Your best asset will be an auto in the Pontiac. It is a BEAOCH to get these stick shift cars going. My GTO will run a 12.70 in total street trim, but that is just a 2.20 60 ft. I can't give it any gas in 1st or it will fry the tires.
The viper probably has 335 tires on the back, luckily it only has the 450 horse motor. Don't underestimate the viper, it is still an 11 sec car in stock form. If he bolts up some slicks or drag radials it could get interesting. I have seen alot of these new cars that they say will do this and that, but when they get to the strip the BS stops. They rarely get within a half second of what the Car and Driver test drivers can get out of them. I was at the strip two weeks ago and watched a new Z06 thrash down to a 11.80 with drag radials after about 5 runs. They are supposed to do 11.70 with stock tires. Not with that driver.
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