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Oops! GM Vp crashes ZR1 pace car
A GM VP crashed the ZR1 pace car on the pace
lap of the Detroit Indy Car race! That's what happens when ya leave the hyphen out... Check UTube for video! |
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Re: Oops! GM Vp crashes ZR1 pace car
Yes I watched it. They keep replaying it during race.How embarrassing. The commentators cannot recall this ever happening before.
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Can you imagine what the internet would be like tonight if the pace car crash today had been a Mustang!? :-)
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Re: Oops! GM Vp crashes ZR1 pace car
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 Question: Wasn't his father, Lloyd Ruess, that played a hand in the C4 ZR-1 saga?? (Or was that a different Ruess?)
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Re: Oops! GM Vp crashes ZR1 pace car
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1971 Challenger Can not imagine the Press forgetting this! |
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Re: Oops! GM Vp crashes ZR1 pace car
Lol... with the speed and power of this car, VP’s and celebrities have no business driving unless they have experience!
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Re: Oops! GM Vp crashes ZR1 pace car
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Along with his engineering background, Reuss is an accomplished racer who has driven pace cars at major events before. But Indy 500 champion Will Power told the Indianapolis Star that the turn Reuss crashed in on the Belle Isle street circuit is a tricky one, with a crest in the middle of it that can upset a vehicle.Reuss thanked well-wishers in a Facebook post that he also used to apologize for the gaffe: "I have driven this course many many many times. I have paced this race in the wet, cold, hot, and calm. On [Corvette] Z06's, Grand Sports, and other things. It is never a casual thing for me, but an honor to be asked. Today I let down my friends, my family, Indycar, our city and my company. Sorry does not describe it. I want to thank our engineers for providing me the safety I know is the best in the world." |
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Re: Oops! GM Vp crashes ZR1 pace car
I watch the video closely. It appears he came over the rise hit the gas because the tires are smoking and spinning while he's trying to control the drift by turning right but it kept on coming around. Bang. Cold tires can get you. I agree no business driving high-performance cars unless you had some experience with that car.
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