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Written by Patrick Rall
This past weekend, the 2016 Automotion Commotion event took place at the Wisconsin Dells and while the high performance burnout action was fun for almost everyone on hand- the owner of this brand new Chevrolet Corvette Z06 likely didn"t have as much fun as those people who didn"t crash in front of the crowd.Folks who attend Automotion Commotion have to pay $15 to enter, but if you agree to take your car or truck into the burnout pit for a little tire smokin" action, you and your passenger get in for free. Doing some burnouts seems like an easy way to save $30 and to show off for the crowd, but that $30 wont go very far in fixing the front end of this new Z06.The burnout starts fairly poorly, as the driver tries to whip the back end of the 650 hp Corvette Z06 around right from the start. Unfortunately, he barely gives it enough gas to spin the tires so after a few seconds of the rear rubbers roasting, they caught traction and sent him into one of the concrete barriers separating the cars from the crowd.While the details are short right now, I have spoken to a few people who were at this event and they all confirmed that this was a very low mileage car with "less than 300 miles" on the odometer. Spectators told me that the front fascia and the front splitter were junk, and both front airbags opened. This will surely be a tough sell for the insurance company.Join the LS1 crowd in the forum.>>Tags: C7, C7 Corvette, C7 Z06, Corvette, Corvette Z06, crash
Date written: May 23, 2016
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ID: 3550
This past weekend, the 2016 Automotion Commotion event took place at the Wisconsin Dells and while the high performance burnout action was fun for almost everyone on hand- the owner of this brand new Chevrolet Corvette Z06 likely didn"t have as much fun as those people who didn"t crash in front of the crowd.Folks who attend Automotion Commotion have to pay $15 to enter, but if you agree to take your car or truck into the burnout pit for a little tire smokin" action, you and your passenger get in for free. Doing some burnouts seems like an easy way to save $30 and to show off for the crowd, but that $30 wont go very far in fixing the front end of this new Z06.The burnout starts fairly poorly, as the driver tries to whip the back end of the 650 hp Corvette Z06 around right from the start. Unfortunately, he barely gives it enough gas to spin the tires so after a few seconds of the rear rubbers roasting, they caught traction and sent him into one of the concrete barriers separating the cars from the crowd.While the details are short right now, I have spoken to a few people who were at this event and they all confirmed that this was a very low mileage car with "less than 300 miles" on the odometer. Spectators told me that the front fascia and the front splitter were junk, and both front airbags opened. This will surely be a tough sell for the insurance company.Join the LS1 crowd in the forum.>>Tags: C7, C7 Corvette, C7 Z06, Corvette, Corvette Z06, crash
Date written: May 23, 2016
More of this article on the LS1 Tech website
ID: 3550