[VIDEO] 1,000 HP Corvette Z06 Catches Fire after 180 MPH Half Mile Run

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[VIDEO] 1,000 HP Corvette Z06 Catches Fire after 180 MPH Half Mile Run


The driver of this Vortech YSi-blown C6 Corvette Z06 really dodged a bullet this time.

Dressed only in jeans, T-shirt, and helmet, the driver used his supercharged 1,000-horsepower engine to turn 180 miles per hour during the SlipStream ½ Mile Invitational held on March 25-26 at an abandoned Pennsylvania airstrip.

In the video, shot by BigKleib34 of YouTube fame, we see the blue Corvette Z06 catches fire for a short time on the return road. The driver quickly hops out, raises the hood, and uses his hand-held extinguisher to extinguish the remaining flames.

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The cause of the fire is unknown, based on what we can see in the video, though some have speculated it might have been a failed oil or fuel line or connection.

We hope this driver learned a few lessons from this fire, one being that it would be wise in the future to wear SFI-rated clothing to give him a few more seconds of protection from the heat, much more than he would have received from mere jeans and a T-shirt. A built-in fire suppression system might be a good idea, too.

Fortunately, the driver did have the foresight to have a fire extinguisher on board, which could have been the difference in this case between saving his car and losing it to a total melt-down.


Source:
BigKleib34 / YouTube

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