Watch Cadillac’s LeMans supercar dust off the Ferrari 296, McLaren 750S and Porsche 911 Turbo S

It’s the best weekend of the year! No, this is not the weekend I had tickets to see Taylor Swift, It’s Le Mans! This means the brightest and best in motorsport will head to France to battle it out in 24 hours of ridiculously high-octane racing. Are you excited? To prepare for this year’s race, rich people in Hagarty organized a small race to show off their speed. a real Le Mans racer is.

The race is one of the insurance company’s classic drag races and delivers a Cadillac V-Series.R Le Mans racer against some of the fastest supercars out there, incl Ferrari 296, McLaren 750S and a Porsche 911 Turbo S.

Every street-legal car has more than 600 horsepower, can hit 60 mph in no time, and is equipped with the luxury trimmings you’d want from a six-figure vehicle. On the other hand, Caddy packs a complex hybrid powertraina cockpit that is sturdy yet functional and capable of continuing mile after mile in Le Mans 24 hour race… hope.

To see how that race-ready pedigree compares to the best road cars available, Hagarty throws them head-to-head. The showdown begins with seeing which car is fastest, with Porsche, McLaren and Ferrari competing in a quarter-mile race for bragging rights. The Ferrari 296 came out on top, meaning it was chosen as the championship road car to compete with Cadillac.

First, Hagarty recreated a similar quarter-mile race between Ferrari and Cadillac and, quite surprisingly, Ferrari took the top spot. It completed the sprint in 10 seconds, making it just a hair slower in comparison Lucid Air Dream Edition that did the run in 9.9 seconds thanks to the quick acceleration you get in an electric vehicle. However, the Caddy completed the quarter mile in 10.3 seconds.

However, at the finish line, Hagarty recorded Le mans racer at more than 160 mph, which the team says is the fastest speed ever recorded in the quarter-mile. Clearly, Caddy still has much to prove, much more.

So Hagarty set up a second race, one that better reflected the type of acceleration for which a Le Mans driver is built. This time, the cars started at a steady speed of 37 miles per hour, equivalent to the 60km/h limit set for racing cars when they are running. rushed out of pit lane. This time, the advantage tilted heavily towards Cadillac.

When the two cars passed the point, the race car was gone. It roars down the road thanks to its roaring V8 engine and that’s it Additional hybrid powerwhich means it pushes Ferrari’s very smart boundaries.

It’s an impressive sight to witness (as you can see in the video above). It just shows what serious racing cars are capable of, but is also proof of how far road cars have come in recent years. Thanks to technology companies like Ferrari is borrowing from their racing teamsIt may not be too long before road racing can battle racers in even more settings.