What should have been a very interesting highway rolling start match-up, turned into a chaotic set of short bursts of acceleration that in the end add up to just about nothing.
Usually we’re excited to see both the Hellcat and the Z06 Corvette take each other on or take on other muscle cars and/or supercars.
The guys over at BadBowtieProductions and ScorchTV teamed up in order to pit the C7 Z06 not only against the Challenger Hellcat, but also a 2014 Shelby Mustang GT500. As the clip starts, we get to see the Vette and the ‘Cat struggle to make this a proper drag race.
One of them always seems to jump the gun, and when they do accelerate, it seems to be dead even for about 2 seconds before the car in the right lane has to slow down because of traffic. Since the Hellcat packs 707 HP and the Z06 is good for 650 HP, it’s only natural than they would be pretty close, especially from a rolling start and especially given the Corvette’s almost 1,000 lbs weight advantage.
With its own 650 HP, the Shelby GT500 is the real dark horse here. Unfortunately, we don’t really get to see it challenge the Hellcat and they split up at the end after they see a police cruiser.
Our guess would have been another very close race, since the GT500 weighs about 600 lbs less than the Challenger.