2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Drag Races 2017 Corvette Z06 with a Huge Surprise

The 2017 ZL1 adventure here involves a bone stock car, one that Hennessey Performance is preparing to modify. As you could expect, the Texan developer couldn't help but see how the standard vehicle performs before it started massaging the thing.

Thus, we are now treated with a drag race involving a 2017 Camaro ZL1 and, of course, a 2017 Corvette Z06 (obviously, also a stock car).

As John Hennessey explains in the video below, while trying to hide a smile, the two duked it out over a length of around 1,400 feet or so - it only makes sense to go over the 1,320 feet mark to evidentiate what happens once the quarter-mile brawl is over. The start? It was done in second gear, at around 40 mph, with the pair of Chevys hitting around 130 mph at the end of the fight.

With these machines both packing stick shifts, the scale footprint separating them, which sits at over 350 lbs (160 kg), should make the Z06 the clear winner. Nevertheless, the supercar is known for certain traction issues, so we can't solely rely on specs here.

Regardless, we have to hand it over to Chevrolet for coming up with the perfect timing for the sixth-gen Camaro. No, we're not talking about the ignition timing of the LT4 (that's fine, though).

Instead, we're referring to the way in which the 2016 Camaro SS dominated aftermarket and drag racing news earlier this year. And now modding history is repeating itself with the 2017 Camaro ZL1 appearing ready to take over the headlines for the end of the 2016 season. And with ten-speed auto and Convertible ZL1s arriving next Sprint, 2017 won't be exactly peaceful, either.