2011 Shelby GT 500 at VIR...WOW

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I am going to post this up, a bud that works at Ford told me about this...

GM is losing big time this is an insane improvement...
I checked the lap times this gets it into ZR-1 and GT-2 times. Not quite there but man its less then half the price.
Figured "Motown Mustangs"..haha







We know firsthand that both the 2011 Ford Mustang V6 and GT aren't just plenty quick – they're downright scary fast compared to their predecessors. It should follow, that the king of the heap 2011 GT500 should be similarly faster than the 2010 model. Let's just go ahead and call that one an understatement. Ford just dropped a tasty video on the interwebs showing the car lapping one of our favorite tracks – Virginia International Speedway.

Ford's engineers had it in their minds that the new aluminum block with its 120-pound weight savings should help the car click off the 4.1-mile Grand West portion of the track about three seconds quicker than the outgoing car. Thing is, the 2011 GT500 managed to lap the track in 2:58.5 – a full nine seconds faster than last year's version.

Progress is most definitely a good thing. Hit the jump to see the car do the dance.





http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/18/v...-nine-seconds/
 
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I agree the ring is the "benchmark"

Come on I am an F-body guy through and through
That is a REAL improvement.

Onyx.. If I was buying RIGHT now....I would NOT own a Camaro thats for sure...
 
OnyxSSS said:
I hope I am not the first GM guy to say I would want one over a camaro
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I'm with you. I just can't get into the camaro's looks at all. I still think the Challenger is the best looking of the bunch, to bad it doesn't perform like them.
 
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR7PIZhFUdc&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube- 2011 Shelby GT500 at Virginia International Raceway Grand West Course[/ame]

Mean Gene is a bad motherfucker behind the wheel. He's a nutball. The sick thing is, that's literally less than 2 seconds behind the fastest he's done that course in a Ford GT, and there probably aren't 5 people faster than him in a Ford GT. Shows you how far tire technology alone has come in the past 5 years.
 
I drove new 3.7 V-6 today and it ran strong! I was really impressed with the car. I can't wait to get behind the wheel of a 5.0 then Shelby
 
91trunk said:
I drove new 3.7 V-6 today and it ran strong! I was really impressed with the car. I can't wait to get behind the wheel of a 5.0 then Shelby
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Was the v6 an auto or manual? They are cool, but I can't justify picking one up. :lol:
 
91trunk said:
I drove new 3.7 V-6 today and it ran strong! I was really impressed with the car. I can't wait to get behind the wheel of a 5.0 then Shelby
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I agree on the six it moved out....
I drove the new 5.0 a few months ago...
My goodness just wait I was EXTREMELY impressed. the Gt 500 I am PRAYING my friend can sneak one out....
 
Those new Goodyears that the GT500 got for 2011 are supposed to be pretty bad ass from what my old co worker tells me. They're going to be showing up on more and more cars too.

Goodyear had been kind of getting their ass handed to them and the tire on the GT500 is the response. They're serious about getting back some of the performance car business they had started losing.
 
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There was several new stangs out this weekend cruising, but it seems the whole 5.0 thing has went to their head.....no need to John Force rev your weak,stock motor at every red light. I'm gonna have a blast spanking each and everyone of them this summer ;)
 
DBK said:
Mean Gene is a bad motherfucker behind the wheel. He's a nutball. The sick thing is, that's literally less than 2 seconds behind the fastest he's done that course in a Ford GT, and there probably aren't 5 people faster than him in a Ford GT. Shows you how far tire technology alone has come in the past 5 years.
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Do you know for sure it's Gene running the car? It certainly makes sense for it to be him, but there are a couple of people it could have been . . . And fwiw, I always heard he had a different nickname, lol.

And for a comparison, the fast mustangs in Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge race a few weeks ago qualified in the 2:03-2:04 range, with quite a bit less power, but with stickier tires.
 
DBK said:
YouTube- 2011 Shelby GT500 at Virginia International Raceway Grand West Course

Mean Gene is a bad motherfucker behind the wheel. He's a nutball. The sick thing is, that's literally less than 2 seconds behind the fastest he's done that course in a Ford GT, and there probably aren't 5 people faster than him in a Ford GT. Shows you how far tire technology alone has come in the past 5 years.
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Someone needs to take the rev limiter off that thing. Surely it will turn higher than 6,000 grand and it appears the driver thinks it should too.

That is very impressive though thanks for sharing.
 
Rara said:
Do you know for sure it's Gene running the car? It certainly makes sense for it to be him, but there are a couple of people it could have been . . . And fwiw, I always heard he had a different nickname, lol.
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That's what Jamal told me when they were out there. He's definitely Mr. Fastest Lap. I'm sure you know the price that occasionally comes with that. :lol:
 
DBK said:
That's what Jamal told me when they were out there. He's definitely Mr. Fastest Lap. I'm sure you know the price that occasionally comes with that. :lol:
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Hence the other nickname he acquired, lol. But, to be fair, I've never been on hand to see him pay the price, just heard about a few of them. Dude is pretty fast though, I'll give him that. Plus, he's pretty damn good when there isn't any ashpalt now too.
 
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