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Battle of the bands: Corvette Z06 races Shelby GT500

Battle of the bands: Corvette Z06 races Shelby GT500
VetteTV
November 18, 2015

An empty runway under cloudy skies plays host to the oldest vehicular rivalry in the books.

The Corvette C7 Z06 is running an automatic transmission, huffing E85 through a custom tune. The black GT500 receives a ton of mods to match up fairly: 2.3-liter TVS supercharger, cams and headers, and a tune from AED. It’s also running E85. And it’s purring along at a sweet 814 rwhp.

Advantage Ford, right? But it suffers from traction problems off the line, and as a result is thoroughly trounced, three times. When it crosses the line, it’s building up at 163mph. The Z06? It beat it at just 147mph. But a line is a line.

A roll race would be a much better gauge of both car’s abilities. Maybe there’s room for a rematch.

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