Brutal Drag Racing Corvette with a Big Shot of Nitrous (Video)

This nitrous-boosted Corvette laughs in the face of modern computer-aided launch control.

Last year, this C6 Z06 Corvette was showing what modified heads, cams, intakes and a dash of nitrous oxide could do. It was running consistent low 10-second quarter miles. Since then, John Roberts Motor Works has rebuilt the bottom end and the owner put in some forged pistons.

Most importantly though, he’s topped it all off with a 250 shot of nitrous that’s delivered by a Nitrous Express direct port system.

Now the car is running consistent low nines with 870 horsepower. But there’s a kicker to this cars story. The transmission he’s using is a Tremec T-56, so the driver is still rowing his own gears.

His launches are nothing but crisp brutality. His reaction time and ability to shift gears are something most of us can only dream of.
 

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Seeing a C6 Z06 built by a driver that can extract its full potential is something special. The manual isn’t dead; it’s still letting everyone know what it’s capable of when in the right hands.

Ian Wright

Ian Wright has been a professional writer for two years and is a regular contributor to Corvette Forum, Jaguar Forum, and 6SpeedOnline, among other auto sites.

His obsession with cars started young and has left him stranded miles off-road in Land Rovers, being lost far from home in hot hatches, going sideways in rallycross cars, being propelled forward in supercars and, more sensibly, standing in fields staring at classic cars. His first job was as a mechanic and then trained as a driving instructor before going into media production.

The automotive itch never left though, and he realized writing about cars is his true calling. However, that doesn’t stop him from also hosting the Both Hand Drive podcast.

Ian can be reached at bothhanddrive@gmail.com