I'm trying to follow the next generation Z06 that should be on the way in a year or so, the leaked information doesn't seem all that great but who knows what is accurate at this point. I would expect it to be at least as good or better that the 2016 Z06. I have a good friend that has one and it is very nice! That car is what got me interested in the corvette world as well as some 67' Stingrays.
The owner/driver (Austin) was not “sleeping at the light.” He just chose poorly. He opted to use launch control, which initially sounds like a good idea until you understand launch control in these cars. There is a delay of at least a 1/2 second from the time you release the brake pedal until the car starts motion. This works great when using a drag tree as you can time the launch by releasing the brake a hair early while watching the lights. Launch control would be a poor choice if all you have is “GO” or someone dropping their arms with no other tell/hint that you are about to go. You will be starting late going this route.
Lots of spy photos, including some from a friend who saw it first-hand on I-70 in the mountains. No indication whether it was hybrid or all-wheel drive, but I've seen less chatter about those possibilities than I have on potential (primary) power plants.
I was thinking about the info. highlighted in Red that you mentioned above ^^^^^^. So are you saying the 495hp C8 Stingray that won the 1/2 mile pull in the video was also Speed Phantoms car (the owner of the 2020 GT500)?
Yes, that's what he's saying - I believe both cars belong to the so-called "Phenom." To be fair, however, it's unclear (to me, at least) how much drive time his "friend" has in the car.
Yes, and I agree his friend may have been in that C8 often.......maybe?
Leave it to CA to take stupid to a whole new level.He just posted a new video. He took the 2020 and C8 to Laguna Seca and was kicked off in the 2020 because it was too loud. Leave it to CA
Apparently they have mics throughout the course. Different decibel levels on different days. He was there on a 103 dB day and exceeded it. Said the reason is there are houses close to the track.
Noise limit on a race track. That just doesn't compute to me. But, I've seen a 1/4 mile track close to KC shut down for that reason, so not so far fetched, I suppose.
Similar issues happen with airports... an airport gets built out away from populous... then people start building houses near the airport. Next come the noise complaints. Eventually there are all sorts of restrictions placed on planes to include financial penalties for “noise violations.” Some of these airports eventually get closed-down.
I’m guessing you’re talking about KCIR. The closing was a total joke. Some developer decided to build homes close to the track and then the homeowners complained about the noise. To make it worse, politicians bought the land for pennies on the dollar with the threat of immanent domain and sold it to the city for $1.5 million to make it a park. The EPA came in and said nope due to the decades of oil, fuel, etc that had been spilled. So, the land is just sitting wasting away. This track had a great history since 1967. The big boys used to run on this track.
I am and wow, I didn't know all that! My brother ran that track for a few years in a big-ass Buick that embarrassed many folks. He got so fast they finally banned him unless he got a roll cage installed. The guy in the John Deere cap was our dad - he loved watching Chris race:
