver isn't proficient at driving it. On that particular day, at 2700FT LACR 80+ Degrees, it took a 600HP Porsche to run low 12's. And that was with an experienced driver. So no, a regular 911 Turbo would not be a low 12' second car on that day, at that particular track, I can guarantee that. E39 M5s were running mid 14's as were the M3s. Some supercharged M3s barely broke out of the 14's. S4 V8 Audis ran in the 15's. And my stock 335i ran a 13.465, a tick slower than the 500HP AMG's.(which I beat in some races)..so go figure. And of course, if you told someone you beat a 6.0L GTO in the 1/4mile by a full second, with your stock 335i, I guess you would be on crack. But it can happen, because thats exactly what I did, several times. So we all are intelligent to know which cars are supposed to be faster. But under certain circumstances, you just might surprise a "faster" car in a race..no big deal...it just happens sometimes. Just makes racing more fun and interesting at times.
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