It’s Wednesday. Since 2021, the Tesla Plaid has been busy embarrassing pretty much anything that lines up next to it—gas or electric—in the quarter mile. Now, here comes the 2026 Corvette ZR1X. Packing Chevrolet’s LT7 twin-turbo V8 in the middle and an electric motor up front, it delivers a combined 1,250 horsepower. Oh—and it rips from 0 to 60 in a ridiculous 1.68 seconds.

So… let’s see what happens when the ZR1X squares up against the Plaid.

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It’s Tuesday. The guys from the How Ridiculous Youtube channel clearly have no intention of ever not destroying things. Maybe taking a cue from The Backyard Scientist’s absurdly oversized mousetrap, the Aussie crew went ahead and built one big enough to crush an entire limousine. The real question, though: can this beast actually smash stuff without completely obliterating itself in the process?

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It’s Monday. Spring has officially shown up… it just hasn’t committed yet. Here in Illinois, it’s more of a “now you see it, now you don’t” situation. Friday and Saturday teased us with temps in the 70s pushing 80, and then Sunday came along and bitch-slapped us right back into the 40s.

Still, those couple warm days were glorious. People crawled out of their houses, and suddenly the streets were alive again with the rumble of muscle cars and motorcycles shaking off months of hibernation. For a minute there, it actually felt like spring.

Overall, it was a solid weekend. Kicked things off Friday with a big plate of fried bluegill—something I hadn’t had in ages, and it definitely hit the spot. Saturday was all about soaking up the sun and being outside as much as possible. Then Sunday turned into a productive one, knocking out a bunch of stuff and wrapping it up by watching Tyler Reddick grab his fourth win of the season. Hard to complain about a weekend like that.

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