The C7 Z06 is a monster, and this guy is a pretty good driver. But I hate videos with this kind of attitude. Its not a race, its a DE track day. The drivers have different skill levels, some are running slicks while others are on OEM tires, etc. I had my Viper at a track day event years ago, and in the 3rd session I let two cars pass me because behind them was a huge gap. I wanted to let them go so I could get that gap and go for a hero lap. A few months later I find out that the Mustang I let pass me had posted video of it on a Mustang forum and they were all losing their minds at how he had "kicked that Vipers ass". Never mind that I was on slicks and had been blasting by him all day. Anyway, I am a massive fan of the Corvette Le Mans program, and both the C6 and C7 Z06.
He really doesn't drive very well actually. I've driven TWS many times. His lines are all wrong and he turns in way too early in almost every turn. His power delivery isn't smooth at all. He could squeeze way more out it if he knew how to drive that track.
@@ronkotula3011 I was just relating that some tool had done this to me in the past and pointing out that passing someone in a DE event then bragging about it is weak. I'm not sitting at home day after day sobbing. How bored are you to have left your comment above? Why am I wasting my time replying?
You are running in a novice to intermediate group that requires point byes. Would love to roll against you in my ACR in a advanced super solo group with no passing rules.
Experienced driver vs newbies just having fun and learning. I occasionally track in that class, where you hace specific spots authorized to take over when the car in front of you authorize you with the signal. There's always 1 or 2 showoffs that should be in the intermediate or expert class. Kinda like good hockey players showing off at garage-league games.
Sounds like we have a lot of haters here. Obviously not ZO6 fans. I have run in advanced group club racing before (which is obviously where this ZO6 was running) and believe me, these guys were not sandbagging. These Vipers, GT3's and GT3RS' are not your normal street cars, they are race cars that are street legal. The ZO6 was just plain faster than they were.
All the track events that I have done are broken down into three classes advanced intermediate and novice I run my car in the novice group and have fun all day long.
great video, great driver. these cars are true race cars right out of the factory especially with the zo7 package, the stage 3 Aero kit and the heads up display make these cars true race cars. I have 2-2016 C7 R Edition convertibles and as far as I'm concerned it can't get any better. keep up the great driving and keep taking out the Porsches
To bad this track is not in use anymore. It was such a great track day track. I drive by there once in a while and there are now a row of houses at the front gate and tunnel.
Master Mario your stupid as he'll he'll c7 zo6 is a sports car everyone thinks it's a supercar when it's not..mm the only supercar corvette made was a zr1 dude... it's a sports car it's been one sense the 1950s.... also its a performance car... like what 90% of sports cars are today .....
random start up's I mean it’s beat supercar’s track times and acceleration, and beat them in endurance races... So? What do you want to call it then? I’d call it a super car.
To be classified as a SuperCar you'd have to triple the price tag of the C7 ZO6 in today's world because that's how the rich think. The more they have to pay for a car the more exclusive it is because the number of people buying it is reduced. They are paying triple the price for exclusivity to put them in their own class even tho they aren't getting any more for their money than a car costing the price of a C7 ZO6. The C7 ZO6 is an Animal.
I have a 16 z06 m7 z07. Hats off For driving in race mode with no Rev matching on. Hard to control the z06 without some nannies. I installed a DSC Sport controller. Amazing. Puts the power down much better now
Nice video, I did this track a couple times in the 90's doing the One Lap of America, one of my favorite tracks, I hope this track is still in use, GM builds the best production track cars in the world, most reliable and fastest, I hope Gm doesn't get too caught up in this electric bull shit that will never work.
It didn’t looked like any of the cars you passed were really “racing” for lack of a better word , to be honest, but I love the car sounds like a monster!
@@mrfox2230 option 1. Short shift - no money required. Option 2. Upgrade radiator - some money. Option 3. Cooling upgrade by Gspeed or LG- much more money required. Option 4. - swap out supercharged engine and put in NA engine- way too much money. I did options 3 and 4.
Great! But I can't understand why you guy in US use the " point by system" ! Take the hand off the wheel stick out of the car to point an overtake while driving at high speed!? Wow. If you must point an overtake, why you guys just don't use the turn signals??
Point by is more deliberate. Some track days allow the use of turn signals but I don't always trust them. It is easier to accidentally hit the turn signal than it is to accidentally point someone by.
No not really. If you stay in a higher gear you can keep the temps lower. You might be relatively in a lower rev, but you can use all that torque effectively to get the job done. But if it’s hot outside, the heat soaking of the supercharger becomes a problem no matter what.
I loved my Z06 until Heritage Chevrolet in Owings Mills Maryland destroyed it. They replaced the transmission and managed to damage virtually every panel on the car, the leather, etc. The car crab walked when I got it back!?! I haven't had the car in 3 months. At this point another GM dealership is trying to sort it out at my expense. GM did nothing but direct me back to the dealership and the general manager there denied everything and tried to sell me a used car. I'm just disgusted at this point and this video doesn't improve my feelings about GM. I can't imagine handing over another $130,000 only for one of their dealerships to destroy the vehicle again and leave me with an expensive pile of junk. Best of luck to anyone who will find themselves in a similar position.
for all you noobs out there.. this is not a "race".. Therefore, people like to drive home in their cars and not trade paint with others.. Who cares that this zo6 passed a Viper. may have been the drivers first time on track, or saving his pads and tires for a decent lap with less traffic.. Plenty of ACR's with great drivers that would own this vette and it's driver.. Anyway, sounds beast!
Another track day driver who thinks he's racing.. They're not good drivers bud, you're not cannibalizing anyone. I've passed McLaren's in a stock FRS at road atlanta lol. Doesn't mean anything except that I had more fun.
Brian Wilkins lmao everything falls back to money with you people. “...afford more car.” How does that correlate to my comment at all, when I said I was having more fun? There’s a point to this, and it’s not just the clickbait. It’s a perpetually annoying ego you see at track days. Like the guy who takes off at a stoplight and claims he won a race, but nobody else was competing. This guy just happened to post it on UA-cam where I can bitch about how cringey it is lol. See Jeff Tyler’s comment if you still don’t comprehend.
Spencer Geerlings Well “Spencer” We go to the events to race our cars. You’re crying because I that has a great car is having a good time and posted it. You want to take your shitty girls car out and get your doors blown off, by all means go ahead. Just dont blow up other people who can afford a real car and like to post.
Would like to see how great you really are on a REAL race circuit instead on an oval track, which is just a drag strip suited for the Z06. I think it would be a different story with the much better handling Porsche’s that are engineered for corners.
Great race man!!! Now let me address all the haters and those of you who never raced on a track in your LIFE!!!! When someone signals you to pass them on a track, that means THEY CAN'T OUT ACCELERATE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! PEOPLE GO TO THE TRACK TO SEE HOW MANY CARS THEY CAN PAST!!! NOT HOW MANY CARS CAN PAST THEM!!!! THEY LET HIM PAST?!!! NOOOOO!!! Those of you who said that obviously never drove the new C7 Z06!!!! Think about this, ACR VIPER, PORSCHE TURBO, SRT VIPER etc.. etc.. People who by these cars WANT TO BE THE FASTEST MOTHER @#$% OUT THERE!!! AT THE TIME THEY BOUGHT THOSE CARS THEY WHERE, BUT THAT NEW Z06 IS A BOSS!!!! I can talk because I have a black one. To beat it you have to be spending north 275,000-350,000 to beat it!!! That's why they were waving him by!!! They were like whats the point I can't beat him anyway. One last thing. I can see if one car waved him by. I can see if 2 cars waved him to past him, BUT THE WHOLE TRACK!!!!!!!! THE WHOLE TRACK!!!!!!1 COME ON PEOPLE! THE CAR IS FAST GIVE IT TO GM ALREADY. PLUS THE KID IS NOT A 1/2 BAD DRIVER!!!
Dude, it's all in the drivers hands. I've seen Miata's pass c7 z06's on this track. Yes it's a great car WITH a great driver. And also this isn't a "race" it's a HPDE.
Ken. watch the c7z run on the ring, that is a much more narrow and complex track and the stock car seems to corner harder than this car with unknown mods
All the drivers are letting the vette driver pass. NO real competition. I can get the best laps and pass everything on the track when they all back off and move out of the way. It was still nice hearing that beautiful engine scream
Damn. It's funny that you say your Vette eats Vipers, when the only Vipers it could eat are the base model gen 1's. Lmao 💀 Plus, it's not that type of track day, as people come and go as they please. They were letting the "slow car" pass them, so that they could get their PB. It's only common sense to make a big gap for yourself.
Wow you must be the best driver with the fastest car in the whole galaxy to go up against noobs and novices in beginner classes! How about posting the results from going against the cars in your actual class? I’m sure you’ll get some great footage from the back of the disappearing pack, but don’t give up, the leaders will be coming back around to pass you again.
The C7 Z06 is a monster, and this guy is a pretty good driver. But I hate videos with this kind of attitude. Its not a race, its a DE track day. The drivers have different skill levels, some are running slicks while others are on OEM tires, etc. I had my Viper at a track day event years ago, and in the 3rd session I let two cars pass me because behind them was a huge gap. I wanted to let them go so I could get that gap and go for a hero lap. A few months later I find out that the Mustang I let pass me had posted video of it on a Mustang forum and they were all losing their minds at how he had "kicked that Vipers ass". Never mind that I was on slicks and had been blasting by him all day. Anyway, I am a massive fan of the Corvette Le Mans program, and both the C6 and C7 Z06.
Agreed. I gave the video a thumbs up until the cocky text started popping up. Ruined it for me. Thumbs down.
He really doesn't drive very well actually. I've driven TWS many times. His lines are all wrong and he turns in way too early in almost every turn. His power delivery isn't smooth at all. He could squeeze way more out it if he knew how to drive that track.
JCTaylor21 Let the guy have his victory. He’s a tool and doesn’t get much attention so posting this video makes him feel good.
" years ago" and it still bothers you?
@@ronkotula3011 I was just relating that some tool had done this to me in the past and pointing out that passing someone in a DE event then bragging about it is weak. I'm not sitting at home day after day sobbing. How bored are you to have left your comment above? Why am I wasting my time replying?
You're running in a learning group, this is like passing people on the highway and then posting videos claiming you're beating them.
You are running in a novice to intermediate group that requires point byes. Would love to roll against you in my ACR in a advanced super solo group with no passing rules.
All the other drivers must have a 70mph governor on their cars. They are NOT even pushing it. Just giving the ZO6 a free pass.
Curtis Reid Nah they know they can’t win against a Z06. So they don’t try to, they let him go. 😂
Experienced driver vs newbies just having fun and learning. I occasionally track in that class, where you hace specific spots authorized to take over when the car in front of you authorize you with the signal. There's always 1 or 2 showoffs that should be in the intermediate or expert class. Kinda like good hockey players showing off at garage-league games.
It looks like they are still trying to get a feel of the track’s twists and turns in order to find out their car’s limits and their own capability.
This isn’t a Race. It is a track day.. just sayn
Sounds like we have a lot of haters here. Obviously not ZO6 fans. I have run in advanced group club racing before (which is obviously where this ZO6 was running) and believe me, these guys were not sandbagging. These Vipers, GT3's and GT3RS' are not your normal street cars, they are race cars that are street legal. The ZO6 was just plain faster than they were.
And you know that how? LOL
All the track events that I have done are broken down into three classes advanced intermediate and novice I run my car in the novice group and have fun all day long.
great video, great driver. these cars are true race cars right out of the factory especially with the zo7 package, the stage 3 Aero kit and the heads up display make these cars true race cars. I have 2-2016 C7 R Edition convertibles and as far as I'm concerned it can't get any better. keep up the great driving and keep taking out the Porsches
To bad this track is not in use anymore. It was such a great track day track. I drive by there once in a while and there are now a row of houses at the front gate and tunnel.
Muscle car? No, too aerodynamic. Supercar? No, not expensive enough. Damned impressive automobile for the money? Absolutely yes.
Love that track. Raced there for years 1:53 is decent times. I was doing that on my motorcycle.
The C7 Z06 is Not a Muscle Car...........
It is Not a Sports Car..............
The C7 Z06 has now been deem & classified as a SuperCar
Master Mario your stupid as he'll he'll c7 zo6 is a sports car everyone thinks it's a supercar when it's not..mm the only supercar corvette made was a zr1 dude... it's a sports car it's been one sense the 1950s.... also its a performance car... like what 90% of sports cars are today .....
random start up's I mean it’s beat supercar’s track times and acceleration, and beat them in endurance races... So? What do you want to call it then? I’d call it a super car.
To be classified as a SuperCar you'd have to triple the price tag of the C7 ZO6 in today's world because that's how the rich think. The more they have to pay for a car the more exclusive it is because the number of people buying it is reduced. They are paying triple the price for exclusivity to put them in their own class even tho they aren't getting any more for their money than a car costing the price of a C7 ZO6. The C7 ZO6 is an Animal.
Nice driving man, awesome video! I haven’t driven my auto C7 Z06 that hard yet. You can tell that this is where this car truly shines... cheers
I have a 16 z06 m7 z07. Hats off For driving in race mode with no Rev matching on. Hard to control the z06 without some nannies. I installed a DSC Sport controller. Amazing. Puts the power down much better now
Viper needed a driver mod
"Unchained nice"......sweet vid! -from a fellow Vette owner!
I loved the in-video comments, eg "Notice all the point-bys which acknowledge my superiority!!"
Nice video, I did this track a couple times in the 90's doing the One Lap of America, one of my favorite tracks, I hope this track is still in use, GM builds the best production track cars in the world, most reliable and fastest, I hope Gm doesn't get too caught up in this electric bull shit that will never work.
The best? No. They're cool cars? Yes. 😌👍
@@KingDeadMan - Who makes a better production car at a comparable price?
It didn’t looked like any of the cars you passed were really “racing” for lack of a better word , to be honest, but I love the car sounds like a monster!
HorsePower Channel we are all going as fast as our comfort level, car, and abilities allow. That was the result.
@@Sporttplus [Inserts laughter] Cringe. 🤡
Where's the ACRs at !
The rear view mirror
@@markofexcellence5209 😂😂😂😂😂
@@markofexcellence5209 😂😂😂😂😂😂
What mods do you have? Sounds great!!
Is the z06. The top dog of corvettes ,, what’s one of those run ?? $$
Lap times? Those cornering speeds aren't particularly exceptional
Compared to what?
What are you doing to to combat the overheating issues with the z06 on track??
Buy the manual.
@@craigthescott5074 The manuals are better, but they still have a lot of issues on track. Especially during the summer months.
Looks like you were running in the novice group. Everyone it putting around and you are off the throttle a lot. Didn’t look like anyone hit the Apex
no overheat?
Yeah back then when this video was made, but not anymore.
@@Sporttplus what to do for reduce heat ?gonna track on 2016 manual zo6 need tips please
@@mrfox2230 option 1. Short shift - no money required. Option 2. Upgrade radiator - some money. Option 3. Cooling upgrade by Gspeed or LG- much more money required. Option 4. - swap out supercharged engine and put in NA engine- way too much money. I did options 3 and 4.
@@Sporttplus thank you very much
@@Sporttplus i did the track thank you so much for your good tips
Man, your car sounds beautiful. But a lot of these folks I don’t believe they know how to drive. 😂
ballsy car. love it. nothing like an american car kicking azz.
Great Racing! Nice job man! On race mode too!
Is the car completely stock?
Is the exhaust stock?
did you have a mic placed above the exhaust?
Great! But I can't understand why you guy in US use the " point by system" ! Take the hand off the wheel stick out of the car to point an overtake while driving at high speed!? Wow. If you must point an overtake, why you guys just don't use the turn signals??
Point by is more deliberate. Some track days allow the use of turn signals but I don't always trust them. It is easier to accidentally hit the turn signal than it is to accidentally point someone by.
Did you have any cooling issues on the track?
No not really. If you stay in a higher gear you can keep the temps lower. You might be relatively in a lower rev, but you can use all that torque effectively to get the job done. But if it’s hot outside, the heat soaking of the supercharger becomes a problem no matter what.
Manuals don’t have the problem
DE race champion 😂, you need Hoosier slicks to take on guys in HPDE?
Awesome driving!
I loved my Z06 until Heritage Chevrolet in Owings Mills Maryland destroyed it. They replaced the transmission and managed to damage virtually every panel on the car, the leather, etc. The car crab walked when I got it back!?! I haven't had the car in 3 months. At this point another GM dealership is trying to sort it out at my expense. GM did nothing but direct me back to the dealership and the general manager there denied everything and tried to sell me a used car.
I'm just disgusted at this point and this video doesn't improve my feelings about GM.
I can't imagine handing over another $130,000 only for one of their dealerships to destroy the vehicle again and leave me with an expensive pile of junk.
Best of luck to anyone who will find themselves in a similar position.
Hell yeah! Got the intro music right too!
for all you noobs out there.. this is not a "race".. Therefore, people like to drive home in their cars and not trade paint with others.. Who cares that this zo6 passed a Viper. may have been the drivers first time on track, or saving his pads and tires for a decent lap with less traffic.. Plenty of ACR's with great drivers that would own this vette and it's driver.. Anyway, sounds beast!
looks like good clean fun ! you take the same line i would threw the corners exactly
Will you eventually put on thermal reduction plates for the blower?
Another track day driver who thinks he's racing.. They're not good drivers bud, you're not cannibalizing anyone. I've passed McLaren's in a stock FRS at road atlanta lol. Doesn't mean anything except that I had more fun.
Cool story bro
Kinda sore about this video aren’t ya? Maybe if you could afford more car you wouldn’t have your feelings hurt by some guy posting on youtube.
Brian Wilkins lmao everything falls back to money with you people. “...afford more car.” How does that correlate to my comment at all, when I said I was having more fun?
There’s a point to this, and it’s not just the clickbait. It’s a perpetually annoying ego you see at track days. Like the guy who takes off at a stoplight and claims he won a race, but nobody else was competing.
This guy just happened to post it on UA-cam where I can bitch about how cringey it is lol.
See Jeff Tyler’s comment if you still don’t comprehend.
Spencer Geerlings
“YOU PEOPLE”? That’s mighty white of you
Spencer Geerlings
Well “Spencer”
We go to the events to race our cars. You’re crying because I that has a great car is having a good time and posted it. You want to take your shitty girls car out and get your doors blown off, by all means go ahead. Just dont blow up other people who can afford a real car and like to post.
Would like to see how great you really are on a REAL race circuit instead on an oval track, which is just a drag strip suited for the Z06. I think it would be a different story with the much better handling Porsche’s that are engineered for corners.
Vipers suck so bad that dodge was giving people their money back lol
Behold the power of the K20!!!
Great race man!!! Now let me address all the haters and those of you who never raced on a track in your LIFE!!!! When someone signals you to pass them on a track, that means THEY CAN'T OUT ACCELERATE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! PEOPLE GO TO THE TRACK TO SEE HOW MANY CARS THEY CAN PAST!!! NOT HOW MANY CARS CAN PAST THEM!!!! THEY LET HIM PAST?!!! NOOOOO!!! Those of you who said that obviously never drove the new C7 Z06!!!! Think about this, ACR VIPER, PORSCHE TURBO, SRT VIPER etc.. etc.. People who by these cars WANT TO BE THE FASTEST MOTHER @#$% OUT THERE!!! AT THE TIME THEY BOUGHT THOSE CARS THEY WHERE, BUT THAT NEW Z06 IS A BOSS!!!! I can talk because I have a black one. To beat it you have to be spending north 275,000-350,000 to beat it!!! That's why they were waving him by!!! They were like whats the point I can't beat him anyway. One last thing. I can see if one car waved him by. I can see if 2 cars waved him to past him, BUT THE WHOLE TRACK!!!!!!!! THE WHOLE TRACK!!!!!!1 COME ON PEOPLE! THE CAR IS FAST GIVE IT TO GM ALREADY. PLUS THE KID IS NOT A 1/2 BAD DRIVER!!!
Paul Smith lol no where near 270k... All you need is another corvette c7 z06 with some performance goodies or stock with a better driver
Yoo The Viper is going out of production from what I heard.
Dude, it's all in the drivers hands. I've seen Miata's pass c7 z06's on this track. Yes it's a great car WITH a great driver. And also this isn't a "race" it's a HPDE.
Wow thanks just got new Z last week. For me driver enhancement was Jenny Craig an BJ.
Preston Robert
Make sure you respect her or she will bite.
Did the red Porsche driver have a matching red driving suit? 😳🤣
Looked like it. Wouldn’t doubt it.
From what I can tell no one in this video can drive....
I second that notion.
Ken. watch the c7z run on the ring, that is a much more narrow and complex track and the stock car seems to corner harder than this car with unknown mods
Cool vid 🙌
I don't see you "eating" anything, and you wouldn't with a different class.
That thing sounds GNARLY!
Bad ass Race Car!!
24 thumbs down? 24 Dodge bootlickers mad because the poor little v10 got smoked!
All the drivers are letting the vette driver pass. NO real competition.
I can get the best laps and pass everything on the track when they all back off and move out of the way.
It was still nice hearing that beautiful engine scream
Brutality!!!
Sounds like an automatic
It's not only fast, it has one hell of a driver..
Excellent the best ever!
Awesome zo6 great car
Swap w/one of the Miata drivers and tell me how many point-bys you get. It's not a race so get off it and humble.
#Vettegang🔥
Bad ass!!!
Impressive
Good car good driver. The others are a bit timid
LOL. You are loing don oo much in the turn. You cared. A GT3 would eat YOU for breakfast around those turns.
Need to be more aggressive
Let it howl.
Rip tws
humm....
Damn. It's funny that you say your Vette eats Vipers, when the only Vipers it could eat are the base model gen 1's. Lmao 💀
Plus, it's not that type of track day, as people come and go as they please. They were letting the "slow car" pass them, so that they could get their PB. It's only common sense to make a big gap for yourself.
Animal
c7z + VH :)
Eats gt3....ahahahah....surely...
Wow you must be the best driver with the fastest car in the whole galaxy to go up against noobs and novices in beginner classes! How about posting the results from going against the cars in your actual class? I’m sure you’ll get some great footage from the back of the disappearing pack, but don’t give up, the leaders will be coming back around to pass you again.
Beautiful car, great performance as sports and muscle car, but why does it sound like a lawn mower at high rpms?