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

[Curt Hall]

I'm sure the car was insured? What kind of Ins. covers the car on the Race track, at speed?

MyCars <MyCars at comcast.net> wrote:  But do you know what... he bought a lot more than $1.5 million worth of
advertising for his movie, with this 'little ding'!


On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 11:44 -0400, Michael Shortt wrote:
> 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 $1.5 million, was owned by the executive producer
> of "Redline," Daniel Sadek, whose exotic car collection is featured in the
> movie.
> 
> Sadek said that the car was damaged beyond repair and that he had "mixed
> feelings" about the wreck.
> 
> "I'm glad Eddie came out of the crash OK, but my dream car got destroyed,"
> Sadek said. "I went to my trailer for about 15 minutes and I thought,
> there's people dying every day. A lot of worse things are happening in the
> world."
> 
> Only 400 Ferrari Enzos were ever produced, all between 2002 and 2004.
> 
> Griffin's credits include the comedies "Undercover Brother"; "Deuce Bigalow:
> Male Gigolo" and its sequel; "Date Movie"; and "Norbit."
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Shortt" 
> To: "Plotkin, Richard (NBC Universal, SPS LLC)" 
> Cc: 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 7:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Another Enzo Bites The Dust
> 
> 
> > Law of the jungle at work, the weak shall perish and the strong survive.
> > Having 1 million dollars to spend on a car ( or even worse having 1
> > million
> > dollars for a car and letting ANYBODY else drive it )
> > not only doesn't make you a race car driver ( ROFLMAO Solo 2), it also
> > makes
> > you a &^%$ 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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