The devil is always in the details-another problem with 2015 Corvette C7 Z06 as a most track capable Corvette ever

If you want to build a track car, you better pay attention to small details after addressing the big items.  In other words, no matter how effort goes into a car design, it can easily be lost in small details that will bog the car down, the first it is put to intended or (in case of Corvette C7 Z06, ADVERTISED USE).

Of course, in case of the newest Corvette C7 Z06, any discussion regarding the details is very much a moot point, considering that the new flagship is totally incapable of any serious track duty, heat soak, engine overheating and crappy aerodynamics and related issues render this overhyped piece of +General Motors shit completely useless on the track but still...

Strictly hypothetically speaking, ASSUMING that +Tadge Juechter and his bullshit were indeed true, the little details showing GM's total ignorance regarding subject of car racing and tracking would still incapacitate this overweight turd, putting it out of commission in no time.

Here is a very obvious example of  GM's ignorance and Juechter's bullshit:  WHEEL WEIGHTS.   On the surface, it is something so trivial and so irrelevant but is it really?

On the track, during prolonged high speed driving and braking, there is a lot of heat generated, not just in the drivetrain but in the wheels as well, even during cold winter weather.  When brakes get hot and they do get very hot, the wheels experience quite a bit of heat transfer.  Thus, for the real track duty, the wheel weights should be of suitable variety: relatively short and with large contact area to assure proper adhesion during high speed heat generating driving.  Furthermore, not just the weights but also the adhesive used to secure them on the wheels has to be suitable for track duty, resisting effects of heat.  The typical wheel weights on street cars use generic variety of adhesive, the variety that softens quite a bit in high heat situations.  This is not an issue for street only cars but can be quite an issue for a track car.  When a regular adhesive is combined with typical tall street wheel weights, due to those pesky laws of physics, it is only a matter of time before the weights dislodge.

When this happens on the track, this can be quite dangerous just because the wheels are unbalanced but it can be even worse when the weigh refuses to fly out of the wheel and instead, lodges itself in the brake caliper.  Considering the wheels are made of relatively soft aluminum, it does not take much for the wheel weight to cut into the rim and carve out quite a groove, hopefully without and further effects such as the wheel disintegrating and causing life threatening accident. 

Certainly, this is not a big problem to correct, all is needed would be attention from GM and Juechter.  As it is right now, the issue is totally ignored and hopefully it will not require a serious injury or fatality to have this problem corrected.  Of course, this is one problem identified but how many others are there hiding?