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Old 06-03-2018, 05:52 PM
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A GM Exec crashed the ZR1 pace car at the Detroit Gran Prix which delayed the start of the race. He spun it on turn 1 of the pace lap and went nose first into the wall. Both the driver and race exec were checked out at the medical center and are ok. One of the backup pace ZR1’s was pressed into service.
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Leave the nannies on kids! lol JK Hope everyone was ok!
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Still looks better wrecked than the new Camaro.
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Fired!

I volunteer for his former position.
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Originally Posted by dollarbill
A GM Exec crashed the ZR1 pace car at the Detroit Gran Prix which delayed the start of the race. He spun it on turn 1 of the pace lap and went nose first into the wall. Both the driver and race exec were checked out at the medical center and are ok. One of the backup pace ZR1’s was pressed into service.
https://youtu.be/fyKODVVdpDY
Is rear end caster alignment a problem with the ZR1?
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What a retard
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Looks like a definite career move to me …
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Old 06-03-2018, 08:52 PM
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Should have had a racer drive the thing. What an embarrassment.
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Now that Danika is out, someone needed to crash for no apparent reason...
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Originally Posted by Trackhawkz06
Leave the nannies on kids!
This.
Notice the guy was trying accelerate his way out of it?


Wow, what a great way to sell Corvettes!
Fastest, Bestest ever, folks...step right up for yours today!


And WTF is a GM executive driving a Pace Car for in the first place????
F1 uses ONLY retired race car drivers for theirs.
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Old 06-03-2018, 08:59 PM
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this GM exec,was a race car driver,and he's 3rd in line at GM
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Originally Posted by dmaxx3500
this GM exec,was a race car driver,and he's 3rd in line at GM
Exactly. IMSA and FIA.

Also brought us the legendary Pontiac Aztec!
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I think the mods have been merging the many threads on this in to here
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...t-crashed.html
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