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[ACCIDENT] Driver Killed When Corvette Goes Airborne in Crash

[ACCIDENT] Driver Killed When Corvette Goes Airborne in Crash

The solitude of a modest neighborhood in South Richmond, Va., was disrupted Saturday morning by the sounds of a fatal crash involving a C6 Corvette coupe. It was a sight that won’t leave the memory of one witness anytime soon. The Corvette “hit the curb and went airborne to my right and through three neighbors’ yards,” Harry West said. “The way that car was spinning in the air, and debris was coming from the car.

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[VIDEO] 3,000 HP Corvette Crashes at WannaGOFAST Half-Mile Event

[VIDEO] 3,000 HP Corvette Crashes at WannaGOFAST Half-Mile Event

Pack 3,000 horsepower into a Corvette, and what do you get? In this case, a wild and crazy half-mile competition at the WannaGOFAST event in Texas! Fortunately for the wife of the driver, the run in what might has to rank as one of the most powerful Corvettes ever produced turned out to be just scary to watch, and not fatal. “We thought he was gonna die one time before,” she says as it’s reported

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[VIDEO] Street Racing C6 Corvette Crashes at 150 MPH

[VIDEO] Street Racing C6 Corvette Crashes at 150 MPH

When two Corvettes line-up against each other on public streets, there is so much that can wrong. While most street races end with one winner and one loser, occasionally we get to witness what can really go wrong when cars are racing on streets that are not meant to handle that kind of speed. Recently, we came across this video showing two C6 Corvettes racing on a highway. After the one-two-three, both Corvettes floor it

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[ACCIDENT] Man Owns His Dream Corvette for One Hour Before Being Smashed by SUV

[ACCIDENT] Man Owns his Dream Corvette for One Hour Before Being Smashed by SUV

Well, at least he didn’t have to worry for long about getting that dreaded first scratch on his Corvette. That’s about the only bright spot we can find for a Sandusky, Ohio man who had saved up for several years to buy his dream car…only to see it smashed by an SUV less than 60 minutes later! David Wilhelm told Cleveland 19 News that he had bought his pride and joy, a very sharp triple

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[ACCIDENT] C5 Corvette Involved in High Speed Crash

[ACCIDENT] C5 Corvette Involved in High Speed Crash

Photo Credit: nbcmontana.com A yellow C5 convertible became the latest victim of a high-speed crash Monday. Fortunately, this time the driver wasn’t injured. But the Butte, Mont., man isn’t out of the woods yet. He’s in the Missoula (Mont.) Detention Center as the investigation into the crash continues, with Highway Patrol troopers suspecting drugs and/or alcohol may have been contributing factors. According to the Highway Patrol, the driver failed to yield to a deputy at

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[ACCIDENT] DUI Driver Crashes His C4 Corvette into a House in Illinois

[ACCIDENT] DUI Driver Crashes C4 Corvette into a House in Illinois

Photo Credit: ksdk.com Drinking too much and then speeding in a Corvette don’t mix. That’s what a 22-year-old allegedly did in Alton, Ill., on Monday night, according to local police, who say he now faces serious charges stemming from the incident. The sequence of events all started when Spencer Mills of Mercury Drive, Alton was allegedly driving about 70 to 80 mph on East Broadway in his black Corvette at 11:35 p.m., according to several

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[ACCIDENT] Corvettes and Deer Do Not Play Well Together

Deer and Corvettes Do Not Play Well Together

Corvettes and deer don’t mix. This writer can attest to that fact. In September of 2014, I was minding my own business on the way home from a trip to Sonoraville, Ga., in my red 1997 Corvette, when all of a sudden, wham, I heard a big bang at the front of my car. I’ve always been one who thought he would have plenty of time to dodge a deer, but I have to admit

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[ACCIDENT] Car Salesman Crashes a $95,830 Corvette Z06 Inside Dealership

[ACCIDENT] Car Salesman Crashes a $95,830 Corvette Z06 inside Dealership

Photo Credit: Jalopnik It still amazes us every time you hear about someone working in the profession of selling cars who do not know how to drive a manual transmission. Not only that, but when an accident like the one we are about to share happens, the inevitable excuse of confusing the brake and clutch pedals is laughable. Our friends at Jalopnik are reporting that a Corvette Z06 with an sticker price of $95,830 was

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[VIDEO] C6 Corvette Rollover Crash Badly Injures Two in Ohio

C6 Corvette Rollover Crash Badly Injures Two in Ohio

Photo Credit: Marshall Gorby/Staff A rollover crash badly injured the two occupants of this C6 Corvette Z06 and left the front end of the vehicles in shambles early Friday morning. The single-vehicle crash happened on southbound I-675 near State Route 235 in Fairborn, Ohio around 3 a.m., according to reports on WHIO-TV. The occupants were two nighttime workers apparently on their lunch break. According to Fairborn Fire Battalion Chief Laura Kerr, neither man was wearing

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[VIDEO] C6 Corvette Rollover Crash Badly Injures Two in Ohio

C6 Corvette Rollover Crash Badly Injures Two in Ohio

Photo Credit: Marshall Gorby/Staff A rollover crash badly injured the two occupants of this C6 Corvette Z06 and left the front end of the vehicles in shambles early Friday morning. The single-vehicle crash happened on southbound I-675 near State Route 235 in Fairborn, Ohio around 3 a.m., according to reports on WHIO-TV. The occupants were two nighttime workers apparently on their lunch break. According to Fairborn Fire Battalion Chief Laura Kerr, neither man was wearing

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