I thought they learned their lesson when that auto dealer driving the Indy pace car crashed into the viewing platform in the '70's?
I thought they learned their lesson when that auto dealer driving the Indy pace car crashed into the viewing platform in the '70's?
this has spread through the local FB groups and general chit chat like wildfire (here being detroit area)
I can only imagine the amount of ribbing he's going to take for the rest of his career....
In reply to wae :
He is a VP. The calibration engineer will be reprimanded for bad traction control software 
logdog said:In reply to wae :
He is a VP. The calibration engineer will be reprimanded for bad traction control software
Maybe. Or maybe it was turned off. Quote from the article:
"Will Power, winner of this year's Indy 500, said after the race, 'I felt really bad for whoever was in the pace car. It's very easy to do, and the traction control must have been turned off. Wasn't really his fault.' "
Maybe the driver turned it off? Maybe Will Power was doing the public relations thing and giving the guy a reasonable doubt excuse.
Didn't that guy used to drive a Mustang?
If not, he should...
Arie Luyendyk hit the wall at the Toronto Indy while driving the pace car.
It could have been worse...
At least the guy got out and surveyed the damage like a real race car driver. Walk up front observe that it is broken and shake your head...
Ruess is no slouch behind the wheel, he holds a couple of competition licenses and is one of GM's authorized Nurburgring drivers. We all screw up, Graham Rahal, who gets paid to drive race cars, managed to hit the wall all by his lonesome on Saturday. I'd say it's a combination of a bumpy track, 750hp, and a momentary lapse of concentration.
Still funny, though.
In reply to wae :
Hopefully less than that stupid FBI guy at the wedding!
LOL - I was waiting to see when this made GRM.
Tom_Spangler said:Ruess is no slouch behind the wheel, he holds a couple of competition licenses and is one of GM's authorized Nurburgring drivers. We all screw up, Graham Rahal, who gets paid to drive race cars, managed to hit the wall all by his lonesome on Saturday. I'd say it's a combination of a bumpy track, 750hp, and a momentary lapse of concentration.
Still funny, though.
Well put!
We all screw up sometimes. Thankfully for the rest of us it isn't televised
Tom_Spangler said:Ruess is no slouch behind the wheel, he holds a couple of competition licenses and is one of GM's authorized Nurburgring drivers. We all screw up, Graham Rahal, who gets paid to drive race cars, managed to hit the wall all by his lonesome on Saturday. I'd say it's a combination of a bumpy track, 750hp, and a momentary lapse of concentration.
Still funny, though.
with those credentials I expected a better crash then... (or no crash) I now even think less of him because at first I assume he was some Reebok tennis shoe jorts wearing kind of auto VP like most are around...
Chevy is officially blaming a combinations of track conditions and weather...You know...Sunny, 70F, and dry. LOL!
Yeah, not the best way to sell a performance automobile.
1988RedT2 said:Yeah, not the best way to sell a performance automobile.
Maybe it is though...Many people believe that cars like this are supposed to feel a bit like they're trying to kill you:
"Meet the all new 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. So fierce, it won't even let you drive it as a safety car."
I saw this on another car board:
From Detroit press - "A lifelong auto enthusiast, Reuss is a certified industry pool test driver on the North Course of the Nürburgring Motorsport Racetrack in Germany, and is licensed for FIA C and IMSA Road Racing. His first car was a 1967 Chevrolet Camaro, which he bought and restored himself."
The mustang groups on Facebook love this video.
That was a berkeleyup, but a high horsepower car over a crest during a left turn, very easy to do. He probably shoulda left the traction control on.
That could be water cooler fodder at Chevrolet for years to come, depending on his sense of humor.
I was watching the F1 race and there was one place on the track where the in-car video jumped all over. I remember thinking that was ridiculous. perhaps that was the spot.
I'm going to add my vote to the pool of 'i bet he turned the traction control off'.
He sounds like he's taking it pretty hard, poor guy. Can happen to anyone, by all accounts he's an excellent driver. I've also read that he's one of the driving forces for Indy Car being in Detroit. Sounds like one of us at heart.
"I want to thank you all for your well wishes today. I am ok," Reuss wrote on Facebook. "I have driven this course many many many times. I have paced this race in the wet, cold, hot, and calm. On Z06s, 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."
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