edwardhaskell

Comments like these usually mean the GTR accelerated faster: I didn't know a sprint and "outrunning" included stopping.... Regardless, their reaction time in the Z06 explains why the GTR was a tenth quicker 0-100-0. The reaction time was 0.4 slower in the Z06, thus given an equal reaction time the Z06's time would've been 0.3 better. Getting the same same reaction time is unlikely - kinda like getting the same reaction time in the 1/4-mile on back-to-back runs. The human factor just happened to favor the GTR. You can claim that as a victory, but it is definitely a hollow one. Additionally, they said the Z06 was accelerating past 100mph faster (more momentum). Also, the driver had just had to change to 3rd to get to 100 which meant it was more difficult to judge when to brake.

You folks are too bias. The Z06 was faster. The Z06 did 0-100 in 8.5 seconds and the GTR did it in 8.9. The GTR did better 0-100-0, but they had a better reaction time in the GTR (time between WOT and hitting brake pedal). GT-R: 0-100 = 8.9, 100-0 = 4.3, accel to brake reaction time = 0.6 Z06: 0-100 = 8.5, 100-0 = 4.5, accel to brake reaction time = 1.0 Thus, if you subtract the difference in reaction times, the Z06 was not only faster 0-100, but it's faster 0-100-0 also! The Z06's lead would've been even larger had they kept going (the article mentioned that the Z06 was accelerating harder past 100mph....this also hurt its braking time). The Z06 is even more impressive because it has inferior tires and hit the market a full THREE years before the GTR.