Chevrolet Cobalt Street Racing & Drag Racing Videos

GM Racing/Ecotec Engine Change/Chevy Cobalt/HOT ROD
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 6, 2008 - Bryan Jimenez advanced to his first final round in nearly two seasons, but he'll have to wait until the first weekend of May to see if he's the eventual winner. Shortly before the Chevy Cobalt driver was to stage in the final round against Kenny Tran, a heavy thunderstorm forced postponement of the championship heat until round two of qualifying at the NOPI Spring Nationals on May 3 in Englishtown, N.J.

Chevy Cobalt/ALL MOTOR/NOPI/NHRA/Grace Howell/Ecotec
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 6, 2008 - Grace Howell made a splendid debut in the All Motor category today at the NOPI Florida Nationals by driving the Lucas Oil/K & N Filters Chevy Cobalt to a runner-up performance at Moroso Motorsports Park. Howell's 9.97 e.t. at 129.10 mph in round one was the quickest and fastest ever made in the Marty Ladwig-owned racecar. "I'm happy to get this first race out of the way," Howell said. "There was some pressure wondering how I do -- it's very different to drive compared to the Stock and Super Stock cars I've raced before so I wasn't fully sure what to expect. But now that's all behind us and we can just go and race. The car did everything we could have hoped, and to be runner-up in our first race with Marty (Ladwig) winning in Pro FWD, is an outstanding accomplishment for this race team."

Team Chevy's Dave Connolly NHRA Post-Race Norwalk 7-01-07
NORWALK, Ohio, July 1, 2007 -- Team Chevy's Dave Connolly made his second trip this season to the NHRA Pro Stock winner's circle with a final-round victory over Larry Morgan at today's inaugural Summit Racing Equipment Nationals at Summit Racing Motorsports Park. The 24-year-old Connolly, who hails from nearby Elyria, Ohio, turned in an impressive weekend performance that culminated in his 11th career victory, and low elapsed time of the meet for the Torco Racing Fuels Chevy Cobalt. www.chevrolet.com

Team Chevy/Dave Connolly/Post Race/NHRA Bristol
BRISTOL, Tenn., May 18, 2008 -- Dave Connolly in his Charter Communications Chevy Cobalt delivered Chevy's 150th NHRA Pro Stock victory with a win in today's rain-delayed 8th annual O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. Scattered showers interrupted eliminations in all classes, but for the 25-year-old Connolly it was well worth the wait. Connolly drove his Chevy to a holeshot win over Greg Stanfield's Attitude Apparel Pontiac GXP with an elapsed time of 6.731 seconds at 204.70 mph to Stanfield's quicker but losing 6.717 e.t. at 204.42 mph. This was Connolly's second consecutive final-round appearance in his three races this season.

Team Chevy's Jeg Coughlin Post-Race NHRA Bristol July 8
BRISTOL, Tenn., July 8, 2007 - Team Chevy's racing red bowtie was quite visible this weekend at Bristol Dragway with an all-Chevy Pro Stock final at the O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. The Pro Stock final featured No. 1 qualifier Jeg Coughlin in his Jegs.com Chevy Cobalt against Kenny Koretsky in the Indicom Electric/Nitro Fish Chevy Cobalt. Despite appearing in his first final since Indy in 2004, Koretsky gave the two-time POWERade Pro Stock champ all he wanted as he used a .013 reaction time to get a jump on the Cagnazzi Racing entry before Coughlin ran him down for a photo-finish winning margin of .002 seconds. Coughlin had a winning elapsed time of 6.809 seconds at 203.22 mph to Koretsky's 6.839 e.t. at 201.82 mph, his second win of the season (Chicago) in five final rounds. www.chevrolet.com

Team Chevy's Gary Gardella/Chevy Cobalt SS/NOPI Englishtown
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J., May 3, 2008 - Team Chevy's Gary Gardella demonstrates the performance characteristics of a production, Ecotec-powered Chevy Cobalt SS for NOPI Television at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. # # # #

Team Chevy's Gary Gardella/Red Bull Air Race Pilot Kirby Cha
ATCO, N.J., June 5, 2007 -- In what was an extraordinary showcase event pitting a NHRA Pro FWD racecar against a competition airplane, Team Chevy's Gary Gardella and Red Bull Air Race World Series pilot Kirby Chambliss faced of in a series of specially synchronized eliminator rounds that featured Gardella's Ecotec-powered Cobalt and Chambliss' EDGE 540. The "Air and Asphalt" media-only event took place at Atco Raceway on Wednesday and Thursday, June 6 -- 7, just days before the running of the NHRA Northeast Sport Compact Nationals. Photos and video of the event can be seen on www.gmtunersource.com. www.chevrolet.com

Ecotec Engine Change on Bryan Jimenez' Pro FWD Chevy Cobalt
GM Racing personnel and Jimenez' team members make an engine swap on their Pro FWD Chevy Cobalt at Moroso Motorsports Park - March 31

Student Cobalt Project
A student-developed, E85-powered Cobalt, this clip takes you inside the record-breaking race vehicle with GM Performance Division engineer and driver Mark Dickens as the record is set at the Bonneville Salt Flats. To read more about the record, check out the FYI blog.

Team Chevy/Ecotec/Pro FWD Finals/NOPI Fla. Nationals
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 7, 2008 -- Team Chevy's Marty Ladwig started off the 2008 NOPI Drag Racing campaign with a record-setting victory at today's NOPI Florida Nationals. Ladwig established a new Pro FWD national elapsed time mark and earned the season-opening win by defeating 2007 NHRA Pro FWD champion Gary Gardella in an all-Chevy Cobalt final-round at Moroso Motorsports Park. In the title match, the two Chevrolets were even to half track before Ladwig's car edged ahead to take the win light with a national record 7.337 e.t. at 199.87 mph. Gardella's car got slightly loose, and he clicked it off early crossing the stripe in 9.531 seconds at 80.45 mph.

GM/Chevy Cobalt NHRA Sportsman 2007 FallNationals/Dallas
ENNIS, Tex., Sept. 23 - NHRA Super Stock racer Robert Burgin and Comp Eliminator competitor Danny Gruninger stage their Chevy Cobalts during eliminations at the 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex. Gruninger defeated David Rampy in the final round to get the race win. Burgin lost in round four to Marcus Allen. www.chevy.com

Tom Hammonds Preps Pro Stock Chevy Cobalt at Route 66 Racewa
Former NBA power forward and Georgia Tech All-American Tom Hammonds does final prep work on his NHRA Pro Stock Chevy Cobalt prior to Q3 at the Torco Racing Fuels Nationals in Joliet, IL. June 9, 2007. Hammonds qualified 16th in the tough 16-car field with a 6.666 e.t. at 207.21 MPH.