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Old November 27th, 2007, 08:41 AM   #1
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"Twinkle Toes" Ranger does it again

Some speculate that he injects his ankles with WD40, others just throw their hands up in the air and abandon an explanation. His newest claim is that he hit 11.1 in the 1/4 mile with his "bone stock" Z06, with stock tires. Apparently, he is an admired man, yet I'm going to erect the BS flag, once and for all. How does his twinkle toed technique amount to the equivalent of 150hp? A Z06 is normally an 11.8 1/4 mile car, yet he has knocked off 7/10 of a second? I can't be sure but I have strong suspicions that "Twinkle Toes" prances out, ever so gingerly, in the middle of the night with a head porting tool. What do some of you more experienced drag racers think? Is Ranger for real? Is he a corvette hero?
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Old November 27th, 2007, 08:43 AM   #2
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What was his MPH?
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Old November 27th, 2007, 08:44 AM   #3
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You are going to be wrong this time Alex. Ranger is not the common driver. I believe every bit of that pass 100%.
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Old November 27th, 2007, 11:43 AM   #4
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What was his MPH?
127+
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Old November 27th, 2007, 11:48 AM   #5
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the guy can flat out drive. I don't doubt it.

I wanna see him drive the new viper now.....
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Old November 27th, 2007, 11:58 AM   #6
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Ranger is an abomination..........I'd believe it. Wasn't he taking stock C5 Z06's deep into the 11's too?
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yes he did.
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If "Twinkle Toes" is that good, it means that there is approximately a 1 second variation in 1/4 mile times for that car. This essentially means that 1/4 mile time comparisons between a Viper and a Z06 are meaningless, simply because there is a hell of a lot more room for driver preferences and/or error than there is between the performance of these 2 cars, '06 or '08 Viper. Maybe that is why I kicked the piss out of 2 Z06's with my stock Viper coupe.
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I heard Ranger is the one that taught Stig how to drive and Chuck Norris how to fight.

All jokes aside he is a total badass when it comes to making stuff go as fast as physically possible.
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Old November 27th, 2007, 12:52 PM   #11
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I have always found it amazing that NO ONE can come within half a second + of the times he puts up. How can that possibly be?
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So now , every John Do with a Z06 thinks his/hers runs 11.1, becasue Ranger did it.
What I find more incredible, is that Ranger aways gets the fastest cars, I mean he did the same on a C-5 z06, and now the C-6. This guy never gets a "slow" factory car.
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So now , every John Do with a Z06 thinks his/hers runs 11.1, becasue Ranger did it.
What I find more incredible, is that Ranger aways gets the fastest cars, I mean he did the same on a C-5 z06, and now the C-6. This guy never gets a "slow" factory car.
That's because "slow" factory cars were "coined" with that connotation from guys that drive like Joe Dell. BAM!!!
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Old November 27th, 2007, 01:09 PM   #14
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If "Twinkle Toes" is that good, it means that there is approximately a 1 second variation in 1/4 mile times for that car. This essentially means that 1/4 mile time comparisons between a Viper and a Z06 are meaningless, simply because there is a hell of a lot more room for driver preferences and/or error than there is between the performance of these 2 cars, '06 or '08 Viper. Maybe that is why I kicked the piss out of 2 Z06's with my stock Viper coupe.
Not sure where the confusion is?

I had a 2004 Z06 With Stage II heads/cam. Car put down 428rwhp.

I ran an 11.5 @ 126 at HRP on 19" CCW 505A's.

My C6 with a heads/cam package 438rwhp

Went 11.3 @ 122 best trap was 125 (on DRs)


I drove my girlfriends car in the 11's with only a cam and exhaust (415rwhp)

Here is an 8th mile pass on street tires (1.78 60ft)



Take a driver that knows how to drive to the caliber that Ranger does in a car with more power (450-465rwhp)/better gear ratios and a sticker tire.

- No question a low 11 sec pass is capable all day long.

You have to remember the "majority" of the people that drive corvettes are middle aged men with Hawaiian shirts with one goal in mind.

Which is to pick up 18 year old hooters chicks.
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we need a kevin of UG or 1TONY1 to get some good seat time in the new viper and see what they can do.
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All Ranger has to do is prove that his times are not exclusive to his own car. In other words, run Joe Schmoe's stock Z06 to a similar time and trap speed. If he fails to do so and can ONLY pull it off in his personal car, then something is fishy. Otherwise, he proves that his skill alone is capable of bettering everyone else's times by over half a second in the 1/4 mile and he is the 1/4 mile hero that he is hyped up to be. God bless "Twinkle Toes"!!!

Of course, if he proves himself, then we will have to recruit him over to our team, through whatever means necessary and those Hooter pigs might just be the bait we need.
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All Ranger has to do is prove that his times are not exclusive to his own car. In other words, run Joe Schmoe's stock Z06 to a similar time and trap speed. If he fails to do so and can ONLY pull it off in his personal car, then something is fishy. Otherwise, he proves that his skill alone is capable of bettering everyone else's times by over half a second in the 1/4 mile and he is the 1/4 mile hero that he is hyped up to be. God bless "Twinkle Toes"!!!
I follow what your saying.
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Ranger is a stone cold blooded killer. It gives me great anxiety to even type him name.
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All Ranger has to do is prove that his times are not exclusive to his own car. In other words, run Joe Schmoe's stock Z06 to a similar time and trap speed. If he fails to do so and can ONLY pull it off in his personal car, then something is fishy. Otherwise, he proves that his skill alone is capable of bettering everyone else's times by over half a second in the 1/4 mile and he is the 1/4 mile hero that he is hyped up to be. God bless "Twinkle Toes"!!!

Of course, if he proves himself, then we will have to recruit him over to our team, through whatever means necessary and those Hooter pigs might just be the bait we need.
That sounds reasonable.
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