Quadriplegic Drives 2016 Corvette Z06 – Jay Leno’s Garage


Determination, hard work, competitive spirit, and the love of racing. Champion Indy racing driver, Sam Schmidt, is an inspiration. After crashing his car at 210 mph and becoming a quadriplegic in 2001, Sam is back in the driver’s seat of a 2016 Corvette Z06. Jay Leno’s Garage is all new

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  1. Normalcy, people! Don't take it for granted! I know, I speak from experience.
    Really amazing tech and determination though.

  2. Wow I fucking hate my life, very much so indeed. Hate how I'm always being pushed back, back luck constantly. Something literally always going wrong day in and day out. I could get into detail. But that's not the point. Watching this really opened my eyes and see how life could really suck. How it could be worse. You don't look or think about it when you're going through your daily misery but watching something visually and hearing something like this really opens your eyes and shows you someone always has it worse than you. And that we all have our levels of hell we live in. This man is awesome and I hope they can figure out soon a way for him to walk his daughter down the isle. He's definitely an inspiration for someone like me who deals with bad things, but doesn't have it as worse. A real eye opener. Can't wait for the day the video comes out of him taking his first steps in 17 plus years.

  3. This is truly amazing. Thanks for highlighting this mans inspirational journey, Jay.

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