This conversation is like announcing in the past , " Viper ACR fastest Production car around Nurburgring, but dang it loses in the quarter mile!" Somehow logic and reason seems to be vacant as we all viewed a dirty airport runway and why would we be shocked with dust obliterating the view of the cars that machines with AWD , etc. are quicker. Now again we have a new enthusiast bashing the time by reporting on various 1/4 mile times under who knows what weather, locations, or track conditions. The simple fact is no car does everything at the top, but the Viper has always been focused as a track car, not a drag racer. Does it do well, sure for a a car without AWD , etc. but the issue that it gets beat in a quarter is trivial when you start comparing other cars top speed runs, track times , etc.
What is more apparent is the 128mph trap speed noted by Nine Ball ---------- over the years the one test that folks seem to forget about is the strength the big V10 has when on the roll. Few will outrun it after a quarter mile and ...................that is good enough for me.