...z06 should win that battle. str10 weighs a ton more being a vert, and doesn't have enough hp to regain it. if both cars had a driver mod it'd be a much better race. if the viper was a coupe, kiss the z06 good bye

They were racing??

That Viper needs a driver mod. It should have beaten the ZO6 by more than that. The Viper is more of an awsome,exclusive sports car while the Z06 is more of a belly button car.

You're right 'mikedino', Even with terrible starts he did launch much better than the z06. I think that was the point.

The fact that the SRT-10 dominated after both cars spun wildly off the line, illustrates which car is the better platform and able to get more power to the ground under tough circumstances.

So what? He still launched better than the Z06 driver regardless of how many times he pedalled it.

It isn't proven to be anything. 'Car and driver' has the srt10 coupe faster than the z06 around VIR international raceway.

So technically the viper was also proven to be better than the z06 using your logic..

Bottom line is they are both pretty evenly matched. I have seen vipers beat z06's as I have seen z06's beat vipers. Around tracks the edge goes to the viper coupe though

Someone needs to teach them BOTH how to launch their cars. That was FAR from a perfect launch in the viper, did you notice how many times he peddled it?

He was getting on then off the gas more times during that launch than I have ever seen or heard, and he still destroyed the z06

Both cars spun off the line badly. You can clearly hear the viper constantly peddling it during takeoff.

The difference is, as you pointed out, the viper gets its power down much easier than the z06, ESPECIALLY when both cars are spinning. The viper just has better weight distribution, better tires and more structural rigidity which equates to better launches, even when you start spinning.

The z06 can launch good, but you have to do it just perfect. If you start spinning in the z06, its over, you lost. Whereas if you start spinning in the srt10, it is a little more forgiving.

driver mod def needed.

The driver factor in a viper is much greater than that of the vette.. The z06 owner could have been an average to good driver.. But the viper guy might have been an ace.

With a viper, theres a much bigger difference between an expert driver compared to a mediocre one, than an expert and mediocre driver of any other car.

Motortrend hired a viper gt class driver a few years back to drive the srt10 and ford gt against eachother. The viper ran 11.77 and the GT ran 11.78 in the 1/4 in the side by side comparison. The article and issue is still available for viewing on their site.