Join Ernie as he takes a lap of the Sonoma Raceway while preparing for the Pirelli World Challenge Championships races.
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It’s back! The World’s Greatest Drag Race returns with twelve of the world’s best supercars and sports cars for 2013 facing off in an epic quarter-mile sprint for glory… and ultimate bragging rights! This year’s field includes all twelve contenders from Motor Trend’s 2013 Best Driver’s Car Powered by Mobil 1.
We have the Nissan GT-R Track Edition, SRT Viper, Jaguar F-Type V-8 S, Aston Martin Vanquish, Mercedes-Benz E63 S AMG, Bentley Continental GT Speed, Porsche Cayman S, Audi R8 V-10 Plus, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series, BMW M6, Ford Focus ST and Porsche 911 Carrera 4S — all gathered together on an abandoned airstrip at El Toro Marine Base to find out which car is the fastest. Obviously these twelve competitors display a wide range of power and performance, not to mention price tags. So why are we lining them all up again for one gigantic, over-the-top drag race? It’s simple… Because We Can!
TO CUT TO THE CHASE: The newly redesigned, seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette (C7), aka Stingray, heir to Corvette’s 60-year heritage and the bannered spear of a resurgent General Motors, is an excellent car. Fast, authentic, tough as a rodeo steak. If you were planning to boycott GM for life, your road just got a little narrower.
Set aside the C7’s wrathful-dragonfly styling—which only the deranged won’t like—or its dead-slinky leather-wrapped cabin with glass-panel avionics and configurable graphics, or the vastly improved driver’s seat. Look down the barrel of this thing: 460 horsepower and 465 pound-feet of torque … More
Team Chevy and Corvette Racing at the historic 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013