[ZR1] Stock ZR1 vs modded CTS-V Drag Video - interesting result
05-21-2012, 10:04 PM
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Stock ZR1 vs modded CTS-V Drag Video - interesting result
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05-21-2012, 10:28 PM
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Ok, what is the interesting result? The stock ZR1 won over the modified Caddy. I am not following you.
Good race tho.......
Good race tho.......
05-21-2012, 10:29 PM
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These are both my cars.
I was driving the z and my friend C5 frank was in the Cady.
We both had a passenger with us.
The wagon is my wife's dd. and the z is my weekend ride.
The Cady runs way better than that. the track was horrible and it was 95* and humid.
I cut a consistent 1.59 60 ft with the wagon. And the z on stock run flats....well the 2.0 60' sez it all.
Close race...we got a kick out of it. But don't read into it to much. The zr1 is a way faster car. Well that's what i keep telling myself.
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05-21-2012, 10:32 PM
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This is funny. There is always a camera running.
These are both my cars.
I was driving the z and my friend C5 frank was in the Cady.
We both had a passenger with us.
The wagon is my wife's dd. and the z is my weekend ride.
The Cady runs way better than that. the track was horrible and it was 95* and humid.
I cut a consistent 1.59 60 ft with the wagon. And the z on stock run flats....well the 2.2 60' sez it all.
Close race...we got a kick out of it. But don't read into it to much. The zr1 is a way faster car. Well that's what i keep telling myself.
These are both my cars.
I was driving the z and my friend C5 frank was in the Cady.
We both had a passenger with us.
The wagon is my wife's dd. and the z is my weekend ride.
The Cady runs way better than that. the track was horrible and it was 95* and humid.
I cut a consistent 1.59 60 ft with the wagon. And the z on stock run flats....well the 2.2 60' sez it all.
Close race...we got a kick out of it. But don't read into it to much. The zr1 is a way faster car. Well that's what i keep telling myself.
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05-21-2012, 10:37 PM
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St. Jude Donor '11
Well the Cady crossed the line first, but I think I pass it at like 10 mph faster at the line.
Just a realy close race.
We ran probebly 5 more time with different results depending if I got a good launch in the vette.
05-21-2012, 11:22 PM
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Yea, when I watched it again, this time I stopped it and read the times on the board (I put on my reading glasses) the nine looked like a 4 on the small window video. Still, as you said other than a close race it means nothing when a stock something runs a modified other something.
05-22-2012, 09:23 AM
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Yea, when I watched it again, this time I stopped it and read the times on the board (I put on my reading glasses) the nine looked like a 4 on the small window video. Still, as you said other than a close race it means nothing when a stock something runs a modified other something.
05-22-2012, 02:07 PM
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The z I have only owned for a cpl. Months and only had it at the track once and the conditions sucked.
I think my best that hot day it went 129 MPH. Low 11's.
It's sort of ridiculous with street tires.
05-22-2012, 02:21 PM
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Great video and race. Really shows the dramatic difference drag radials make. As a non-drag racer, when I read the numbers it doesn't register what that 0.4 sec 60 foot difference really means. Then you see what it looks like on the track. 
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05-22-2012, 02:31 PM
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I actualy have a realy good video of this pass from inside the ZR1.
I had to record it upside down with the go pro mount to get the angle I liked.
Can somone edit for me if I send it to you?
It's cool to see the wagon get realed in.
I had to record it upside down with the go pro mount to get the angle I liked.
Can somone edit for me if I send it to you?
It's cool to see the wagon get realed in.
05-22-2012, 02:55 PM
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That sounds really good for the conditions. If you have pretty good track prep you can get the stock tires to hook up . I have pulled some low 1.7s and even one 1.68 on the stock tires. The questions is how is the track once you get off the launch pad. Once you get a few more passes don't forget to put you time on the fast list.
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05-22-2012, 05:35 PM
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Man the caddy can hold it's own at 4000 lbs.
05-22-2012, 06:34 PM
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05-22-2012, 09:02 PM
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St. Jude Donor '11
^^^. That's some funny ****Looking forward to seeing/meeting you at the track when you get your ride back.
I hear you with the trust fund. Absolutly nothing wrong with it. Just trying to make the point that i work hard for what i have. I have two little ones also and I'd cash in everything to see them have it easer than me.
If anyone wants to trade a trust fund for a landscape Co. Please call!
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05-22-2012, 09:19 PM
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Some fun running. . . . for the fun of it.
05-22-2012, 09:19 PM
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St. Jude Donor '11
Man I'll tell you...although its an auto and no challenge to get down the track it's still an absolute blast to cut a 1.58 60' in a wagon.
It's like when you where a kid at the fair with an unlimited pass for the Himalayan..l get right back in line to do it again.
It gets the fronts off just a bit sometimes
It's like when you where a kid at the fair with an unlimited pass for the Himalayan..l get right back in line to do it again.
It gets the fronts off just a bit sometimes