TTAC's Black Friday Special: Corvette Crashes

Jack Baruth
by Jack Baruth

Our friends at Jalopnik posted this unfortunate street-racing episode earlier today… but I happened to find it from another link, that of a Corvette crashing during a rather poorly-run autocross. Click the link for a few recent Corvette crash videos which have made it to the ‘Tube…

A Corvette bangs a curb mad hard during an autocross, yo. Who runs a high-speed slalom next to an autocross? Not the SCCA, I will tell you that. This one was run by “SpeedVentures”. But what’s more interesting than a Corvette hitting a curb during an autocross?

That’s right! A Corvette HITTING A SPECTATOR!

How about a Corvette crashing during a back-road run? Cut and paste

into your browser. But come right back, so you can see this video from a “Cars and Coffee”:

More bumping Corvettes…

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  • Mark MacInnis Mark MacInnis on Nov 28, 2011

    Dick measuring contest gone bad....never a good thing when. Street racing is never a good thing, and especially not when the following formula is true Horsepower > Self-perceived penis-length x IQ

  • NorthwestT NorthwestT on Nov 28, 2011

    Nice collection. I'm looking forward to Jack's tutorial. How do you crash in a straightline drag race? Seems super common, but seriously, how do you do it?

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