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<blockquote data-quote="GT Premi" data-source="post: 14876344" data-attributes="member: 121775"><p>It may not look like it at first glance, but not everybody here is interested in drag racing. As far as choosing a Mustang for road racing, most people don't "choose" it if it's going to be a dedicated track car. People go with it because that's what they have, and it's cheaper to upgrade a Mustang for serious track duty with the plethora of chassis and suspension parts available on the market than to buy another car and <em>still</em> have to upgrade that one for dedicated track duty. Concerning the cars you listed, Mustangs literally aren't in the same class as those vehicles on the professional circuits, except the Pirelli World Championship Challenge. Those are all GT class cars, and Mustangs race in GS class. If we're talking weekend amateur racing, a well setup Mustang with a skilled driver could very well show all those cars its tail lights all day long. With Treynor being the exception rather than the rule, Ferraris, McLarens and Lamborghinis (<-especially) are bought/driven by look-at-me poseurs that can barely even park them, much less handle them on a race track.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So you think a stock Miata, S2000 or C5 will outperform a GT350/GT350R on a road course? The reason you can't find purpose for the GT350 is because it is 180* opposite of what you like using cars for. Road course cars and drag cars are polar opposites. One's designed to be able to turn as fast as possible and the other is designed to go straight as fast as possible.</p><p></p><p>As far as "kill videos" bashing the GT350, look how many are posted of the GT500 getting its ass handed to it. Even now there are still more kill videos posted of GT500s getting beat than there are of it winning. If this was heavyweight boxing, the GT500 wouldn't even have a record good enough to make it a contender for the title. But you still bought one and tried to turn it into a drag king. (For reference, I define "kill videos" as [impromptu] street race videos. Anything at the track is just a track video.)</p><p></p><p>Your last statement is a bit uninformed. If a cache of wins and podium finishes in Continental Tire Sports Car Championship series doesn't make for a great track car, what does?? I don't really understand how you could think the GT350 won't be a great track car.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GT Premi, post: 14876344, member: 121775"] It may not look like it at first glance, but not everybody here is interested in drag racing. As far as choosing a Mustang for road racing, most people don't "choose" it if it's going to be a dedicated track car. People go with it because that's what they have, and it's cheaper to upgrade a Mustang for serious track duty with the plethora of chassis and suspension parts available on the market than to buy another car and [i]still[/i] have to upgrade that one for dedicated track duty. Concerning the cars you listed, Mustangs literally aren't in the same class as those vehicles on the professional circuits, except the Pirelli World Championship Challenge. Those are all GT class cars, and Mustangs race in GS class. If we're talking weekend amateur racing, a well setup Mustang with a skilled driver could very well show all those cars its tail lights all day long. With Treynor being the exception rather than the rule, Ferraris, McLarens and Lamborghinis (<-especially) are bought/driven by look-at-me poseurs that can barely even park them, much less handle them on a race track. So you think a stock Miata, S2000 or C5 will outperform a GT350/GT350R on a road course? The reason you can't find purpose for the GT350 is because it is 180* opposite of what you like using cars for. Road course cars and drag cars are polar opposites. One's designed to be able to turn as fast as possible and the other is designed to go straight as fast as possible. As far as "kill videos" bashing the GT350, look how many are posted of the GT500 getting its ass handed to it. Even now there are still more kill videos posted of GT500s getting beat than there are of it winning. If this was heavyweight boxing, the GT500 wouldn't even have a record good enough to make it a contender for the title. But you still bought one and tried to turn it into a drag king. (For reference, I define "kill videos" as [impromptu] street race videos. Anything at the track is just a track video.) Your last statement is a bit uninformed. If a cache of wins and podium finishes in Continental Tire Sports Car Championship series doesn't make for a great track car, what does?? I don't really understand how you could think the GT350 won't be a great track car. [/QUOTE]
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