Bradenton Motorsports Park set the stage for a heavyweight showdown organized by Brooks Weisblat and his crew from DragTimes, as a Corvette ZR1 lined up against the quickest Ferrari SF90 ever sent down the quarter mile. This wasn’t a factory-fresh matchup—both cars came ready for violence.
The C8 ZR1 brought 1,000-plus horsepower to the rear wheels, while the all-wheel-drive SF90 showed up heavily modified, packing close to 1,200 horsepower thanks to a tune and downpipes. The Ferrari had already etched its name into the record books earlier in the day with a blistering 9.3-second pass at nearly 150 mph.
Before the cars rolled to the line, the day had the unmistakable feel of a true customer-track event, with launches, filming, and nonstop action courtesy of GFream Motorsports. But once the ZR1 and SF90 staged, everything else faded away.
On paper, the advantage leaned heavily toward the Ferrari. All-wheel drive, massive power, and hybrid assistance should have made this a walk. Instead, the ZR1 shocked everyone. From the hit, the Corvette stayed glued to the SF90, running door-to-door through the eighth and refusing to give up ground on the big end. Despite the Ferrari’s trap speed and traction advantage, the races were dead even—neck and neck pass after pass.
The SF90’s setup was no joke either: carbon-fiber wheels, sticky road-course-style rubber, and a ferocious exhaust note that matched its performance. Yet the ZR1, lighter by roughly 100 pounds and driving only its rear tires, repeatedly matched the Ferrari’s pace, clicking off low 9.2- to 9.4-second runs all day. A rear-wheel-drive American supercar running stride for stride with a four-figure-horsepower hybrid Ferrari says everything about how far modern Corvettes have come.
