I too once made the mistake of trying to play with a Viper.
Thankfully I was all alone so no one was there to see the utter humiliation.
We came off a stoplight, I got the better launch.
Although I got the distinct impression he sat there smoking his tires just to toy with me, because he looked like this
as he went flying past me like I was standing still. Turns out it wasn't even a stock Viper, this lunatic had added twin turbos and was putting out somewhere near 700hp. Oy, the pain!