[VIDEO] ’61 Gasser Corvette Gaps a Tesla Plaid in a 1/8th Mile Drag Race

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[VIDEO] '61 Gasser Corvette Gaps a Tesla Plaid in an 1/8th Mile Drag Race


One of the great things about the Corvette Hobby is that there is no shortage of owners who want to take their cars to battle on the drag strip. This video not only captures a really fun race between an old-school Corvette gasser and a Tesla Plaid performance EV but the Tesla driver then circles back following the race for a conversation with the guys racing the ’61 Corvette.

The ’61 Corvette is powered by a fuel-injected 440ci small-block that makes 900 horsepower and the power is sent to a pair of wide Hoosier slicks on the back. When the hammer is dropped, these slicks really dig in and we watch as the front of the car is launched in the air with every shift. The subtitle of the video says “four gears and four wheelies” and despite having the front end off the pavement for extended moments, the ’61 Corvette stayed straight and true to take the win from the Tesla Plaid by over half a second on the 1/8th mile track at Clearwater Florida’s Showtime Drag Strip.

The conversation following the race offers a more in-depth look at how the gasser is able to launch so quickly. The Corvette weighs in at only 2500 lbs and its new clutch and tires allow it to really move out quickly versus the three-motor Tesla which weighs upwards of 5000 lbs. The old-school racers tell us that they could probably keep the nose of the Corvette relatively flat during the runs, but the wheelies are part of the show.

Indeed! Watch this fun race between the 1961 A/Gas Corvette racer vs a Tesla Plaid:


Source:
Tesla Plaid Channel

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  2. That old school Gasser Vette is cool as hell, to bad it’s only 1/8 mile. He said it’s to fast to run the quarter, back in the day they all ran the full quarter mile, so what the hell?? I would have to guess the modern day motor puts out twice the power I suppose. We do have local races here both 1/4 and 1/8 mile, thankfully mostly 1/4 mile. Drag racing is a quarter mile…..Period:) Our local 10.5 Outlaw cars run right at 4seconds flat about 200mph or just shy. Still awesome either way.

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