In a drag race filmed by Jason Cammisa for Hagerty, the 1,250-hp Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X challenges the world’s quickest-accelerating production car, the 1,234-hp Lucid Air Sapphire, on regular asphalt rather than a prepared drag strip. The Corvette combines a twin-turbo flat-plane-crank V8 with an electric front motor for all-wheel drive, aiming to dethrone the EV sedan that previously beat a Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport and a Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 in earlier tests.
The Corvette runs the ZTK track package with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2R tires, while the Lucid uses optional Pirelli P Zero Trofeo RS tires for improved traction. Two “fast” cars provide perspective: the 328-hp Volkswagen Golf R and the 523-hp BMW M2 CS. The Golf receives a football-field head start, and the M2 launches 300 feet closer to the finish.
Instrumented testing shows the Corvette and Lucid reaching 60 mph almost identically, separated by only hundredths of a second. Both run roughly 9.1-second quarter miles on asphalt. The Corvette edges ahead early thanks to traction but loses ground at higher speeds due to aerodynamic drag from its large rear wing. The finish is so close that measurement equipment struggles to determine a clear winner. By official numbers the Lucid claims the victory, though visually the Corvette appears to cross first.
Source: Hagerty
