[ACCIDENT] C8 Corvette Z06 Goes Off Road on Tail of the Dragon

Hey! You can’t park there…

Sorry folks, but that joke never gets old!

Tail of the Dragon at Deal’s Gap is an 11-mile stretch of two-lane road designated US 129 that runs in the Great Smokey Mountains between Tennessee and Georgia. It’s one of the top driving destinations for sports car owners and motorcyclists and it can be a blast to drive. We recently shared this video featuring 80 Corvettes making the Tail of the Dragon run just last month.

Over the weekend, I saw this photo cross my feed on social media countless times. The pic features a Blue Corvette Z06 Coupe that appears to have slipped off the road while running the Tail of the Dragon. As you can see, the car was resting precariously on the side of the mountain, but luckily it was still near the roadway instead of slipping further down to make the recovery even more difficult.

Brad Morgan posted the photo on the Tail of the Dragon Facebook Page with the simple caption of “Ooops!” Since his post, its racked up 791 comments and 179 shares.

It’s always unfortunate to see a Corvette in a pickle like this C8 parked at a 45-degree angle off the roadside. But from what we can gather, the driver most likely only suffered just a bruised ego from the crash and will live to tell one heck of a story.

The official Tails of the Dragon website offered a storm update following Hurricane Helene. They say it actually passed over them and revealed the eye of the storm for a few minutes, but left the area virtually untouched compared to other areas in North Carolina and Tennessee.

As you can see from the photo, the leaf colors are beautiful this time of year, so it’s okay to slow down just a little bit so you can take in the experience and still drive home afterwards without an incident such as this.

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Brad Morgan / Facebook

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