Can the Corvette C8 Beat My Shelby GT500 in a Drag Race

Chevrolet Corvette C8 versus Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 3x races at Hennessey Performance in Texas, US Does the GT500's power make up for the extra weight and traction issues? The race is sponsored by Wejo and their connected car data technologies as found in the C8. After quickly clocking up some miles in my Shelby GT500 on the Where's Shmee: US Edition tour, it has now had the oil change service, been on the dyno, and we can say officially broken in, so it's time to put it to the test. To do so, on the strip at Hennessey Performance in Texas, we have it against a latest generation C8 Corvette. The 8th generation Corvette has 495hp from a naturally aspirated V8, now found in a mid-engine configuration. While it's significantly short of the 760hp of the supercharged V8 in the Mustang, it's also much lighter and the weight balance helps with traction from the line. The Corvette is a convertible which adds a slight penalty for a drag race, as does the drag of the