Camaro Z/28 Crashes at the Ring (Videos) - Page 5

shaffe · 05-12-2016, 10:48 AM

touche

Sledgehammer70 · 05-12-2016, 10:57 AM

Slow-mo and cut down of just the crash.

I say it was the ugly wings fault.

jonny5cam · 05-12-2016, 11:00 AM

They're jumping for joy over on the Jalopnerd blog. That's ok, they can rest assured in the fact that their prescious fords, porsches, and bmws will be dominated soon enough...soon enough.

jonny5cam · 05-12-2016, 11:02 AM

Makes me wonder if the driver can adjust brake bias on the fly and maybe he went a little too far because from what I see, that's kinda what looks like happened.

ParisTNDude · 05-12-2016, 11:02 AM

Since the front brakes are primary, it sure appears that the rears locked up first and later the fronts. Doesn't look to me like the driver could have initiated that out of control condition if he were applying the brakes in any ordinary fashion. He was basically on a straight-away where he shouldn't have been applying the brakes at all. I think malfunction is the only explanation.

Motor Trend had a short comment on the Z28 at the 'Ring...they too said it sound naturally aspirated and wasn't supercharged. This will be a great competitor to the GT350R and I suspect Chevy wouldn't release it unless it soundly thrashed the Mustang.

It was interesting that they quickly covered the car to keep the world from knowing they wrecked a Camaro at the Ring.

clanky · 05-12-2016, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer70

Slow-mo and cut down of just the crash.

I say it was the ugly wings fault.

Dang twice as painful to watch in slo-mo! Oh well better them wreck it and do the research to figure out what happened than me do it! lol

Sledgehammer70 · 05-12-2016, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Z_Rocks

I saw 3 people coming out of the car in one of the videos as well.

The 3rd person was never seen coming out of the car, he was standing along side opening the passenger door while the driver was still in his seat. This guy was not int he Z/28.

https://youtu.be/VyWNiKpcNoQ?t=2m3s

90503 · 05-12-2016, 11:13 AM

Possible explanation: He slammed on the brakes to avoid a collision....There may have been something in the road ahead that we did not see....

This is a total bummer. I feel bad for those guys, whatever the reason is. I doubt we'll see any more of that car in videos...That was a hard hit.

Edit: video shows the track ahead was clear....

Ratchet · 05-12-2016, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer70

I say it was the ugly wings fault.

No, the driver was quoted later as saying it was the ugly black wheels.

Hypertrophy · 05-12-2016, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by G Fo12ce

Even looks good crashing though

I know, right!?

SVThis · 05-12-2016, 11:33 AM

Probably went into ice mode LOL

Davy_Baby9 · 05-12-2016, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by bdavies11

SC whine @ :57s. Just saying.

No.

RenegadeXR · 05-12-2016, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by jonny5cam

They're jumping for joy over on the Jalopnerd blog. That's ok, they can rest assured in the fact that their prescious fords, porsches, and bmws will be dominated soon enough...soon enough.

To be fair, this is one of the most hilarious failures at Nurburgring in a while when it comes to corporate prototype testing, and nobody got hurt. A lot of publications and sites jumped on this news.

As far as Jalopnik goes and any potential bias: They have written stories about the Mustang and Camaro with about equal frequency, and their Mustang articles seem to be way more critical to the point where they basically call the owners out as morons who can't drive in a straight line when exiting car shows. I don't detect any real favoritism to Ford.

http://jalopnik.com/tag/camaro
http://jalopnik.com/tag/mustang

If anything, they are biased toward Tesla, with nearly 1 article per day. If Elon Musk sneezes, they will write a report on it.

http://jalopnik.com/tag/tesla

LSLT_Powered26 · 05-12-2016, 11:50 AM

NOOOoooooo please God let me be dreaming

05-12-2016, 11:02 AM	#61
ParisTNDude Owning SSes for 50 Years Drives: Sharkskin Grey LT1 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Paris, TN Posts: 3,139 View My Garage	Since the front brakes are primary, it sure appears that the rears locked up first and later the fronts. Doesn't look to me like the driver could have initiated that out of control condition if he were applying the brakes in any ordinary fashion. He was basically on a straight-away where he shouldn't have been applying the brakes at all. I think malfunction is the only explanation. Motor Trend had a short comment on the Z28 at the 'Ring...they too said it sound naturally aspirated and wasn't supercharged. This will be a great competitor to the GT350R and I suspect Chevy wouldn't release it unless it soundly thrashed the Mustang. It was interesting that they quickly covered the car to keep the world from knowing they wrecked a Camaro at the Ring. __________________ The new ride: 2023 Camaro, LT1, Sharkskin Grey Previous Performance Cars: 1966 Chevelle SS 4M, 2010 Corvette 6M 1968 Dodge Charger R/T Auto 2012 1SS 6M 1982 Corvette Auto 2010 1SS 6A 1984 Corvette Auto 2016 2SS 8A 1999 Camaro Auto 2017 HBM 1SS 1le 2002 C5 Corvette 6M 2018 2SS 2006 Corvette Auto 2023 Camaro LT1 Last edited by ParisTNDude; 05-12-2016 at 11:36 AM.

05-12-2016, 11:13 AM	#64
90503 Drives: 2011 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Torrance Posts: 14,425	Possible explanation: He slammed on the brakes to avoid a collision....There may have been something in the road ahead that we did not see.... This is a total bummer. I feel bad for those guys, whatever the reason is. I doubt we'll see any more of that car in videos...That was a hard hit. Edit: video shows the track ahead was clear.... Last edited by 90503; 05-12-2016 at 11:36 AM.

05-12-2016, 11:33 AM	#67
SVThis Drives: 2013 1LE 1SS Victory Red 1 of 76 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 425 View My Garage	Probably went into ice mode LOL __________________ 2013 1SS 1LE Victory Red. 187 CAM-C

05-12-2016, 11:50 AM	#70
LSLT_Powered26 Drives: 2013 Victory Red Camaro SS Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Alexandria,LA Posts: 95	NOOOoooooo please God let me be dreaming __________________ People lie 1\4 Miles don't!!

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jonny5cam Drives: IOM SS/RS LS3/6sp. man. Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Winter Haven, Fl. Posts: 112	They're jumping for joy over on the Jalopnerd blog. That's ok, they can rest assured in the fact that their prescious fords, porsches, and bmws will be dominated soon enough...soon enough.

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