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Originally Posted by DenverTaco07
Well, they may not have official manufacture times, but they are on the list via third party, which is probably how they want it...where's Ford's unofficial times?
Look, i'm by no means an expert on any racing or even any car for that matter....but I find it interesting that they don't want to enter the Debate when they are extremely happy about the results. And if for some reason they are taking a principled stance against using the ring for marketing...well I find that very interesting too.
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Well the other cars on the list I mentioned were almost all done by a German magazine, and are European cars, mostly German ones... My guess is Ford isn't handing out cars to German magazines to do road tests and track it on German race tracks.
It really is only GM, Nissan and Porsche that like to advertise the ring times.
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Originally Posted by GretchenGotGrowl
You can't just look at the upside of a good track number begin published by a manufacturer. The downside is that if the buyers aren't as good a driver as Randy Probst (or similar), then they will never achieve those times. Then all the gripping and complaining starts...bad press! Letting third-parties publish numbers take the manufacturer out of the equation.
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This too. Also I really don't get why people care so much about lap times from a track on the other side of the planet lol.
The only time I will be interested to see is Randy Probst taking it around Laguna Seca