Just a few days after spy shots showing the new Chevrolet Camaro Z28 testing at the Nürburgring with nothing more than a camo paint job, a video has followed showing that same muscle car in action at the Ring. The video also shows the new Z28 crashing hard.
The video of the Chevrolet Camaro Z28 at the Nürburgring starts off like many of the modern “Ring” spy videos. We see the new Camaro creep through the paddock area and out onto the track. We then see about a minute and a half of the new Z28 storming around the famous road course, giving us our best chance yet to hear the mysterious V8 engine of the new Z28 package.
Around the minute and a half mark, the video is seemingly set to end, as it shows the Camaro Z28 pulling back off of the track. However, it jumps back to the rear section of the track, where the Camaro comes into a twisty portion and when the driver locks the brakes up – the car slides and hits the inside wall very hard. The 6th gen Camaro Z28 hits the wall hard enough to get the car up off of the ground, but the driver is able to quickly settle the car down and get across to a safer grassy area on the other side of the racing surface.
As the camera angle changes, we can see the damage to the right front corner of the Camaro Z28 and really, it appears to have held up to that shot pretty nicely. As an odd twist, as the driver gets out after the crash, he runs around and wrestles the passenger door open, letting one person out of that side while another climbs out of the driver’s door.
I’m not sure why the new Camaro Z28 would be testing at the Ring with three people in the car, but they surely got one hell of a ride.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
