The Chevrolet C8 Corvette Z51 has long been the fastest production car to lap our official test track, the Florida International Rally & Motorsport Park, but a new challenger has arrived: The C8 Corvette Z06.
How much faster is the Z06? You’ll have to watch the video to find out.
Presented by CRC Industries.
By Chris Tropea
9/12/23 11:36 a.m.
It was crazy seeing this car go by on track while filming. It was even crazier looking at the GoPro footage when I sat down to edit this to see how fast it looked on camera. I am excited to see what we can get on track to compete with the ZO6's lap time at the FIRM.
9/12/23 12:22 p.m.
Watching the in car footage it feels like 1.2x playback speed - very impressive lap time indeed.
9/12/23 12:25 p.m.
Thanks for another good review and walking us through the data.
9/12/23 1:14 p.m.
Y'all i can't really overstate how easy to drive this car was. yes you have to adjust your perspective a bit because stuff is happening really fast, but at least on this day at this track, the thing just has no real bad habits. And I can honestly look at that data and see a couple tenths worth of driver error there as well. Then spot me a tenth for the fact we were borrowing a reader's $150,000 sports car and running laps in it while he was TOTALLY SITTING RIGHT THERE and you've got a bone stock car deep into the 1:12s before you even throw an alignment on it.
9/12/23 2:13 p.m.
in the winter time probably be 0.5s faster!
9/12/23 2:15 p.m.
That is a monster delta between the Z51 and the Z06. Wen I had the C8 all I could think about is just how good it made you look as a driver at speed.
I would argue that there is a good bit left in that car with a good alignment and some very small modifications and the car will just keep flattering you, has anybody tried slicks yet and how it works and interacts with all the electronics.
9/12/23 2:17 p.m.
I want to see the Z06 against the Z51 and then compare that to the E-Ray and then compare those to whatevers next. ultimate corvette showdown.
just throw in a C6 z06 as a baseline if you will...
9/12/23 5:31 p.m.
Did the Z06 stay cool during multiple hot laps? The Z51 struggles there. Otherwise it's an amazingly impressive car, can't wait to try the Z06
9/12/23 8:12 p.m.
In reply to fidelity101 :
I passed on eray allocation because it is useless on track. I track the plaid and will reduce power within couple laps and plaid battery is 50x bigger making 1020 hp and eray motor is making 160 and lose power on 1/4 mi run. after couple laps you be carrying the battery and motor around! eray should be a great daily and great for 1 lap best time.
9/12/23 10:26 p.m.
In reply to goonthree :
The E-ray was not intended for track work. That's the purview of the Z06 and the even crazier upcoming Zora.
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