[DeTomaso] NPC; Who let's an 18 year old loose with a Ferrari?

[Will Kooiman]

It is pretty common for rich coaches to reward kids with sports car rides
after success on the field.

We've all heard of violations in college sports, but I knew a coach that
let the star player drive his corvette.  I guess I should say I "knew of"
him.  The kid was several years older than me.

It would have been a pretty strong incentive for us - especially if it
were an unobtanium car like a Ferrari or Lambo.  (unobtainable for most
kids)  A corvette would have been yawning.




On 10/19/12 10:30 AM, "cengles at cox.net" <cengles at cox.net> wrote:

>
>Dear Michael,
>
>
>                    I can do you one better.  This is a true story and
>available on the 'net.
>
>                     In Oklahoma City, where I live, there is a well
>known neurosurgeon with a longstanding taste for Ferraris and for
>baseball.   He has subsidized and coached a successful amateur athletic
>high school boys team for years.   "Butch" is also well known for being
>a cranky, terse and acerbic character.
>
>                     One evening a few years ago, the police and a
>wrecker were called to sports car accident in the large parking lot of a
>nearby large suburban mall.  When they arrived they discovered not one
>sports car, but TWO Ferraris crashed into each other in the parking lot.
>The drivers and passengers of the Ferraris were all teen age boys from
>Butch's baseball team.   Investigation showed that the lads "weren't
>racing", but rather both decided to "park in the same spot at the same
>time" and accidentally impacted each other .  Certainly, a plausible
>story.......    and it was discovered that Butch had a practice of
>letting the lads drive his Ferraris as a perk and reward for baseball
>diamond success.
>
>                     As Butch surveyed the scene while the roll backs
>gathered up the carnage of the parking accident, he lit a cigarette and
>said: "It is gonna take a lot of home runs to make up for this."
>
>                     True story.
>
>                                   Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
>
>On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:17 AM, michael at michaelshortt.com wrote:
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>> 
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>>http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/two-badly-hurt-when-ferrari-crashes-an
>>d-burns-in-a/nShLf/
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>> Gee, unrecognizable...really...I guess if you've never seen a car
>> before.
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>>
>> Michael
>>
>> -- 
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