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Originally Posted by brucelidat
So I was at the track today, I'm a newbie BTW, and notice there are is a huge assortment of cars with major variations in power out there at the same time (my beginner group had plenty of vettes, a ferrari, GTR, 2 CTS-Vs, etc.) So it got me thinking, the GT-R is obviously superior to the Z in every way (except looks IMO), but would a newbie like me be significantly faster in one? Just how big of a difference does that superior power and handling make? Would a novice GTR driver be faster than an intermediate Z driver? Would a GTR driver with just a few track days of exp be faster than an intermediate or higher level Z driver? I am just curious because basically anytime see a GTR behind me, I'm already looking ahead tot he next passing zone to let him by. Any thoughts on this form guys who have maybe tracked both or at least 2 cars that ar eon 2 very different levels of performance?
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I did a track day in August. My first with the Z. I took a half day class in a Formula 3 car before this. Not very similar.
Race school day.
A GTR was present. Our test to get on the track was a cone course. The GTR driver was lagging until the final timed event and took third. Cones are not the same as open tracking, but this was the result.
Oddly enough I saw this car yesterday for the first time. I was waiting at a 5 minute red light when I saw a GTR stop behind me I gave him the thumbs up. He got out and said I know you. Sure enough he is the same GTR from Sears Point. He never sent photos of my car he took in August so I hope he sends them this time.