This last year I went to Monterey Historics. During the race that featured the 427 Cobras and GT-40s there was a dude in a cobra and another in a 40 that were going at it like the cars were stolen. Millions in unreplaceable race cars be damned. The announcer claimed that the lap times that the two nutjobs were running were 5sec faster than the times posted when those cars ran Laguna back in the day. Thing is......Laguna is close to 1/2 mile LONGER now than it was then. The difference was tire technology.
I think that if you put the mule or something similar against the Penske or Yunick Camaro on the same tires with the same dude driving that the result would be awfully close. Sure the Mule has more power, but I think winner would be the car that is able to maintain higher speeds in the corners.
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