Electric skateboard verses Corvette drag race • not the expected result (video)

Race length is only 75 feet & the result is not quite as clear-cut as the title of the linked page ("Electric Skateboard Crushes Corvette In Drag Race") implies, but still surprising:

http://gas2.org/2012/08/29/video-electric-skateboard-crushes-corvette-in-drag-race/ / EV electric vehicle skate board 37 volt 20 amp-hour LiPo battery Gnarboard /