auto cross
No reason they can't be street driven.
They did say it can be driven on the street, they just don't. It's got a mild 440, so no race gas or anything that would prevent it from being a street car.
To put things into prospective, he was about 3-3.5 seconds faster around the cones than I was, which is an eternity in autocross. This was my very first time ever auto crossing. I'd be willing to bet my car is heavier since I have probably 150lbs of dynomat in my car along with air condition, and a bunch of other things small things that add weight. I was also running some 200TW tires that aren't very good. My point is, if I was a better driver, my street car built to handle well should be capable of keeping up with theirs. I'm hoping they go back this year so I can see if I've improved any over the course of the year. But I'm sure they have gotten better too....
If you keep up with the autocross/optima ultimate street car scene, there are some insanely fast, pro-level built GM products out there. With the right driver, I don't think one of our cars could keep up with that.
