[VIDEO] Speed Phenom Takes His 2023 Corvette Z06 to Fontana for its first Track Laps

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[VIDEO] Speed Phenom Takes His 2023 Corvette Z06 to Fontana for its first Track Laps

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Does the 2023 Corvette Z06 make setting records too easy? Speed Phenom takes his new American Super Car to the track to find out.

One of the reasons we love following the next-level driving exploits of Speed Phenom is that he isn’t afraid to take his cars to the track. And despite his young age, this kid can drive! In his latest video, Speed takes his new ride to Auto Club Speedway at Fontana for a track date that doesn’t disappoint. The car has brand new Michelin Cup2R racing tires, the wheel’s camber and toe has been adjusted to the recommended track settings, and the front trim piece on the grill has been removed to provide maximum cooling to the 670-hp naturally aspirated LT6 engine.

Speed spends the first five minutes of the video showing off the car as well as his McLaren 600LT and his friend’s Lamborghini Aventador SVJ, and then it’s time to head out to the track. As the Corvette Z06 has only been street driven, Speed asks the track official if he can go out last to burnish the carbon ceramic brakes over the first couple of laps with the promise to “drive faster” after that is completed. Well, it didn’t take long for those brakes to come in and then Speed was off to the races, passing cars and genuinely having a great time. In the process of laying down his first track laps with the car, he says he broke the track record for the naturally aspirated V8 supercar segment.

[VIDEO] Speed Phenom Takes His 2023 Corvette Z06 to Fontana for its first Track Laps Photo Credit: MilesC8 / MidEngineCorvetteForum.com


How was the experience different than his previous track days with the C8 Stingray? Speed says, “This is in a different realm, a different planet, then the Stingray! This is a full Supercar! This right here does not drive for you, neither does the McLaren, all it does is enhances the driving experience making it a driver’s car all about you. If you’re a good enough driver, you can keep getting better and better and faster on the racetrack with the Z06.”

That sounds like a pretty good endorsement to us! Check out Speed Phenom at the track:


As far as setting a new track record, Speed says he claimed the 100% stock naturally aspirated V8 supercar time on his third lap, but what that time was or whose record was broken isn’t clear. We would definitely like to see Austin be more transparent on these claims for future track dates.


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4 COMMENTS

  1. Tried to watch this video as I was interested in how the Z06 ran, but at the 3:00 mark, had to fast forward, his squeaky voice is on par with finger nails on a chalkboard. As a side note, that Lambo looks like what a pimp would drive around South Central, L.A. Am I jealous? HaHaHa, not even close.

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