They always say that there is no replacement for displacement, but apparently skill and daring occasionally beat brute force. Watch to the end.
Head’s Up to reader Doug Martin who found this video on YouTube.
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“there is no replacement for displacement”
As you point out, skill helps as does good handling. Despite its impressive straightline speed, that Vette looks like it’s understeering a bit.
Here’s a great clip of an E getting ahead of some Porkers at SIR:
http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=PX9ZLbgp390&v=sIXNYRQIAvY
Love it!
Much as a fan of the E Type I am, and much as a fan of ‘Vettes I am *not*, had the ‘Vette driver just taken better lines, the Jag would have *never* seen anything but tail lights. The ‘Vette driver fairly consistently drove incorrect (too early apexing) lines and the Jagger took advantage of those goofs.
A road race is essentially a series of drag races, from corner to corner: if a car has the straight line grunt (Vette does) and can handle the corners better (Vette’s *can*) the grunt will win, EVERY time.
However, not to take anything away from the Jag driver; he drove better lines and snookered the Vette driver, fair and square…great clip!