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Old 07-08-2005, 04:03 PM   #136
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yea, sorry ladies, but that was the teh c6 z06... NOT THE BLUE DEVIL.
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Old 07-08-2005, 05:01 PM   #137
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Im 90 percent sure it was the stock z06s time. At the end of the day why would gm not display the times of the zo6 but display a car thats more then a month away.. It wouldnt make sense. Time will tell.
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Old 07-08-2005, 05:30 PM   #138
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If a Monte Carlo of goons show up at my house this weekend and GM try to rough me up to get reveal me to my source, we will know I got it right... :p hehehe
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Old 07-08-2005, 05:39 PM   #139
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Whatever ended up becoming of that.
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Old 07-08-2005, 05:45 PM   #140
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Originally Posted by graywolf624
Whatever ended up becoming of that.
A number of powerful Vett supporting attorneys offered to work Pro Bono - then after the story made it the Wall Street Journal and they got wind of the fact that it wasn't just gonna be a cake walk for them they stopped all communication - well almost all, their offical comment to the WSJ was "we will not proceed any further".

Looks like the Vette community itself is a little more influential than GM gave it credit for.
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Old 07-08-2005, 06:06 PM   #141
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im just thinking if they made the stock one run that lap why arent they making a big deal of it ????
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Old 07-08-2005, 07:05 PM   #142
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Well - they obviously had their time table for release all worked out.

If in fact it takes a 600+hp "super" Z to lap at that speed then GM is nothing but a 2nd rate shade-tree setup run by a bunch idiots and trying to sell plastic pieces of crap...
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Old 07-08-2005, 07:20 PM   #143
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im just thinking if they made the stock one run that lap why arent they making a big deal of it ????
My guess, there saving it for when the zo6 goes on sale.. To be sure the hype peaks when they want it too.

Interesting, that'll teach them.
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Old 07-08-2005, 07:50 PM   #144
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Originally Posted by graywolf624
im just thinking if they made the stock one run that lap why arent they making a big deal of it ????
My guess, there saving it for when the zo6 goes on sale.. To be sure the hype peaks when they want it too.

Interesting, that'll teach them.
if you create hype long before its better, u attract more clients
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Old 07-08-2005, 07:52 PM   #145
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Too long before and they get bored and go elsewhere. My guess is the first 1000 or so are already sold and they are holding off until the car is released to push further.

Its very much in line with their actions with other cars as of late: the gto and the solstice for example, where they held off the media blitz for a few months.

They also could be using viral marketing.

Aka you pass around the 7:40 number, true or not.. In effect if we knew for sure the number wed prolly stop discussing it.. Because we continue to wonder we create buzz.
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Old 07-11-2005, 06:55 AM   #146
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Originally Posted by bmagni
weird, its a journalist from a respected car mag, so i dont think he got a wrong info, maybe the guy from which u heard it was misinformed and didnt know about this super vette.
Nah, I think Autocar got their info confused. In fact, the info is nothing new and quotes Lutz from the Autoweek article word for word. They probably stitched this together from the time reported for the Z06 in Auto Bild, which was "just more than 7:40". And from what I've heard, that article made no reference to any Blue Devil. Without a pic of what's under the hood (and so far there is none) or official word from GM (they don't yet formally acknowledge its existence), there's no way to say this is the Blue Devil. It would make much more sense to lap the 'Ring with the Z06, just as GM had announced months before, and set the lap time with it. Word I'm hearing is that the time may be released around 7/25.
Even if it is the Blue Devil, for Magnussen to have gotten that time on just a few laps is still pretty impressive. Anything below 8 is simply cooking on that track. With a driver who knows the 'Ring like the back of his hand (say, Horst von Saurma) and can commit to many of the blind corners, who knows...
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Old 07-11-2005, 12:35 PM   #147
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Just out of curiousity what kind of times are all out race vehicles running on that track? Like a formula, lemans, or Cup car?
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Old 07-11-2005, 01:55 PM   #148
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For formula races they use a different section of the ring. It's simply too dangerous to run a formula type car around the ring due to the surface.

However Prototype i believe is down in the high 5 minute - low 6 minute range.
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Old 07-11-2005, 05:43 PM   #149
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F1 used to run on the Northloop until Nicki Laudes fiery ear-ending accident.
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Old 07-11-2005, 07:41 PM   #150
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Yes but then F1 pulled their license...

"The nannying state" as JC would say I'm sure

Maybe the GPWC people will run on the north loop?
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