C7 Corvette flew past cops at 200mph on Texas toll road
- A C7 Corvette Stingray once legally hit 200mph in front of cops
- It was on a closed road and part of a social campaign
- It happened on a Texas highway where they were testing new toll systems
Published on Jul 31, 2024 at 2:55 PM (UTC+4)
by Siddharth Dudeja
Last updated on Jul 31, 2024 at 7:03 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
More than a decade ago, a C7 Corvette Stingray ‘accidentally’ became the first-ever 2014 Corvette Stingray to break past 200mph — well, sort of.
You see, it was meant to speed as much as it could during an experiment on the Grand Parkway toll road in Texas.
The supercar had just gotten a fancy upgrade package from Hennessey Performance Engineering that added tremendous amounts of power to it.
With that, it blazed past 200mph like it was nothing.
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Texas authorities wanted the C7 Corvette Stingray to speed
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The most interesting detail about this entire thing was that the C7 Corvette speeding was actually planned.
It was a social campaign to inform citizens about not speeding on toll roads and blazing past plazas so they could avoid a toll deduction.
Moreover, the experiment took place on a closed road, with several departments from the state of Texas watching.
They were there to see the then-new RFID-based toll system that worked with EZ-Pass in action.
What’s more, John Hennessey, the performance company’s founder, drove the upgraded C7 Corvette Stingray himself to reach a top speed of 200.6mph.
It had fancy upgrades installed to go past 200mph
![c7 corvette stingray 200mph hennessey](https://supercarblondie.com/wp-content/uploads/hennessey-corvette-1024x619.webp)
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As a matter of fact — Hennessey picked the stock Corvette Stingray that could only produce 460hp out of an extremely capable 6.2-liter V8.
The team saw the potential for much more performance, so they decided to upgrade it.
Further, the Corvette ended up with the company’s HP600 performance package, which included a few new parts and nitrous and tuned it to perfection.
The package also gave it a massive performance boost — and it was then pumping off 700 horses at 6,500rpm.
Ironically, they called it a ‘light’ upgrade.
Texas Department of Transport, Texas DPS, and several other departments witnessed this monstrosity of a supercar blaze past 200mph.
Although this happened in 2013, it’s still a worthy spectacle today.
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Siddharth Dudeja
Siddharth is a tech nerd with a secret love of all things cars. He has been writing for a few years now, and on his free time you would find him gaming when he's not procrastinating.