Back before the local dragstrip (in Scribner, NE) was closed down, once a year the Mustang club and the Corvette club would rent the track for a day. I think the last one I went to was in '99 or so, so it would have been before the C5 I believe.

The Vette guys wouldn't race the Mustangs. We had to take turns, with the Mustangs running each other for an hour or so, then the Vette guys would take their turn and race each other. I like Vettes a lot and would love to own one, but I was actually shocked at how slow they were. Most ran in the 15-17 sec range that I remember. There were a few fast ones, but not many. I very distinctly remember a beautiful blue Stingray with side pipes.....that baby sounded mean. Yet on his run, he only ran 15 sec. I couldn't believe it. My 13.7 sec (on motor) car was faster than 90%+ of the Vettes there, and I have a road-race suspension not a drag race setup. My 60-ft times are horrible as well (2.2-2.5) due to the stiff road-race suspension and getting too froggy at the light. With my setup, my car is easily the equal of a Vette in the twisties too, just not in braking. I haven't given my car a good brake treatment yet. That'll be a $10K project some year: $3K for brakes, $1500 for a 5-lug conversion, $3Kish for a full-floater 9-inch (to be legal for both drag racing and SCCA), $2500ish for new tires and rims......and to do it right, I'd have to do it all at once. Not gonna happen for a long time.

I don't race people on the street in the middle of town. Kids pull up next to me in my car and goose their throttle all the time, trying to pick a race, but I won't. What I WILL do is go out to a deserted 2-lane where people aren't around and it's safe, and race there. The kids probably think I'm chicken, but I don't care. I want to have fun (duh, that's why I own the car in the first place), but I want to make sure other people don't get hurt too.

IMO the Corvette is a nice car. It's their owners that need a good butt-kicking. With the advancements the Vette has made in the last 10 years, it's harder to do now.......but definitely still doable.