The 2026 Chevy Corvette ZR1 just shattered expectations, hitting the streets with speed that’ll knock your socks off. In its stock form, no less.
Brooks Weisblat from DragTimes hauled his brand-new Blade Silver ZR1 straight from the dealership to the strip, ripping a blistering 9.27-second quarter-mile at over 153 mph—on plain ol’ Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires. No slicks, no mods, just pure factory fury. Dude even waited out the break-in like a true gearhead, clocking 500 miles before unleashing hell. And yeah, he wrapped it in matte XPEL to flex those ZR1X Quail concept vibes.
Chevy’s beast didn’t just pull numbers out of thin air. In multiple runs, it consistently flirted with the low 9s, smashing 0–60 in under 2.4 seconds and devouring the eighth-mile in 6.07 seconds at 121 mph. No fluke, just raw, unadulterated power from the twin-turbo LT7: a 5.5-liter flat-plane crank monster packing 1,064 horses. This ain’t the Z06’s older bro; it’s a full-blown hooligan with retooled internals, tweaked heads, and ruthless tuning.
C8 platform? Check. Adaptive suspension and beefy brakes to handle the mayhem? Double-check. Stock setup slaps on 20s and 21s with those Michelins, while the ZTK pack gets the stickier Cup 2Rs. Bottom line? The ZR1 ain’t here to play nice.
This thing’s not just fast—it’s a middle finger to the competition, proving Chevy’s dead serious about dominating the performance war. Sub-9.3 on street rubber? Unreal. More runs are coming, and if this is the baseline, rivals better be sweating. The new king just rolled in, and it’s wearing a Bowtie.