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08-17-2006, 10:26 AM
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 200 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.

Ferrari Chat Forum Link (http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=115760)

Pictures (Note: Its a custom T-Top Enzo!!)

BEFORE:
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/4-aug3-fer.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/5-aug3-fer.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/6-aug3-fer.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/7-aug3-fer.jpg

After:

http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/1-aug3-fer.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/3-aug3-fer.jpg

Video from news channel (IE ONLY): http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=398104&comments=true#

snowboard
08-17-2006, 10:28 AM
drivers seat is untouched.
he probably got like whiplash or something weak like that for such a large looking crash.

iceburns288
08-17-2006, 10:30 AM
Very very sad, Rich Lossee actually did charity events in his Enzo quite frequently. He would auction off rides in his car around a track and give all the money to charity, etc. His car had 31k on it, almost twice as many as the second-highest mileage Enzo.

rage2
08-17-2006, 10:45 AM
Oh man that sucks. He's pretty high profile like iceburns says. He does quarterly "long term enzo" updates for road and track (thx iceburns u jackass lol). That totally sucks.

iceburns288
08-17-2006, 10:46 AM
Quarterly "Long Term Enzo" updates for Road and Track ;)

Oddly enough I had that article open on my desk (the latest in the Sept. issue of R&T) when I read about his crash.

viffer
08-17-2006, 11:36 AM
Wonder if his insurance policy would pay out?
Are insurance policies for exotics structured differently than regular ones??

Vietsta
08-17-2006, 11:37 AM
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

viffer
08-17-2006, 11:37 AM
Originally posted by snowboard
drivers seat is untouched.
he probably got like whiplash or something weak like that for such a large looking crash.
Reading > you

iceburns288
08-17-2006, 11:53 AM
Originally posted by viffer
Wonder if his insurance policy would pay out?
Are insurance policies for exotics structured differently than regular ones??
They will pay because they pretty much have to because of the dollar value of his family, and because there's little to no 'structure' in the doors anyways. They would have to prove that cutting the doors caused the damage to the car, and I think they have more than enough common sense to know that pretty much any car will be totalled by a 200mph crash.