This incredible Corvette allows a quadriplegic driver to race again | Festival of Speed

IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt was paralysed in an accident in 2000 and has been a quadraplegic ever since. Now a multiple IndyCar racing-winning team-owner Schmidt has worked with Arrow to develop a car that allows him to compete again.

This incredible Corvette allows a quadriplegic driver to race again | Festival of Speed

IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt was paralysed in an accident in 2000 and has been a quadraplegic ever since. Now a multiple IndyCar racing-winning team-owner Schmidt has worked with Arrow to develop a car that allows him to compete again. The car is steered using Sam’s head movements and he accellerates and brakes by blowing into and sucking air from a tube.

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