Originally Posted by mps165

To give you guys an idea of the difference in speed, Eric Bostrom had a pole time of 1:46.835 at Daytona this year. In happy hour this year at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, Tony Stewart ran a 1:49.422. To put it in another perspective, Marco Andretti ran a fastest lap of 2:11:542 at Daytona in a Skip Barber car (open wheel, wings, 150 HP, 1250 lbs fully fueled). Crappy (i.e. guys that are still way better than us) were running near 2:00.00 lap times at the Daytona 200 on superbike GSX-R1000s. And in the last perspective, the best SCCA raced prepared Mazda Miata (SSB class) at Daytona ran a 2:29.004. That is a huge difference to even the "shitty" superbike riders. Regardless of what is "faster" both cars and motorcycles are fun when driving at full speed. And believe me, a stock motorcycle goes through corners WAY faster than a stock car. There is one corner near where I live that my car (Camaro SS ~ .86 Gs on a skid pad) right before it starts to break away can manage maybe 102 mph. My bike, which I am not fully maxed out on, goes through the same corner over 130 mph. Mind you the bikes speedometer is off a good bit, but still. And this is a good comparison because I race cars and I know how to drive. Just thought I'd shoot my opinion.