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"I feel terrible for Kevin and Linda Helmintoller. The Florida couple, as you may or may not know, donated their red 2001 Mallett Hammer Corvette Z06 to the National Corvette Museum once Kevin decided to buy a new C7. It was the last car to be extracted from the sinkhole in the Bowling Green, Kentucky museum&amp;#039;s Skydome, and as you can see, there&amp;#039;s basically nothing left of it. This is what it used to look like:  When the Helmintollers spoke to Road &amp;amp;amp; Track back in February, we learned that the car was destined for a happy future at the museum. It was going to be a fixture at the facility&amp;#039;s new track, where its 597 hp would be used to delight guests with hot laps, and possibly in driver training sessions, too.  RELATED STORY: For one Florida couple, the National Corvette Museum sinkhole was personal Then the sinkhole happened, and it showed no mercy. There&amp;#039;s basically nothing left of the Mallett. Restoration seems like a laughable idea. This is the strongest case yet for displaying the most seriously damaged cars as is\u2014the final documentation of the day the museum decided to eat its own. Like they say, every car has a story. The Mallett Hammer Z06 now has two. One written lovingly by the Helmintollers, and another dashed off in an angry scrawl by Mother Earth. The car is more interesting for it. Leave it be. Here&amp;#039;s the video of its recovery:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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