Video: How to get out of a 700bhp Corvette – that's on fire
30th March 2017
Ethan Jupp
We reckon this video would be pretty damned cool without the obvious hook. Imagine it. You’d definitely feel on top of the world blasting past 220km/h on the banking at Daytona in a widebody Greenwood Corvette C3 Stingray at night.
Then it all goes wrong. Didier Andre jumps on the stoppers at 263km/h, ready to plunge into the coming lefthander, but doesn’t get the chance, as the thing is engulfed in flames. Some big licks come in through the right-hand window, the car pirouettes onto the grass and Andre makes a swift exit. Scary stuff!
We'll be rejoining our friends at Historic Sportscar Racing for The Mitty at Road Atlanta very soon!
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