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Originally Posted by Whos_Drivin
As a ZL1 owner, I disagree. 1/4 mile times are posted more because they are a comparable metric and a tool much like a dyno. Road course times are not comparable to any other track and much more subjective to event traffic and are not as readily available...thus not posted as much. My car has been to 3 HPDE events and has never seen the 1/4. In the end HP numbers are for bench racers and marketing...they mean nothing without the right car and driver
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And I will respectfully disagree with you on certain points. Yes track and HPDE events have become much more popular and people do want their cars to be able to corner well. But the vast majority of the enthusiast crowd, still cares about straight line acceleration, and who can beat who if they line up at a stop light because thats where most of the encounters happen. I mentioned this in another thread about the hellcat, when people(general public, car guy, bench racer, whoever) ask you if your car is fast, do you think they care or would even know if your lap times are fast or good? No, but you tell them you can hit 60 in X amount of seconds or you have no problems beating X car in a race, then they know its fast.