C6Z06 and a 427 Shelby Cobra go head-to-head, no-prep style.
This week’s Drag Race Monday video comes to us from the Automotosprint CR YouTube channel and it features a quarter mile match between a C6 Corvette Z06 and a Shelby Cobra – presumably a kit car. All of the information accompanying this video is in Czech, so we are relying on Google Translate, but it seems as though Automotosprint CR is a group which organizes drag racing events around the Czech Republic complete with timing systems. This gives those folks with high performance cars a chance to push their vehicles to the limits without doing so on public roads, while also giving them a chance to measure the performance of their cars.
C6 Z06 vs 427 Cobra
Unfortunately, there are no details on either of these vehicles, but we know that the race is between a C6 Corvette Z06 and a Shelby Cobra powered by a 427 cubic inch V8. If stock, the Corvette makes around 505 horsepower while the output of the Cobra is completely unknown, as with kit car builds, the sky is the limit. We do know that the Shelby roadster is very light, so it doesn’t need as much power to blast down the drag strip.
The video begins with the Z06 doing a massive burnout while the Cobra just seems to casually coast up to the starting line. With smoke still pouring from the back of the C6, the green light drops and both cars rip away from the Christmas tree. The Corvette hops out to an early lead and appears to have the lead until the cars are too far off into the distance to really see who is ahead.
Fortunately, there is also a camera at the finish line, showing the Corvette Z06 cross the line 4-5 car-lengths ahead of the big block Cobra.
In the end, the Corvette ran an 11.848 at 124 miles per hour while the 427 Cobra ran an 11.861 at 111 miles per hour, so the Z06 got out better and was pulling away on the big end.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
