[DeTomaso] Fwd: NPC - Another Enzo Bites The Dust

[Michael Shortt]

Follow Up

This made abcnews.com 's Front Page

The genius who let him drive the car - Daniel Sadek, producer & former enzo
owner!



IRWINDALE, Calif. Mar 27, 2007 (AP)- Eddie Griffin crashed a rare Ferrari
Enzo worth $1.5 million into a concrete barrier while practicing at a
racetrack Monday, destroying the car but escaping uninjured.

The comedian was practicing for a charity race to promote his upcoming film,
"Redline," when he drove too fast around a curve at the Irwindale Speedway.
Video footage showed the red sports car screeching before it ricocheted off
the barrier with heavy damage to its front.

"Undercover Brother's good at karate and all the rest of that, but the
brother can't drive," Griffin, referring to one his past films, said after
the accident.

The film's publicist, Wendy Zocks, said Griffin was "doing OK."

"He walked away completely unscratched, but probably a little shaken," Zocks
said.

The Enzo, valued at around $1.5 million, was owned by the executive producer
of "Redline," Daniel Sadek, whose exotic car collection is featured in the
movie.

Sadek said that the car was damaged beyond repair and that he had "mixed
feelings" about the wreck.

"I'm glad Eddie came out of the crash OK, but my dream car got destroyed,"
Sadek said. "I went to my trailer for about 15 minutes and I thought,
there's people dying every day. A lot of worse things are happening in the
world."

Only 400 Ferrari Enzos were ever produced, all between 2002 and 2004.

Griffin's credits include the comedies "Undercover Brother"; "Deuce Bigalow:
Male Gigolo" and its sequel; "Date Movie"; and "Norbit."



----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Shortt" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
To: "Plotkin, Richard (NBC Universal, SPS LLC)" <Richard.Plotkin at nbcuni.com>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Another Enzo Bites The Dust


> Law of the jungle at work, the weak shall perish and the strong survive.
> Having 1 million dollars to spend on a car ( or even worse having 1
> million
> dollars for a car and letting ANYBODY else drive it )
> not only doesn't make you a race car driver ( ROFLMAO Solo 2), it also
> makes
> you a &^%$ idiot.
> At this rate, there won't be any Enzo's left in 33years (the youngest of
> Panteras, not counting those continuation cars).
>
> Next up, Steve the lawyer who just won a huge settlement, bought an Enzo
> and
> considers himself M. Schumacher because he once won a trophy in the
> soapbox
> derby back in 1969!  ( insert Ford GT as well).
>
>
> On 3/26/07, Plotkin, Richard (NBC Universal, SPS LLC) <
> Richard.Plotkin at nbcuni.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks to a celebrity at Irwindale Speedway.
>>
>> Caught on tape:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/yohmnd
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