Originally Posted by Mike-in-Orange

Whether you're looking at 0-60mph time or 60' times, it is going to vary from car to car and driver to driver. On a drag strip the level of surface prep will play a big role - at California Speedway the dragstrip is apparently prepped with axle grease because traction is usually nonexistant.

If you're driving a car with a magazine published 0-60 time of 6.5 seconds and you beat a guy in a car with a published time of 6.3 seconds, it only means that you're a better driver than he is. Just because a car is capable of something doesn't mean that everyone will be able to achieve it.

That's why in my PT Cruiser turbo I've outrun Mustang GTs at the drag strip. People tell me it's not possible because a magazine told them that a Mustang runs the 1/4 in such and such a time. I always just respond that apparently the driver of that particular Mustang must not read magazines.