Took a couple cars to the drag strip - ZR1 impressed!!

[cbaclawski]

So I've never been on a drag strip before, in any car, ever.

But ZMAX in Charlotte had an "Outlaw Drag Wars" event last night and a couple buddies and I took a few cars up there just for fun.

Here's the lineup:

2015 Aston Martin V12 Vantage S (Bone Stock) - paddle shift
2011 BMW M3 - 4.0 V8 with a VF-650 Supercharger (and lots of road race mods that don't help here) DCT Trans
1990 Corvette ZR1 - 368 Lingenfelter - Haibeck tune, 3.73 rear
All 3 on appropriately sized ~200tw street tires

I expected the BMW to win easily, with the Aston not far behind, and the Corvette to bring up the rear by a fairly substantial margin. (even if it makes 500ish HP, it's still down on power by at least 100hp vs. the other 2, and having to clutch/shift)

It was Crazy Hot and Muggy, which certainly slowed all 3, but to my surprise, It was a virtual dead heat(no pun intended) between all 3.

All 3 cars ran in the high 12's (3 passes each). The BMW and the Aston both had Trap speeds between 116-117mph, and the Z was a couple MPH slower.


BUT THE SURPRISE OF THE NIGHT AND MY REASON FOR POSTING THIS HERE: The Z had the best 1/4 mile time!!!


I think it says something about the car that at 29 years later it can still run with and beat a couple modern, borderline supercars, at the strip. Color me impressed!


Just thought you guys might like to hear that,


Thanks,

Curt