Just trying to contribute to the thread man. Two of my good friends were there and both told me what they saw. Can not confirm or deny their stories. Next time I will have you critique my post before I hit the the -submit reply- button.

I'm sorry to see that. It's sad that we can't take our car to a drag strip and not have insurance - somehow it doesn't feel right that we can do just about any stupid thing we want on the street and we'll be covered, but we try to do the safe thing and are not covered.

A few friends of mine were up at NED that night. Someone put up a few pics on another forum. I was surprised it wasn't posted here yesterday. I was going to post it but out of respect for the owner possibly being a little embarrassed I did not since I do not know the person and I was not there.


From what I know of the story, the driver did wreck down by the traps and there was in fact a mustang that did blow up and dump oil down the track prior to that run. The mess was cleaned up and a few cars ran before the ZR1 ran. Is it possible that not all of the mess was cleaned up? Yes, I suppose that is possible.

Now I am not a racer and don't pretend to be a racer, but my best friend who was there that night is in fact a racer, he has a camaro that has run in the 8's, he is a fellow corvette owner, and had gotten to drive a new ZR1 first hand. I repsect his opinion and he wouldn't just make up a story. According to him the driver seemed to be having trouble getting the car to hook and on a previous pass only ran a 14.x and seemed to be having a hard time keeping the car under control. Even he said those cars are animals and when you pull 4th sometimes it just wants to come around. Sometimes it happens in his 03 Z06 and his fathers 07. Not sure why, like i said i don't race mine.

I'm not sure what the drivers previous race experience was but people who talked to him prior to the crash said he didn't seem that bad. Maybe it just wasn't his night. None the less, seeing how the accident happened on the track, there is almost 100% chance that insurance won't cover it which is unfortunate.

Its a good thing the driver is ok and maybe he can get the car fixed from what I have seen and been told it took some heavy damage.

I wonder if the driver of the ZR1 followed ranger's advice and left active handling full on?

Not sure if he was running in comp mode or traction off. My buddy is going to ask him. Comp mode is not the way to go with these cars for 1/4 mile runs.

try http://www.ontrackinsurance.com

but as a previous post indicates, not sure about drag-strip coverage...

I have seen $150,000 Pro mods leave oil on the track, not to mention every third top fuel car, even with their diapers. :yesnod:

I would use the oil as an excuse too. That's my story and I'm sticking to it, no matter what eye witness accounts say. :yesnod:

I have no problem believing that a blown motor left oil on the track. The fact he lost it at the end would confirm it as well. Regardless how he lost it, it certainly ruined his day.

:ack: This sux! I feel bad for him. I would be very ill. :U

I think that is wishful thinking.

Nothing JB weld and some duct tape cant fix.








:rofl::rofl:

Yeah, you have a point. Any car can leave oil on the track.

That's why I don't think it's worth running the 1/4 unless you and your buddies rent the track for a few hours. Why mix a 120k car with a 5k POS?

Spoke with my friend who is friends with the driver. He was in comp mode.

Do you or your friend have any word on how bad the damage is?

Ballpark $50,000 is what I was told :eek: Some issues underneath beyond what pics show.

Comp mode according to ranger is a bad thing on the drag strip.

I was thinking about that. If it were not totaled outright.

If he hit hard enough to break that rear wheel like that, it's bad underneath.

Also, the hood is not sitting right, and that could mean trouble underneath too.
:(

Damn competitive mode. :(

I don't even know why they put that in the car.

50 ******g grand for a trip to the track. :(

I'd have to go ahead and turn this in to my insurance company.

If they told me "no" then I'd be no worse off paying it out of pocket than I otherwise would have been had I not turned it in to them.

I detect a major sarcasm here.