I've had friends that raced the fella you're reffering to, its a white z, lt1 on spray, some cocky hmong guy, he raced a buddy of mine w/ a turbo gsr and barely won by a fender. I'd say just get some good street slicks, and give him a try. doubt you'd be going full blown slicks, but then again, who knows. I've followed a few of your posts and gotta say thats a nice car, cant wait to get mine done so we can do some friendly comparisons. I'm in fresno also btw.