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Originally posted by dd74
Not quite Nurburing (sp?), but I saw a video - maybe linked from somewhere on this forum - of a standard Mini Cooper S handing a Porsche GT-3 its ass. Something tells me this occurred at Portland Int'l Speedway, but I could be wrong. Nonetheless, the results still stand.
My guess is the Mini driver was a very good driver, and the GT-3 driver drove more like me. 
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The learning curve on the MINI is a lot lower than a GT-3. In other words you can get your MINI tclose to 100% of its potential a lot easier than the GT3.
But, once the GT3 owner gets a hang of it he will walk away from the MINI.
When I was at the track this past weekend on Saturday I was barely able to keep up with a Miata by Sunday afternoon I was flying by them and pacing the big boys. Its all about how comfortable you are pushing your cars limits. In the MINI it is a lot easier to get to the limits and very forgiving if you pass them.