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27th March 2007, 04:03 PM
Comedian totals $1.85m car
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,21455438-7485,00.html
March 27, 2007 02:09pm
US comedian and actor Eddie Griffin has walked away unscathed from a crash that totalled a rare Ferrari Enzo worth $US1.5 million ($1.85m) during a practice run for a charity race.
Griffin was was practising for a charity race to promote his new film Redline when he drove too fast around a curve at the Irwindale speedway in California and smashed into a concrete barrier, the Associated Press said.
Video footage showed the red sports car screeching before it bounced off the barrier with heavy damage to its front.
"Undercover Brother's good at karate and all the rest of that, but the brother can't drive," said Griffin, referring to one his past films, afterwards.
The film's publicist, Wendy Zocks, said Griffin was OK.
"He walked away completely unscratched, but probably a little shaken," she said.
The Enzo was owned by the film's executive producer, Daniel Sadek, whose exotic car collection was featured in the movie.
Sadek said the car was beyond repair and that he had "mixed feelings" about the wreck.
"I'm glad Eddie came out of the crash OK, but my dream car got destroyed," Sadek said.
"I went to my trailer for about 15 minutes and I thought, there's people dying every day. A lot of worse things are happening in the world."
Only 400 Ferrari Enzos were ever produced, all between 2002 and 2004.
Griffin's credits include the comedies Undercover Brother, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and its sequel, Date Movie, and Norbit.
Video's - http://cbs2.com/video
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,21455438-7485,00.html
March 27, 2007 02:09pm
US comedian and actor Eddie Griffin has walked away unscathed from a crash that totalled a rare Ferrari Enzo worth $US1.5 million ($1.85m) during a practice run for a charity race.
Griffin was was practising for a charity race to promote his new film Redline when he drove too fast around a curve at the Irwindale speedway in California and smashed into a concrete barrier, the Associated Press said.
Video footage showed the red sports car screeching before it bounced off the barrier with heavy damage to its front.
"Undercover Brother's good at karate and all the rest of that, but the brother can't drive," said Griffin, referring to one his past films, afterwards.
The film's publicist, Wendy Zocks, said Griffin was OK.
"He walked away completely unscratched, but probably a little shaken," she said.
The Enzo was owned by the film's executive producer, Daniel Sadek, whose exotic car collection was featured in the movie.
Sadek said the car was beyond repair and that he had "mixed feelings" about the wreck.
"I'm glad Eddie came out of the crash OK, but my dream car got destroyed," Sadek said.
"I went to my trailer for about 15 minutes and I thought, there's people dying every day. A lot of worse things are happening in the world."
Only 400 Ferrari Enzos were ever produced, all between 2002 and 2004.
Griffin's credits include the comedies Undercover Brother, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and its sequel, Date Movie, and Norbit.
Video's - http://cbs2.com/video