Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C7 Forum - View Single Post - Porsche accuses Nissan GT-R of cheating the 'Ring

MajorTom · 09-30-2008, 08:32 PM

I said in my post that I didn't think it was that credible.

But since you put it that way... The Z06 did the lightning lap in 2:58. Compare that to the GTR doing it in 2:55. A 3 second difference. The 'ring is almost 3 times as long as the track they do the lightning lap on. 12.9 miles v 4.2 miles. To assume the Nissan driver had a better run and the Z06 had a few problems isn't unreasonable. Meaning it's possible given your reasoning.

So it's sounding more and more feasible as we do the math your way.

If you take into account that the drivers driving for Car and Driver weren't pros, then it's possible the cars would've performed much better so that math isn't really very credible.

09-30-2008, 08:32 PM	#34
MajorTom Drives: 2005 Pontiac GTO Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 306	I said in my post that I didn't think it was that credible. But since you put it that way... The Z06 did the lightning lap in 2:58. Compare that to the GTR doing it in 2:55. A 3 second difference. The 'ring is almost 3 times as long as the track they do the lightning lap on. 12.9 miles v 4.2 miles. To assume the Nissan driver had a better run and the Z06 had a few problems isn't unreasonable. Meaning it's possible given your reasoning. So it's sounding more and more feasible as we do the math your way. If you take into account that the drivers driving for Car and Driver weren't pros, then it's possible the cars would've performed much better so that math isn't really very credible. Last edited by MajorTom; 09-30-2008 at 08:47 PM.