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Never mind immature teen-age kids......GM's Vice-President Mark Reuss apologized today for wrecking a $120,000 Corvette ZR-1, one of the most powerful American muscle-cars in production. Even with advanced traction/stability control (assuming that it wasn't turned off) he let that power get the best of him, spun out, and hit a wall, delaying the race for clean-up, although the article doesn't say if there was another pace car waiting in the works. With the salary he makes, though, it probably won't take much out of his bank-account to replace the car.
Also speaks a lot for the crash-safety engineering this car got that he was able to walk away from it and not be seriously hurt or killed. My guess is he's probably going to hand out some raises to the engineers who worked on that.
Next time, let Mary Barra drive it.
https://sports.yahoo.com/gm-exec-wrecked-pace-car-issues-apology-184009483.html
GM exec who wrecked pace car issues apology
Jay Busbee
From The MarblesJun 4, 2018, 2:40 PM
GM executive Mark Reuss crashed a $120,000 Corvette on Sunday. (AP file photo)
There’s nothing more American than getting behind the wheel of a monster-horsepower ride and cutting loose. And thus there is nothing more embarrassing than getting behind the wheel of a monster-horsepower ride and banging it straight into a wall.
GM vice president of product development Mark Reuss suffered that toxic embarrassment on Sunday prior to Race 2 of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit Grand Prix. Driving a 755-horsepower, $120,000 Corvette ZR-1, Reuss spun and slammed hard into a wall, causing a 30-minute delay for cleanup.
In the immediate aftermath of the wreck, GM issued a statement that sought to deflect a bit of blame onto “weather and track conditions”:
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“I want to thank you all for your well wishes today,” Reuss wrote. “I am ok. I have driven this course many many many times. I have paced this race in the wet, cold, hot, and calm. On 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.”
Bad as it was, the wreck still didn’t approach the Eddie Griffin Debacle, when the Hollywood actor wrecked a $1.5 million Ferrari Enzo:
Also speaks a lot for the crash-safety engineering this car got that he was able to walk away from it and not be seriously hurt or killed. My guess is he's probably going to hand out some raises to the engineers who worked on that.
Next time, let Mary Barra drive it.
https://sports.yahoo.com/gm-exec-wrecked-pace-car-issues-apology-184009483.html
GM exec who wrecked pace car issues apology
Jay Busbee
From The MarblesJun 4, 2018, 2:40 PM
GM executive Mark Reuss crashed a $120,000 Corvette on Sunday. (AP file photo)
There’s nothing more American than getting behind the wheel of a monster-horsepower ride and cutting loose. And thus there is nothing more embarrassing than getting behind the wheel of a monster-horsepower ride and banging it straight into a wall.
GM vice president of product development Mark Reuss suffered that toxic embarrassment on Sunday prior to Race 2 of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit Grand Prix. Driving a 755-horsepower, $120,000 Corvette ZR-1, Reuss spun and slammed hard into a wall, causing a 30-minute delay for cleanup.
In the immediate aftermath of the wreck, GM issued a statement that sought to deflect a bit of blame onto “weather and track conditions”:
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“I want to thank you all for your well wishes today,” Reuss wrote. “I am ok. I have driven this course many many many times. I have paced this race in the wet, cold, hot, and calm. On 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.”
Bad as it was, the wreck still didn’t approach the Eddie Griffin Debacle, when the Hollywood actor wrecked a $1.5 million Ferrari Enzo:
