Sam Schmidt on Indy track in a Stingray!
04-20-2015, 08:48 PM
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In watching the opening of the Long Beach Grand Prix IndyCar race yesterday, I was quite surprised that the pace car was not a Z06, Chevy's top of the line Corvette.
Since the race was sponsored by Toyota, I was quite surprised to see the Corvettes as the pace car, not a Toyota.
Since the race was sponsored by Toyota, I was quite surprised to see the Corvettes as the pace car, not a Toyota.
04-20-2015, 10:16 PM
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The car was partially developed and tested on the runway of the national US Air Force museum at Wright-Patterson AFB. It is partially funded by AFRL with Arrow Electronics as the lead integrator, and of course GM.
Sam also ran 2 laps in the car about an hour prior to the Long Beach race last weekend.
Sam also ran 2 laps in the car about an hour prior to the Long Beach race last weekend.
04-21-2015, 01:04 AM
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Saw that on the nightly news - what a great story and good to see him get behind the wheel again.
04-21-2015, 11:12 AM
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Couple links from Corvette blogger:
http://www.corvetteblogger.com/2014/...ette-stingray/
http://www.corvetteblogger.com/2015/...se/#more-25199
http://www.corvetteblogger.com/2014/...ette-stingray/
http://www.corvetteblogger.com/2015/...se/#more-25199
04-21-2015, 02:29 PM
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I have been following this with interest. Developing the car and its control systems is really neat. Hopefully this will make its way into passenger cars, allowing for better control and keeping everyone safer.
Very cool to see this man at the "wheel" again.
Thanks for posting.
Very cool to see this man at the "wheel" again.
Thanks for posting.
08-13-2015, 01:52 PM
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more science
this vid gets into the science a bit more. amazing technology doing amazing good...
https://www.corvetteforum.com/articl...rive-corvette/
https://www.corvetteforum.com/articl...rive-corvette/
08-14-2015, 01:08 AM
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Oops, my PC is telling me the video has been taken down due to copyright infringements.
