It turns out it takes a little Fortran to make a faster Corvette.

Now fielding a supercharged 638-hp LS9 (604 lb-ft of torque) engine, it was the first factory Corvette to top 200 mph! It ran the quarter in a tick over 11 seconds (at 130.5 mph), blasted from zero to ...

had only just cracked the 200-mph mark. The then-new C4 generation Corvette was good, but any serious belief it would give these models a run for their money was a joke. Yet in 1988, Callaway Cars ...

Now fielding a supercharged 638-hp LS9 (604 lb-ft of torque) engine, it was the first factory Corvette to top 200 mph! It ran the quarter in a tick over 11 seconds (at 130.5 mph), blasted from ...