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Re: Oops! GM Vp crashes ZR1 pace car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNoMcL5Zsw8
Driver was a lil sore upon egress, but he hid it well. He was afterall in the middle of a huge unplanned Chevrolet safety demonstration. I would love to see a comparison of this exact event between the 2019 ZR1 and the mid engine C8. But no matter the drive config, once the WOW(Weight On Wheels) decreased coming off the rise, it was curtains regardless.
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Re: Oops! GM Vp crashes ZR1 pace car
As noted earlier, Mark Reuss is an experienced and professional driver (certified factory driver on the North course of Nurburgring, and head of development for Cadillac V series and others). He is a VP of GM, which is not a title given lightly to anyone. (Yes Paul, he is also the son of former GM president Lloyd Reuss). What bothered me about this situation is that when he got out of the car he does not have a race suit or helmet on. To me that seems very unprofessional and dangerous. Surprised they let him drive like that. F1 would not allow that. --Bob
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Re: Oops! GM Vp crashes ZR1 pace car
So if he had the Nanny's on, why wouldn't the vehicle correct itself? I understand the slight lift off the track of the rear tires, but would think the system would register this as a loss of traction and adjust accordingly.. if, however, he was in full track mode, he's put himself in a no win situation. I was at Indy this year and the car paced well, but not the same track and not a grand prix race..
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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
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Location: Toronto
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Re: Oops! GM Vp crashes ZR1 pace car
Well they did. I quoted them exactly. To be fair, one of the commentators Scott Goodyear would have been about 12 years old in 1971. They were also live and not able to do a Google search.
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