And I know this guy- his car is (well, I guess was) the one all the magazines (road and track, car and driver etc.) tested.

He ran in the Ferrari Challenge Rally and won this last May.

http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_4129176

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/03/t...h-speed-crash/



Glad to hear that he's going to be OK, apart from some broken bones....

"From the horses mouth - Richard was going close to 200mph, and hit a bump in the road that sent him airborne. The car rolled 7 times and was flat as a pancake. Fortunetly he was wearing a helmet. He has cracked vertebrae in his neck and back, 4 broken ribs, broken sternum, some broken fingers, and the only surgery he made need is on his thumb. Nothing life threatening. He is refusing pain medication because he thinks he needs to be punished!"

 

street racing is bad mmkay.

 

Enzos really need to put on a rescue reserve. They're dying faster than the California Condor.

 

I know you wouldn't know this, but there IS such a thing as open road racing. It is legally sanctioned, and the roads are closed off to the public, and if you have any real questions about it, you can always ask either psoper or rallywagon.

This guy was doing this for a charity which supports fallen Utah Highway Patrol family members...

If you're too shy, or too embarrassed for slamming this person who was supporting a charitable cause, and driving that car the way it was meant to be driven, then simply visit: www.openroadracing.com .

 

Not street racing. It was a competitive road rally, and the road was shut down for regular traffic.

 

I think Neil knows about open road racing and all that, the smiley is a hint.

And yes it was sanctioned and legal, although from what I've heard it was nowhere near as strictly safety oriented as the Silver State and USAS events are.

Richard is actually a nice guy (sometimes a bit "type-A" I'll admit) who happens to love driving his Enzo- it had some 30,000+ miles on it, and he would take it out for every rally and charity event he knew of.

Last month in Road and Track he posted an article with a picture of the dash read-out showing 218MPH.

 

lol, you got a big mouth Roo.

 

oh, that's a "total" shame.

i still would love to run one of those rally's out there. fun stuff.

-rich

 

I think that had more with the fact the Neil races in the dirt where its 'safe'

 

See that symbol folks? That means the author of said post is smiling. Which means he is well aware Mr. Enzo wasnt street racing illegally. It is what we like to refer to as a "joke".

joke (jōk) pronunciation
n.

1. Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line.
2. A mischievous trick; a prank.
3. An amusing or ludicrous incident or situation.

Thank you, come again.

 

I guess thats what happen when you dirt rally an enzo?

 

well hat's ferrari's fault.

although they are coming out with the FXX's...

 

self-owned!

Though a goes a lot further in noting a joke then a

 

yeah, I think years of surfing the internet has made us numb to any amount of sarcasm if its not accompanied by the appropriate emoticon

 

have you ever found yourself trying to use an emoticon in a face-to-face conversation?