C6 Corvette Z06 Outsprints Ford Mustang GTD Twice During Pocono Roll Racing Session

A gray Chevrolet Corvette Z06 from the C6 era lined up against one of Ford’s newest high-profile machines at Pocono Raceway, and the older car crossed first in both runs. The matchup came from footage published by the YouTube group known as ImportRace, now also using the Import 2 Race name.

Their usual filming ground sits at Island Dragway in Great Meadows, New Jersey. This time, the crew moved west to Pennsylvania, where RaceMotive hosted another round of its sixty-five-mile-per-hour roll racing format at Pocono Raceway. The track in Blakeslee opened in 1969 and covers 2.5 miles in tri-oval form. NASCAR, IndyCar Series, and IMSA GT Championship events all belong to its regular calendar, though straight-line sessions also take place there.

The Chevrolet entered the lane in simple form, visually, with gray paint, black wheels, and no visible clues about internal changes. Source details did not confirm what sits beyond factory specification, though the result suggests extra work happened somewhere. In original trim, the C6 Z06 arrived for the 2006 model year as a homologation-focused version powered by the LS7, a 7.0-liter V8 rated at 505 horsepower.

Across from the Corvette stood a Ford Mustang GTD, Ford’s road-going adaptation of a FIA Group GT3 race car. Compared with the GT and Dark Horse, the GTD carries major aerodynamic revisions and deeper technical changes. Power comes from a supercharged 5.2-liter Predator V8 rated at 815 horsepower, with 664 pound-feet of torque. Source material also places the car above $315k and identifies the model as the halo version of the S650 Mustang line.

Numbers from the first run drew attention. The Corvette reached 148.52 miles per hour before the finish. The Mustang GTD stopped at 142.23 miles per hour. The gap was enough for the Ford driver to request another attempt.

The second pass changed little. Chevrolet again stayed ahead, this time recording 147.35 miles per hour. Ford followed at 141.96 miles per hour. Two races, same outcome.

Another clip from the same event added a second reference point for the GTD. StangMode, a creator closely linked with Ford content, arrived without a GTD and used an S650 Mustang Dark Horse instead. That car came from Evolution Performance and carried a Whipple Superchargers package.

According to the footage referenced in the source, the modified Dark Horse also cleared the GTD. For an older Corvette with unclear modifications, the result against Ford’s Nürburgring Nordschleife record-holder makes the gap harder to ignore.