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I do agree that most magazine guys are probably a lot better at launching and draging (heck even general sporty driving) than most internet enthusiast forum members. Heck they simply get to beat nice cars, that aren't theirs, to death. I'd get better at draging if I had that luxury as well. At the same time the hundreds (maybe thousands) of pretty good folks hitting the strips and posting g-tech, etc. numbers should definitely represent enough statistics and talent to match the best mag numbers. I do not doubt for a bit that companies still give sleepers to the mags. Like I said previously, this is likely some combination of car, driver, sleeper/under-rating, great surface, etc. that we really will never be able to fully explain. I do still contend that the average reported figures are consistent with the stated weight/hp/gearing.
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