Watch This C6 Corvette Z06 Carbon Edition Hit 242.7 MPH in Standing Mile

This C6 Corvette Z06 Carbon Edition ripped off the best result of the weekend at a recent Texas Mile event.

There have been many special edition Corvettes built over the years, but the C6 Corvette Z06 Carbon Edition is certainly one of the coolest and rarest. Just 250 were built in total, packing GM’s naturally-aspirated LS7 V8 that was rated to produce 505 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque, along with a host of carbon fiber body parts, carbon-ceramic Brembo brakes, and various other goodies. This particular C6 Corvette Z06 Carbon Edition that participated in a recent Texas Mile event is far from stock, however, as we can clearly see in this video.

Unfortunately, it isn’t immediately clear what sort of modifications this wickedly fast machine has under its fiberglass skin, but clearly, it’s a far cry from what rolled off the assembly line over a decade ago. We do know that the car is owned and driven by Pierce Marshall and was built by Andy Mages of ADM Performance, and the parachute mounted out back is a pretty clear indication that this thing was built to reach insanely fast speeds in short amounts of time, which is precisely what we see in this short clip.

According to the video, this Corvette Z06 Carbon Edition is running a 400 cubic-inch LME engine with twin turbos, a monster mill that cranks out some serious horsepower. Following a somewhat modest launch (at least compared to a dig-style drag race), the Corvette reaches 140.3 miles-per-hour in the quarter-mile, 184.4 mph in the half-mile, and a whopping 242.7 mph by the time it crosses the finish line at the one-mile mark.

That was good enough to record the best high-speed on this particular weekend, impressively enough, and it’s hard to put this kind of performance into perspective. But take into account that Marshall’s 140 mph trap speed in the quarter-mile is a full 20 mph faster than the stock version of this car, which took around four seconds flat to reach 60 and topped out at 198 mph, and that does this impressive feat a little bit of justice, at least.

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