It looks to me like the vette was laying down on the big end or he started to get out of it due to pucker factor. Watch his speedometer. Just my .02. Cool video though...
the vette was pulling hard on 3rd gear but lost it at 4th gear. If you look at his speedometer he is doing about 170-180mph. If the viper did not spray, it would be all over. Honestly, I would expect to see the viper win because the viper is also supercharged and nitrous.
No it is my mistake. I was looking at his speedometer, look like he was doing 170mph but it is not. He posts on the C5 forced induction section, he says he was doing 135mph
I think the vette was starting to back out. Something tells me that once you start to hit the 140+MPH mark, the race is over. If the person hasn't pulled me by that time I'm out personally when on a 55MPH road. Hell there's not a great deal of cars that can do much over that (140mph).
Overall sweet vid. I've watched it several times just for the cool factor