Chevy Corvette Z06 drag raced a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and it was over in under 10 seconds with one car making a brilliant comeback

A YouTuber pitted a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C7.R against a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat in a drag race, and the result was perhaps surprising.

The race took place on a drag strip, in an quarter-mile run that lasted about 10 seconds.

Both cars did spectacularly, but one did slightly better than the other.

Even though there was one winner, it was closer than we thought.

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Can a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C7.R beat a ‘proper’ muscle car?

Depending on how you look at it, this could be seen as a race between modern muscle cars with supercharged V8 engines.

But while the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat is a proper muscle car, no doubt about that, the discussion over whether the Corvette is a sportscar, a muscle car or a supercar would probably require a UN resolution.

The only thing that’s for sure it’s fast.

The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C7.R is one of the most powerful iterations of the C7 Corvette, the last-ever front-engined Corvette before the arrival of the C8.

It is powered by a 6.2-liter V8, which produces 650 horsepower and 650lb-ft of torque and it means it does 0-60mph in just 3 seconds.

The Hellcat uses a similar V8, also a 6.2-liter, but this produces 717 horsepower and 656lb-ft of torque., and it does does 0-60mph in 3.7 seconds.

More power and torque doesn’t always translate into a win but, in the clip shared to the Drag Racing and Car Stuff YouTube channel, it did on this occasion.

It’s also fascinating to watch how the Corvette pulled away quite quickly off the line, while the Dodge lagged behind for the first few meters.

After that, the Challenger’s meaty V8 got to work and the muscle car was able to catch up with the Corvette, and then overtake it a couple of seconds ahead of the finish line.

The reason the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat won the drag race

The Challenger produces a lot more power and slightly more torque, but it’s almost 1,000lbs (453kg) heavier than the Corvette.

With the same torque, which is what matters in the first few seconds of the race, but a lot less weight, the Corvette was able to take the lead right from the start.

But power is power, and you can’t really argue with that, which is why the Challenger eventually caught up.

The Corvette can give any car, including the ultra-fast Model S Plaid, a run of its money in the first few seconds of a similar drag race.

In a similar way, the Hellcat can do the same thing in the second part of the race, which is why it nearly won against a Model S.

Pound for pound, EVs are generally faster than ICEs, but everyone loves muscle cars.

So you’re probably left with two options.

You can either buy a Dodge Charger EV Daytona, the world’s first electric muscle car, or you can put the body of a Challenger on top of a Model S.

Somebody actually did that.