Long time readers of CorvetteBlogger know that I don't many comparo stories. Although not perfect, the Corvette has proven to be MY favorite car time and time again and I don't need to get into a dick measuring contest to prove it. But as we get close to Sebring, I started thinking about the fight between Porsche and Corvette and how all that racing technology transfers to street cars.I guess the folks at Porsche's Excellence Magazine had the same thoughts and decided to find out what happens when you pit the ultimate street versions against each other.
Less than a month after the epic Porsche-Corvette battle at Laguna Seca that ended with Porsche winning the checkered flag and the Corvette going hard into the wall, the two street versions are side by side at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. Doing the evaluation is professional ALMS driver Johannes Van Overbeek. Johannes spent four years driving Porsches for Flying Lizard and is currently teamed with Scott Sharpe in a Ferrari 430 GT. [...]
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