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are great cars for the money and are very competitive and track ready straight from the dealer and have an extensive and growing racing pedigree. The prior models like the original poster illustrated (C4) are not that great of cars and do not have the racing pedigree like the later models. Whether or not the owners know how to drive the car on a track is somewhat irrelevant to the original discussion but that may be the case. Most of the corvette owners I see are 50-60 year old men that do not seem to drive them that aggressively, but then the same could be said for most porsche owners.