MADISON, Ill. (KTVI) — A Corvette goes airborne. Nearly flips mid-air. Slams down and tumbles over a guardrail. And somehow, the driver walks away unscathed.
It all happened at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois, last weekend, all captured in a shocking video that's quickly gone viral.
According to a WWT Raceway spokesperson, drag racer Jason Hoard survived the frightening crash during a high-speed test run on May 31 in preparation for the VP Racing Fuels Heads-Up Shootout Series.
Extreme 660 Drag Racing, a media outlet that specializes in U.S. drag racing coverage, captured the video and described it simply as "the worst wreck we've ever filmed."
In the video, as Hoard's white Corvette near tops speed alongside another driver, it suddenly launches off the ground, takes