[RatSlayer]

The times in that list are highly dependant on driver skill, the tires and how much they were willing to abuse the car. Some of the drivers in those car magazine tests were terrible.

For instance the 427 Cobra is capable of much better times than listed here if it has the right tires and a really good driver.

[JayNorth]

Some of the drivers in those car magazine tests were terrible.

Like the time Car and Driver or Motor Trend (can't remember which) took four or five $120,000 plus cars on a 2,000 mile comparison run and blew the clutch on one after a couple of hundred miles? Confirmed what I had suspected for some time.