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Florida man crashes 10 exotic cars in 3 years

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73 Year Old Has Wrecked Over 10 Exotic Cars

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November 10, 2009 Here at Wrecked Exotics, we've seen our share of crazy drivers, but even we were taken aback when an anonymous tipster let us in on what is surely the most insane exotic car owner in the world.
We proudly present to you: The "King of Wrecked Exotics", a 73 year old Florida businessman who has managed to destroy at least 10 exotic cars in the last 3 years.
We of course would be honored to shake the hand of the man who, despite being involved in some horrible wrecks, has managed to walk away from each one AND still have the balls to keep driving like an insane bat out of hell. And did we mention he's 73 friggin years old?
We only have photos of 3 of his wrecks, but we've listed all the other supercars he's managed to destroy. These are some unbelievable and rare cars.
He crashed this Ferrari 360 Spyder into a water fountain near the entrance of his mansion.
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/articl...091105_002.jpg
This Ferrari 360 Spyder was destroyed when he crashed it into a palm tree at 60 mph.
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/articl...091105_001.jpg
He was racing a Lamborghini Gallardo when he rear-ended a Ford F-350 Superduty in this Ferrari F355
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/articl...091105_001.jpg

Here are the other cars he destroyed:
A Bugatti EB110 he crashed at Palm Beach International raceway
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/articl...ng_bugatti.jpg
He completely destroyed a Ford Indigo concept car, which he purchased at auction. There were only 2 ever made. Ford owns the other one
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/articl...ord_intigo.jpg
Wrecked a classic Ferrari Dino
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/articl.../king_dino.jpg
A Ferrari F430 was wrecked on the track
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/articl.../king_f430.jpg
Yes, he even managed to wreck a 1909 Ford Model T
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/articl...ing_modelt.jpg
Only around 50 Yenko Camaros were ever built, and he wrecked one of them too
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/articl...king_yenko.jpg
In addition, he's also wrecked a couple of Caterhams and a Westfield Sports car on the track
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/articl..._westfield.jpg
Apparently, he has partial ownership of an insurance company. Not sure if he can even get insurance from his own company, but when you're rich enough to wreck several exotic cars, it doesn't really matter anyway.

I should send an email to a ford contact and see if he knows who this is. I have a guess, but I'm definitely not sure.

I want to know who it is.

the man is a living legend...LOL!

Honestly, this seems like a tall tale/urban legend. At 70-73 crashing those cars with the extent of the damage, I'm not sure he'd be able to drive. I've been in two VERY MINOR fender benders (both with trucks tapping me), and it hurted. With the wheels on those Modena Spiders canted like that, I would imagine a 70-73 year old man recuperating rather than driving as he's not going to heal like someone he used to.

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Originally Posted by mayer (Post 871897)

OK guys. I've verified who this is. It seems like an urban legend, but it's fairly true/ real. I don't know what details may have been embellished or not. I'm not going to post this guy's name since that info was purposely left out of the wreakedexotics article. Suffice to say, it is a friend of a friend. I don't think he knew this character had wreaked this many cars.

I have some doubt about some of these pictures, I don't see how this guy could have survived this crash. The chassis, windshield, front wheel are bended so it must have been an extremely violent crash which could have resulted in very serious internal fractures I guess fatal for a 70 something.
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/articl...091105_002.jpg

Sure, he may be old, but you can easily survive serious crashes without great injury.

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Originally Posted by Mattk (Post 871917)

Sure, he may be old, but you can easily survive serious crashes without great injury.

You can survive a serious crash without great injury...true. It's happened before.

You can easily survive survive serious crashes without great injury...that's simply not true at all. The fact that they're serious means you're most likely going to sustain injury if not death. Plenty of healthy, young people sustain chronic pain and injuries that'll last a lifetime let alone a man in his 70s. The yellow Modena has its frame bent well into the passenger compartment with the wheels splayed out.

This isn't young men and women in motorsports in peak condition with an array of safety equipment that allows them to walk away from the crashes we often see at the track.