--- title: "Watch This Chevrolet Tahoe Destroy a Camaro With a Nine Second Quarter-Mile Run" description: "Someone tell Dom we've found him a ten-second SUV." date: "2017-10-05" modified: "2017-10-05" authors: - name: "Kyle Cheromcha" job_title: "Editor-in-Chief" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/14886/watch-this-chevrolet-tahoe-destroy-a-camaro-with-a-nine-second-quarter-mile-run" categories: - "Chevrolet News" - "News" - "News by Brand" - "Watch This" tags: - "Build" - "Chevrolet" - "Drag Race" - "Quarter Mile" - "suv/crossover" - "Tahoe" --- # Watch This Chevrolet Tahoe Destroy a Camaro With a Nine Second Quarter-Mile Run ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* In 2001's *The Fast and the Furious,* one of the plot lines driving the film is that Brian O'Conner owes Dom Toretto a ten-second car after Brian loses his tuned Mitsubishi Eclipse to Dom in a drag race and subsequently gets it blown up. He later snags O'Conner's iconic Toyota Supra—though Dom, now that you've [got a kid,]() may we suggest something more family-friendly, but no less quick. How about a ten-second [Chevy Tahoe?]() Getting any car to run a quarter mile in the nine-second range is no easy feat, hence the [Dodge Challenger SRT Demon's]() *slight* obsession with it. But it's rare to see someone throw all that time and money into juicing up a body-on-frame SUV like the Tahoe. Fortunately for us, Shane Cook is that special someone. Cook posted a video to Facebook this week showing him going head to head with a sixth-generation Chevy Camaro at a local drag strip in Pennsylvania. The Tahoe is already a world away from your standard soccer-mom-special, with giant slicks out back, skinny tires up front, and a highly-modified suspension system. Oh, and let's not forget about that stonkin' 5.3-liter LS V8, or the massive S478 turbo you can hear spooling up. And if you think that's all for show, as the owner of the Camaro likely did, watch this thing absolutely haul down the drag strip and turn in a 9.99 second quarter-mile run at 137 mph—all off the regular footbrake. With the help of a two-step rev limiter, he was able to actually pop a wheelie on a later run. Unfortunately, it seems like he flew too close to the sun. Cook wrote in the comments that after that sub-ten second pass, track officials told him he's limited to the 1/8 mile until he gets a full roll cage. In a truck that at its core was never meant to gallop at those speeds, that's probably a good idea. Once that's all set, we can't wait to see how low this Tahoe can go. ## Author Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world. ### Author social links [Bluesky]() [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()