Porsche 918 Spyder Hits the Drag Strip, Races 911 Turbo S and Tons of American Muscle

Case in point with the Porsche hybrid hypercar in the clip below, which pulls quite a few passes. The 918 showed up at last year's Streetcar Takeover Atlanta, Georgia and wasn't afraid to put its 887 hp and 940 lb-ft (1,280 Nm) to work.

We have to start by mentioning the drivers of the 918 Spyder in question deserves our appreciation for providing a benchmark for all the racers testing their machines out there.

And, as you can imagine, the Porsche halo car had plenty of metal to battle it out with. Aside from your typical drag race against a 991-generation 911 Turbo S, the 918 met many slabs of America and even an Evo.

Once again, the Porsche driver's decision is one we should admire - most people in his position stay away from such 1320 feet challenges, simply because the price of the car makes people expect wins and heavily comment when anything less than that takes place.

For one thing, the 918 Spyder wasn't optimized for quarter mile performance, as shown by the fight with the Turbo S, which brought the expected uber-close result.

While the 918 pulled 10-second (close or at 10.0s) passes, which was close to the 9.7-9.8s best possible pass for such a machine, the Turbo S replied with a 10.6 run. Since the 560 hp Neunelfer can be yours for around a quarter of the 918 Spyder's price, the results speak for themselves.

And yes, the 918 didn't win all the races it entered. Speaking of which, we have to explain the man behind the wheel also went for the roll racing challenge, throwing the all-wheel-drive advantage of his hypercar out the window.