UPDATE: Inexperienced C7 Corvette Z06 Driver Crashes His Pride And Joy Into A Tree

The man holding the camera had this to say when we spoke to him about the incident:

The car had been off the lot for about 24 hours. It’s a Z07 package with the manual 7. The cause of the accident was a misunderstanding about launch control: it was his [the driver’s] first time using it, it controlled the torque completely through first gear at wide open throttle. After shifting to second (expecting the torque management to continue working) it was unrestricted power to the wheels and just came as a surprise, which is why there wasn’t really a reaction to it. The car was in track suspension mode and sport 1 traction control, so active handling would’ve been expected to handle slight yaw from wheel spin, but didn’t. The driver was experienced with high power cars and owns a heads/cam/intake c6 z06 also.

The car is completely repairable with no parts on back order. Damages were over 20 thousand dollars though. Air bags did not deploy so all damage was front end cosmetic for most part. The frame did snap cleanly off in the front (which apparently is by design). All the motor and transmission etc was fine. Even the back and sides were miraculously untouched except a small scratch at very front of passenger door. People hoping to buy the competition seats from a wrecked Z are out of luck this time!

Thanks to Jake - the man behind the lens - for the info! We sure hope the car gets fixed up ready for more (less destructive) action soon!