A near-stock C7 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 boogies down the track in just ten and a half seconds.
This drag race video features a C7 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 making a run down the quarter mile drag strip against a classic Buick Skylark. We don’t get details on either car, but the information with the video suggests that the Corvette is “bone stock.”
We question this claim, as the Corvette appears to have a 5-spoke wheel design which has not been offered on the C7 Z06, so if nothing else, the wheels are not “bone stock”.
Of course, who goes to the drag strip with custom wheels on a 650 horsepower, supercharged supercar without mounting up good tires, right? Most people who swap to unique wheels for the drag do so in order to add better rubber without unmounting their stock wheels and tires, so when combined with how well this Corvette gets off of the line – it is safe to assume that this Z06 owner has stickier-than-stock tires. Based on how much squat the stiffly-suspended Z has off the line, we are guessing drag radials are part of the equation.
In any case, the video begins as the C7 Corvette Z06 and classic Buick both stage at the starting line while the announcer seemingly refers to the Vette as a Tesla. When the light turns green, the Buick jumps out to an early lead, but the Corvette quickly closes the gap, pulls ahead and drives away. In the end, the Z06 hands the old Buick a beating, running a 10.53 at 135 miles per hour while the Buick appears to run something in the area of a 15.67 at 86mph.
10.53 is far from the quickest quarter mile run we have seen from a C7 Corvette Z06, but considering that this car has the manual transmission and it might be near-stock, 10.53 @ 135 is an impressive run for this new supercar.
"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.
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"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.
