Corvette Chief Engineer Explains Motor Trend Z06 DNF: Video

Late last month, news broke that the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 did not finish during Motor Trend's annual Best Driver's Car competition.

The supercharger simply refused to engage—which Chevrolet initially blamed on bad fuel—and to add insult to injury, the car was delivered to Laguna Seca with worn brake pads. Predictably, the uber fans at CorvetteForum went ballistic, demanding answers from Chevrolet about how exactly a track-tuned beast dubbed the Big Nasty could perform so poorly in such an important test.

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And now we have those answers, straight from Corvette chief engineer Tadge Juechter.

This afternoon on the forum's popular Ask Tadge thread, Juechter addressed the failure, and touched on several issues in the process. One particularly interesting tidbit? The car went off-track during the previous test for Car and Driver:

"During testing at C and D the car went off track into a tire wall. Stuff happens. It wasn't the first time this has happened and I'm certain it won't be the last. Fortunately, the damage to the car was cosmetic (rear fascia, supports and the energy absorption assembly). It didn't have any fundamental structural or chassis damage. The alignment was fine. Basically, zip ties and some duct tape was all it took to make it track-worthy."

While the patched-up Z06 was able to run the second-fasted "Lightening Lap" the magazine had ever recorded, mistakes were made when the car was being prepped for Motor Trend, which is why it showed up to compete with worn pads:

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