Another Hi speed Ferrari Fatality in SoCal. Tap Out founder killed

[yerfdog]

Originally Posted by UserName84

The speed limit right there is 50mph going downhill and is in a very rich area. I'm suprised this doesnt happen more often.

Seriously. If not with Ferrarris, then at least with rice rockets driven by UC Irvine students.

 

[BDC2823]

Originally Posted by UserName84

The speed limit right there is 50mph going downhill and is in a very rich area. I'm suprised this doesnt happen more often.

Not only downhill but at a very steep grade. I heard about this crash at a bar in Newport the night it happened but didn't know that it was on Jamboree.

 

[CodeRed]

The P car driver has been charged with manslaughter as his car apparently knocked the ferrari off the road, he must have lifted off the gas thru a turn as they were driving side by side...he blew a .13 and .08 is DUI.

 

[epb]

Originally Posted by A Y

You could just as easily and similarly kill yourself driving a Prius as a Ferrari, except that a Prius doesn't make you feel like you have to prove your manhood to everyone.

Most of my attempted stoplight challenges in the Z4MC are from male Prius and minivan owners; they strike me as wanting to prove they didn't leave their testicles at the dealership. I tend to give them my "you're kidding, right?" look and continue driving normally. The worst are those on Lake Shore Drive that try to keep up through the S-curve near Oak St. Beach, and wind up having to cross two lanes of traffic to avoid flipping or spinning.

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by suited

I've never heard of him, and wouldn't recognize him if he was in a room with me for 12 hours.

Well, if you've never heard of him, then he must not be famous!!!

 

[JayJay]

Originally Posted by CodeRed

... he must have lifted off the gas thru a turn ....
A P-car driver should know to NEVER lift in a turn. NEVER!

 

[retronotmetro]

Originally Posted by Southern-Nupe

I'm only questioning why a 2004 Ferrari was racing a 1977 Porsche. Unless the Porsche had been modified, why would this even be a race?

well, only one of them finished and it wasn't the Ferrari . . .

 

[SirSuturesALot]

I am not acquainted with the intricacies of auto mechanics, but am a tad surprised this crash was fatal. I recall two other collisions between a Ferrari and a pole where the occupants were able to walk away relatively unscathed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...raph-pole.html

http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...0.photogallery

http://www.sportscarmarket.com/articles/archives/756

 

[suited]

Originally Posted by odoreater

Because the guy who died is pretty famous?
Pretty famous would mean that any person, based on what this guy did as a career, that is 18-35 should have at least heard of before...Your average person has no clue who this guy was. He wasn't famous, sorry.

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by suited

Pretty famous would mean that any person, based on what this guy did as a career, that is 18-35 should have at least heard of before...Your average person has no clue who this guy was. He wasn't famous, sorry.

ok, if you say so.

again

If you ask the average American that is 18-35 who Martin Brodeur is, they probably wouldn't know. I guess he's not famous either.

The fact is, when the creator of a multi million dollar clothing company who is very well known in the sport that he is part of dies, it is newsworthy. End of story.

 

[suited]

Originally Posted by odoreater

ok, if you say so.

again

If you ask the average American that is 18-35 who Martin Brodeur is, they probably wouldn't know. I guess he's not famous either.

The fact is, when the creator of a multi million dollar clothing company who is very well known in the sport that he is part of dies, it is newsworthy. End of story.

I don't see how it's any more news worthy than a lady in Oklahoma that nobody has heard of dies in a car accident in her Buick. It's only news worthy in the sense of ratings, his life is no more valuable than yours or mine.

 

[fcuknu]

a 360 is not a 300k car...

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by suited

I don't see how it's any more news worthy than a lady in Oklahoma that nobody has heard of dies in a car accident in her Buick. It's only news worthy in the sense of ratings, his life is no more valuable than yours or mine.

Exactly. Obviously his life is no more valuable than yours or mine, just more people would read about the fact that he died as opposed to you or me.

 

[Douglas]

Originally Posted by suited

I don't see how it's any more news worthy than a lady in Oklahoma that nobody has heard of dies in a car accident in her Buick. It's only news worthy in the sense of ratings, his life is no more valuable than yours or mine.

When you check out in half of a Ferrari that you were racing, drunk, down a public road in LA, it tends to make the news.

 

[VKK3450]

Maybe famous in certain circles, but not "Famous". Keep in mind that I'm an American living overseas, so I do keep up with American culture, and while I have heard of Tap Out (only a bit), I have no clue who this guy is.

K