UPDATE: Now with VIDEO!!!! Provo (Utah) driver crashes his $1.3M Ferrari during road rally

Kanalua

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Salt Lake Tribune Article
Provo driver crashes his $1.3M Ferrari during road rally
By Mark Havnes and Lisa Rosetta
The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune
Posted: 4:57:51 PM- MILFORD - A Provo man touring the state in a $1.3 million Ferrari as part of the four-day Utah Fast Pass Road Rally - which involves the Utah Highway Patrol shutting down portions of roads so participants can "open up" their cars - was injured Wednesday morning when he crashed about 27 miles north of Milford.
Richard Losee was one of 30 drivers of exotic sport cars who paid $5,000 apiece to participate in the rally and was on a stretch of State Route 257 when he lost control of his car.
Lt. Doug McCleve, a UHP spokesman, said Losee was flown to Utah Valley Medical Center in Provo after the 10 a.m. accident and admitted with fractured bones.
The Utah Fast Pass Road Rally, organized by Larry Miller's Miller Motorsports Park for the Honoring Heroes Foundation, raises funds to help families of UHP troopers killed or injured in the line of duty.
The 2003 Enzo Ferrari, traveling at about 100 mph, was torn to pieces during the crash. After veering off the road, the car lost its transmission and V-12 engine and came to rest off the other side of the road.
McCleve noted the Italian sports car - for safety reasons - is designed to come apart in a high-speed crash.
"The car did exactly what it was designed to do," McCleve said. "Just the chassis and passenger compartment remained."
UHP Lt. Douglas Rawlinson estimated the Ferrari to be worth $1.3 million.
The rally is designed to showcase 25 to 30 "super cars" such as Ferraris, Porches and Mercedes Benz, according to the Miller Motorsports Park Web site. The drive begins and ends at the sports park in Tooele and includes the UHP shutting down a 15-mile stretch of State Route 257, allowing the drivers to speed in their cars, said Trooper Jeff Nigbur.
The UHP clocked the drivers' speeds and gave them "speeding tickets," the "fines" from which go to charity.

Holy crap! I guess $1.3 million will buy you a second chance at life...

VIDEO - KSL.com
 

JulesMaximus

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I've seen his name in Road & Track. I think he's lent that car out a couple times for articles they've done on the Enzo.

Edit-Who really cares anyway? It's his car not mine.
 

Kelvrick

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I'm pretty sure it was insured.

That, and he payed 5k to drive it, and the additional charity speeding tickets?
 

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<therock>Hey man... you just f*cked up your Ferarri!</therock>
 

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Originally posted by: Kelvrick
I'm pretty sure it was insured.

I would think the insurance policy would exclude participating in an organized "race." But his policy is probably not like mine and yours. ;)
 
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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I've seen his name in Road & Track. I think he's lent that car out a couple times for articles they've done on the Enzo.

Edit-Who really cares anyway? It's his car not mine.


He has indeed. IIRC his nephew is a member of this board, actually. Losee has driven his Enzo a lot, and I believe he was the first private Enzo owner to need a brake job, because he was putting more miles on it than anyone else.

Too bad for his car, but I'm glad he's OK. He sounds like a nice guy, and IIRC he drives sick kids around in his exotic car collection as a kind of personal Make-A-Wish Foundation.
 

CVSiN

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man this has not been the year for Enzos' thats 2 trashed of a very limited production in less than 6 months of each other...
guess rich tools need to buy some driving lessons from Ferrari before being allowed to buy one..

 

SaltBoy

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Heh - I'm from Provo and actually know Richard Losee. He's a very rich, old man.