Record-Breaking C6 Corvette Sets up Shop at 2022 SEMA Show In STA-BIL Booth

By Brett Foote - November 2, 2022

Wild C6 Corvette holds a distinguished record and also managed to stand out at the 2022 SEMA Show.

Corvettes hold all sorts of records across the globe, whether that be motorsports related or various other silly things you’ll find in places like the Guinness Book of World Records that somebody clearly made up on the fly. However, this particular C6 Corvette – which is on display at STA-BIL’s booth at the 2022 SEMA Show – holds a rather prominent record after posting the fastest lap of any production-based car in history at the Circuit of the Americas, where it recorded a best time of 2:03.974 while competing at the Super Lap Battle earlier this year.

With Feras Qartoumy behind the wheel, this C6 Corvette managed to earn its place in the record books courtesy of a wide variety of modifications, which is why we say that it’s a “production-based” vehicle. No one would mistake this wild ride for some sort of road car, what with its crazy aero modifications that include perhaps the largest front lip/wing we’ve ever seen on a Corvette of any kind, nor a rear wing that could easily double as a picnic table between laps.

All of those goodies serve a purpose, of course, and that’s to keep this specially prepared C6 Corvette glued to the ground at high speeds. However, it started life as a stock Z06 that was in pretty nice condition, at least until Qartoumy began to feel the need for speed. As is usually the case, this conversion started off rather slow, and as its owner’s competitive nature grew, so did the build itself. It went from a naturally-aspirated machine to a single and now twin-turbo setup along the way, too.

What’s particularly impressive about this particular build, however, is the fact that Qartoumy has done 90 percent of the work on it himself. He’s also the driver of the car, obviously, making his record-breaking feat something truly special. Of course, Qartoumy isn’t done working on his wild C6 just yet, and is constantly tinkering with it and making improvements, so we certainly haven’t seen – or heard – the last of his record-breaking efforts by a long shot.