Chevrolet C8 Corvette Z06 with Z07 Track Package // Circuit of the Americas // World's Fastest Lap

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  • čas přidán 8. 01. 2024
  • In December of 2023, racing champion David Donohue drove John Hennessey's stock 2023 Chevrolet C8 Corvette Z06 into the record books at Austin's Circuit of the Americas racetrack. The C8 Z06 was optioned with the very rare Z07 track package, exposed carbon fiber wheels, and carbon fiber aero. The conditions of the track on this day were poor and effected what could have been an even faster lap time, but nevertheless, Donohue persevered and managed to run an incredible 2:19:18.
    Buckle up for an incredible first-person look at the record lap. The Corvette is completely stock with no modifications at the time of this run. Lap times and record was captured through the General Motors 'Performance Data Recorder' in the Corvette.
    FASTEST *STOCK* C8 CORVETTE Z06 LAP TIME AT COTA
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Komentáře • 111

  • @tazbohrer6722
    @tazbohrer6722 Před 6 měsíci +56

    That 5.5l flat plane crank is one of my favorite engines. N/A with revs and shifts like that is unbeatable

    • @armandoflores3556
      @armandoflores3556 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Have you even seeing one in person before? I’ve seeing and heard one 🤨

    • @tazbohrer6722
      @tazbohrer6722 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @armandoflores3556 yeah I've driven one through extreme experience. They let you ride around a track for 3 laps

    • @terrancejackson5167
      @terrancejackson5167 Před 6 měsíci +2

      The engine sounds unreal in person, cold starts revs and down shifts are amazing

    • @heheboi6693
      @heheboi6693 Před 6 měsíci +3

      We all agree that N/A is superior than turbo in term of sound

    • @terrancejackson5167
      @terrancejackson5167 Před 6 měsíci +1

      I’m more so speaking on the flat plane crank on the z06 versus the stingray they are both N/A

  • @CatRacer1A2A
    @CatRacer1A2A Před 6 měsíci +9

    I was fortunate enough to work closely with David Donahue when i was at Kelly Moss.
    A class act dude.

  • @mbrawthen
    @mbrawthen Před 6 měsíci +5

    That C8 ZO6 was planted to the pavement! I mean, I heard practically no tire squealing through those high g corners …to me that was amazing …nice job Donohue.!!!

  • @kevinknestrick3797
    @kevinknestrick3797 Před 6 měsíci +7

    Dang this makes me want to take my Z06 to a track like that...The torque is a drug to me

  • @jonathanng138
    @jonathanng138 Před 6 měsíci +15

    Literally the best camera angle you could find

  • @Jr_2Sly
    @Jr_2Sly Před 6 měsíci +7

    The brakes are excellent 😮

  • @ryanmolloy5421
    @ryanmolloy5421 Před 6 měsíci +6

    That Silver flare? Aka the best for that car. I don't know why more people didn't get that color. It is absolutely stunning in person.

    • @pro5.019
      @pro5.019 Před 6 měsíci +6

      It's Hypersonic Gray.

  • @devengudinas1649
    @devengudinas1649 Před 6 měsíci +7

    He’s wearing fire gloves and probably a helmet with out sleeves 😂. 🔥

    • @jbsprojects8186
      @jbsprojects8186 Před 6 měsíci

      Did you see the way he was driving lol ..... Says it all

  • @garlandford7646
    @garlandford7646 Před 6 měsíci +2

    I love that car!!

  • @user-mx3nv2en1h
    @user-mx3nv2en1h Před 6 měsíci +2

    I volunteer to be these guys' test driver 🙋. I think I could get those rpm up for them 🏁

  • @JETWAKE
    @JETWAKE Před 6 měsíci +3

    Strange it got down to 33 mph in some turns and only went 155 mph on the straight line speed. I think there is a lot more time to shave off the lap.

  • @JosephLindley116
    @JosephLindley116 Před 6 měsíci

    Excited to take this out at Cota

  • @dominickirkwood
    @dominickirkwood Před 6 měsíci +3

    Hennessey and keep up the good work real true and I love the video real true 👍

  • @kmg5502
    @kmg5502 Před 6 měsíci

    I love that she's just lookin at a picture of herself the whole time.

  • @cesarpalmos8235
    @cesarpalmos8235 Před 2 měsíci

    Its amazing a 2024 Ford GT went around the track at 1:58.77

  • @Vetteguy80
    @Vetteguy80 Před 6 měsíci

    Wow nice driving

  • @samspade8830
    @samspade8830 Před 6 měsíci

    🇺🇸🇺🇸 All the way

  • @BobbyJoe24.
    @BobbyJoe24. Před 5 měsíci +1

    You should make a Hennessy powered c8 z06

  • @georgeperillo6421
    @georgeperillo6421 Před 6 měsíci +1

    GM should put a DRS system on that rear spoiler.

  • @pirsq314
    @pirsq314 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Was this done on the Chevy recommended track alignment specs or standard road alignment?

    • @calciferrr
      @calciferrr Před 6 měsíci

      Apparently standard road alignment from the article. “Remained in standard factory configuration”

  • @teamredgutz399
    @teamredgutz399 Před 6 měsíci

    There was some time left on the table. Turns 3-5 were excellent but they were other areas 8-9-10, 11, 15, 16-19 where there was more time that could be gained.

  • @alpinestar1123
    @alpinestar1123 Před 6 měsíci

    Would be cool if you can upload a track map in real time on your screen there

  • @randychinery-kq8ru
    @randychinery-kq8ru Před 6 měsíci +1

    I watched it a couple times. Steering seems aggressive . Acceleration much slower than I thought. Then again… I’m not driving. It’s Hennessy. It must be terrific.👍

  • @edjenks60
    @edjenks60 Před 6 měsíci

    I've watched Rom Fellow setting the track record at MoSport in a stock Z06. I can't see Ron shifting. In this video I don't see Daved shifting ether. If I'm wrong, please tell me. Next, I want to see both of them on each track in a E-Ray. I think the E-Ray will brake both these records.

  • @chenzovinnenzo3890
    @chenzovinnenzo3890 Před 6 měsíci

    What Is The Horsepower And Torque On This Beast?

  • @Willbrse
    @Willbrse Před 6 měsíci +2

    why the rpm was dropping like that after all upshift? would expect in 2nd or 3rd gear but it happened up to 5th gear as well

  • @_IMNNO
    @_IMNNO Před 6 měsíci +3

    @4:24 It kinda sounds like a torque converter on those upshifts. Is the DCT slipping or is that just traction control?

    • @danieldickerson4838
      @danieldickerson4838 Před 6 měsíci

      I think GM allows for the clutches to slip a bit more in the Z06 than in the Stingray.

  • @Roddy451
    @Roddy451 Před 6 měsíci +1

    "Noice"... I mean, "nice"... and the "noise" too. "Nice noise" 😜😜

  • @MrSuprafly1
    @MrSuprafly1 Před 6 měsíci +1

    For a stock car that’s moving

  • @davidmccauley4781
    @davidmccauley4781 Před 6 měsíci

    If you want to cut C8 lap times, settle the car and make it more responsive you might try a Speedway Composites Chassis Strut X Brace

  • @CozMotorsportsAZ
    @CozMotorsportsAZ Před 6 měsíci +4

    Nice, but Feras Qartoumy holds the fastest lap at a 2:03 in a Corvette

    • @HennesseyPerformanceF5
      @HennesseyPerformanceF5  Před 6 měsíci +1

      Fastest *C8* Z at COTA

    • @jbsprojects8186
      @jbsprojects8186 Před 6 měsíci +1

      ​@@HennesseyPerformanceF5lololol

    • @WindyCity1992
      @WindyCity1992 Před 6 měsíci

      I was thinking the same
      However the Z is bone stock
      Feras has the " production car "
      Record overrall. Wich is dope

    • @ClaytonYatescarenthusiast
      @ClaytonYatescarenthusiast Před 6 měsíci

      I went a 2:16.8 in a stock power c7z on Goodyear 3r street tires. Same mph on the straights, I was braking about 50 ft later on the back straight. Not super impressed with the time. I know my car stock with tires only would do a 2:17.5 and with these tires probably a 2:16.0. He's on fresh cup2r tires. They're fast for the first and second session

  • @kurtbader9711
    @kurtbader9711 Před 6 měsíci

    Nice, but a considerably modest drive. Tire squeal? And that Porsche sure left in a hurry. I thought this was supposed to be a supercar.

  • @jackcobbiii1797
    @jackcobbiii1797 Před 6 měsíci

    I think my stock 21 mustang will keep up:)

    • @choward874
      @choward874 Před 6 měsíci

      😂😂

    • @jbsprojects8186
      @jbsprojects8186 Před 6 měsíci +1

      The way he was driving my monies on you brother

    • @jackcobbiii1797
      @jackcobbiii1797 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@jbsprojects8186 people tend to forget stock is NASCAR style;)

  • @thatone_hijazi
    @thatone_hijazi Před 6 měsíci

    The car just needs unequal headers to rumble.

  • @richardbingaman697
    @richardbingaman697 Před 2 měsíci

    This car is the Chevy Corvette I have waited my whole life to own. The problem I'm having is trying to buy one. I've been dealing with an exceptionally honest dealer Aaron Miller, but the whole team is exceptional at ( Leach Wilson) in Shelbyville IL. They told me from day one that they would sell the car to me at sticker there . I've been waiting for 3 years now to get one. The dealerships have been gouging the customers, and Chevy hasn't been sending them anywhere but to a few chosen dealerships. Some of the people I know have decided not to buy one now. They moved off and bought Audi's or Porsche's. Chevrolet you need to try to get out to the other markets, I've been a Chevy guy, especially performance Chevy, since I was 17. ( I owned a 70 Chevelle SS 396) Now that I've raised my family and waited my whole life, I want the car of my dreams. Please get it to us Chevy purists!

  • @terrancejackson5167
    @terrancejackson5167 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Hennessy how much longer until you crack that ecu so we can see the 1000+ HP builds?

    • @danieldickerson4838
      @danieldickerson4838 Před 6 měsíci +1

      You won’t be seeing 1000 hp builds with an LT6. The engine is practically tapped out as is by GM, being a race engine and everything. It also has a compression ratio of 12.5:1. A hypothetical 1000 horsepower LT6 would explode into pieces.

    • @terrancejackson5167
      @terrancejackson5167 Před 6 měsíci

      Once the ECU is cracked and twin turbos are added big power gains on the LT6 engine are coming. That’s cute if you think we are buying this type of car and leaving it stock because GM already maxed it out.

    • @danieldickerson4838
      @danieldickerson4838 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@terrancejackson5167 Good luck putting twin turbos on an engine with a 12.5:1 compression ratio lmao. Let me know how that goes brother!👍🏽

    • @terrancejackson5167
      @terrancejackson5167 Před 6 měsíci

      Well twin turbos on a 12:5:1 engine has been done before several times over, Hennessy Performance has even twin turbo’d a 458. What has not been done before is cracking the C8 Z06’s ECU so it can be tuned, and the real fun can begin!

  • @brucemclean7323
    @brucemclean7323 Před 6 měsíci +7

    I don’t understand what record is being set

    • @genemounce8302
      @genemounce8302 Před 6 měsíci +4

      short answer, none. lol

    • @genemounce8302
      @genemounce8302 Před 6 měsíci

      Formula1 cars are around 1:35 ish, MotoGP bike record at COTA is 2:01-2:03 ish... Nascar Cup cars do it 2:12-2:13, if i remember right. It's my home track :)

    • @pepperinyoureye
      @pepperinyoureye Před 6 měsíci +1

      Not to mention the production car record of 2:03 is already held by another Corvette ​lol @genemounce8302

    • @clark-n-anitakalens7599
      @clark-n-anitakalens7599 Před 6 měsíci

      @@genemounce8302 Agreed and you do remember correctly... NASCAR pace is 2:10 laps at qualifying on 3/25/2023 and the top speed on the back run was 174 mph!!! BTW, The official F1 lap record at COTA is 1:36.139 set by Charles Leclerc driving for Ferrari in the 2019 United States Grand Prix. That's about 43 seconds quicker than the Z06 per lap. So an F1 would put a Z06 down a lap in less than 2 laps! WOW!

    • @HennesseyPerformanceF5
      @HennesseyPerformanceF5  Před 6 měsíci +2

      Fastest C8 Corvette Z06 time around COTA

  • @elr5046
    @elr5046 Před 6 měsíci +16

    Very mid lap and not the best lines I have seen tbh. Some corners he enters way to narrow and not wide enough like T8. He also lost ALOT in the T15 and 16 braking zone with a very weird entry. Im pretty sure T2 couldve also been quicker.
    So overall id say with a younger PRO driver there is atleast a 2:16 on the table if not more...
    It would be so awesome if you guys could offer a GT3 inspired kit, similar to a pratt&miller C8 C8 GT3 for the Stingray and Z06.
    Not even a power bump, but just more aero like wing, splitter, diffusor, vents, and suspension. All in one package with a good balance, just to improve cornering speed.
    I bet many people would get it and id sell like hotcakes 🔥💪

    • @ColeSpolaric
      @ColeSpolaric Před 6 měsíci +2

      Wait, you're telling me Donahue isn't a pro driver? 😆
      It was the second lap. He was pushing the car just beyond it's limits. Yeah, I saw a couple of straights where he was on the rumble strips a bit longer than normal. But it was the second lap in a strange car.

    • @lynch6642
      @lynch6642 Před 6 měsíci +8

      Guess you didn't see the part about the stock Corvette just set a record at our Formula 1 track in Austin ?

    • @skylerhickman3646
      @skylerhickman3646 Před 6 měsíci +5

      ​@@lynch6642The only record it set was being the fastest corvette lap, which isnt a record. This car can go a bit faster

    • @skylerhickman3646
      @skylerhickman3646 Před 6 měsíci +4

      I agree, I feel like this car can go a bit faster

    • @05LS2
      @05LS2 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Base C8’s have been quicker than this at COTA… albeit they weren’t stock. But no crazy mods just dampers/tires/brakes

  • @YAHUAH870
    @YAHUAH870 Před 6 měsíci

    I want to see the french guy drive this on the Ring.

  • @gsheverything_2716
    @gsheverything_2716 Před 6 měsíci

    I wanna see this car in a Batman movie

  • @zepcrazyfre
    @zepcrazyfre Před 6 měsíci +1

    why are these amazing gems priced at over $100K at dealerships smh why....

    • @MrRedhops23
      @MrRedhops23 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Are they supposed to be less than the Stingrays? I can definitely do without the dealership upcharge though 🤦🏾‍♂️

    • @terrancejackson5167
      @terrancejackson5167 Před 6 měsíci +2

      With the proper specs it’s closer to 150k right now.

    • @teds4063
      @teds4063 Před 6 měsíci

      Because they have been for the past what? 15 plus yrs

    • @terrancejackson5167
      @terrancejackson5167 Před 6 měsíci

      Yeah they hold their value extremely well.

  • @user-uv6oe1ns6r
    @user-uv6oe1ns6r Před 6 měsíci +4

    My intrusive thoughts tell me I could do this faster

  • @GKMW538j
    @GKMW538j Před 6 měsíci +2

    Still looks to be understeering a ton?

    • @monkeyCmonkeyDoo
      @monkeyCmonkeyDoo Před 6 měsíci +3

      Read the description..."The conditions of the track on this day were poor and effected what could have been an even faster lap time"

  • @sammjackson70
    @sammjackson70 Před 3 měsíci

    I would like to see thisis this driver! He is scared to do 240 mph in this car!

  • @johnsmith-ym3kx
    @johnsmith-ym3kx Před 6 měsíci +2

    I bet the Viper ACR is faster.

  • @joelwaynebowman8469
    @joelwaynebowman8469 Před 6 měsíci

    How about that car show famous car, and Allstate Facebook

  • @conor7154
    @conor7154 Před 6 měsíci

    Lol wait, this is a record for the “fastest stock C8 Z06 at the circuit of the americas”? That’s like saying I set the record for the most French fries eaten at the McDonald’s on 13 mile and Woodward on Thursday.

  • @LDwiggs
    @LDwiggs Před 6 měsíci

    These views are backwards.

  • @fobbitoperator3620
    @fobbitoperator3620 Před měsícem

    It's not a Corvette. It's a modern Corvair...

  • @tristanfavour8608
    @tristanfavour8608 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Need a better driver🤣

  • @TheNatepate
    @TheNatepate Před 6 měsíci

    To bad the Porsche showed it’s already better 🙃

    • @MrSuprafly1
      @MrSuprafly1 Před 6 měsíci +1

      What’s the fastest stock Porsche turbo s gt3 GT3RS gt4rs at Cota?

  • @erich6879
    @erich6879 Před 6 měsíci +1

    I could do better!

    • @jbsprojects8186
      @jbsprojects8186 Před 6 měsíci

      I don't even know u and my cash is on you.... This guy suckkkkkkk

  • @implodemute
    @implodemute Před 6 měsíci

    This is madness...
    this is literally the race version of Driving Miss Daisy.
    This is a very sad day for the Corvette and David Donohue.
    y'all have to step up production because this is boring

  • @gearratio380
    @gearratio380 Před 6 měsíci

    it took ohc to do it, them ole push rod junks make more tq but cant rev and we all know hp wins races not tq, looks like ford was right all along when they developed their ohc engines and ditched push rod garbage

  • @kevinholt686
    @kevinholt686 Před 6 měsíci

    I drive my Mustang faster than this on the interstate!

  • @sammjackson70
    @sammjackson70 Před měsícem

    I'm very disappointed this damn driver can push this car passed 10040 miles an hour it is car should be able to do $228 Mi an hour this is fake driving!

  • @aprilhaynes2433
    @aprilhaynes2433 Před 2 měsíci

    That driver is terrible