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"   In a fairly bizarre turn of events, a sinkhole opened up this morning inside the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Eight display cars were pulled into the hole, but luckily it seems no one was hurt in the incident.   According to Bowling Green Daily News, the sinkhole, which is said to be about 20 ft. deep and 30 to 40 ft. in diameter, triggered security alarms at 5:38 this morning, and occurred under the dome area of the museum. The eight cars claimed by the sink hole include the 1993 ZR-1 Spyder, 2009 ZR1 Blue Devil, 1962 Black Corvette, 1984 PPG Pace Car, 1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette, 1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette, 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette, and 2009 White 1.5 Millionth Corvette. The two ZR1s were on loan from General Motors, while the rest of the cars were owned by the museum.     A sinkhole has developed at the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green. 8 cars so far in it pic.twitter.com/3NpFNii13f \u2014 Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) February 12, 2014     The museum will remain open today, but the dome area will be closed. Sinkholes in this part of Kentucky are apparently not all the uncommon. It sits on what geologists call a karst region, where there are several underground caves and springs. We&amp;#039;ll share updates as we learn more.   UPDATE: According to the Bowling Green Daily News, the National Corvette Museum has closed for the rest of the day, but structural engineers have determined that the building remains structurally sound. Executive Director of the museum Wendell Strode will consult with structural engineers and other experts on how to move forward with the recovery of the eight cars that still lay at the bottom of the sinkhole.   As you can see from the list we posted earlier, many of the cars affected are irreplaceable, and it will be a few days before we know the complete scope of the damage. Suffice to say there are some heavy hearts at the National Corvette Museum today. Other cars in the vicinity of the sinkhole have been pushed out of harms way. You can see two videos released by the museum below, including security footage of the floor as it collapsed. Scary stuff.            Originally published at Road &amp;amp;amp; Track. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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