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from the article:
Horsepower Kings claims the 2016 Shelby GT350R has recorded a staggering 7:32.19 lap time around the Nurburgring. If confirmed (and take this with a grain of salt), it will make the Shelby GT350R more than five seconds faster over the Camaro Z/28's 7:37.40 lap time.

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Greencobra

Ahh just a little better than my 9.24 in my Audi TT225 !!!

GT40 2

A little better than your average 911 GT3.

houtex

In that video... sometimes it sounded seriously *bad **** when it was accelerating out of a turn.

Then... there's when it starts from a stop, and it sounds like a wheezy v6 or something.

So confused, sound wise, I am...

Looks awesome goin' round the track though!

2 Go Snake

7:32.19 minutes ! I am speechless.

GrnT

Would it not be cool to get that very car Camo and all as is?

Mustang Freak

Ummm...no! I guess to each his own? :-)

bob

The Z made its run on a wet track so it could potentially be faster, that said the only way to really settle things would be to run the Z and the R on the same day at the same time with two drivers of effectively the same skill level to minimize the differences in the run.


Hopefully somebody does a shootout with these two cars in the near future!

5.M0NSTER

So the GT350 just posted a lap time of 7:32, 5s faster than Z28

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/01/26/f...p-time-report/

FINALLY!

JonathonK

uh, yeah, we'd better cover this one on the front page!
https://themustangsource.com/ford-gt...urgring-12792/

3point7

Uh oh, the GM guys ain't gonna like that. lol

m05fastbackGT

Oh I'm sure they'll have something up their sleeve and then Ford will counter right back just as they always do, that is until the horsepower wars finally come to an end..

So here's something more that GM isn't going to like.. " Ford began the horsepower wars and Ford will also end them "

5.M0NSTER

I think this is more of a handling war, or "who can go deeper into a brake zone" war. I like this war. Straight up HP doesn't mean much if you can't put it to some good use after the apex.

2 Go Snake

The time for the Mustang is almost as good as I would expect from a Mustang that is lighter than the Z28 and has an engine with a broad torque curve and the capability of revving to 8200 RPM. The IRS would certainly help the Mustang bounce off the curbs without losing as much time as the Mustangs with the SRA. Just not very surprising the Mustang Shelby GT350 would be 5 seconds quicker than the Z28. The GT350R will be quicker yet.

typesredline

So Chevy knew the Z was capable of faster on a dry track but didn't wait a day to retest? It went ahead and released numbers that it knew wasn't it's best? And to this day they haven't tested again? Surely the ring has had some dry days over the last 5 yrs.

Bottom line is that the R smokes the Z. 5 seconds on a track is a lifetime. Better conditions don't make up 5 seconds.

That being said, the Z is 5 yrs old. I can't wait to see what Chevy has up their sleeve to battle the R. Competition and car wars are awesome!

typesredline

This time IS the R. I wouldn't expect the regular 350 to beat the Z (although it may based on how much faster the R is). If the regular was indeed 5 seconds faster and the R was quicker, that would indeed be very surprising (my guess is that the 350 will be about 2-3 seconds faster than the Z with the R an additional 2-3 seconds faster). What were your expectations if this time is only "almost as good" as you expected? You do understand how significant 5 seconds is on the track right?

CubedStang

Didn't the Z/28 have damp conditions when they did it? Either way, Ford's GT350R is a competitor!

wonger

5 seconds on most tracks is significant. 5 on the ring... Who are we kidding? Over 11 miles.

Mustang Freak

Agree!!!

captain slow

While I agree with just about everything here, the Z28 was new for the 2014 MY no? 5 years old?