Supercar driver ran out of talent

[SixD9R]

Anybody see this crash? Ben Chen a well known supercar owner was behind the wheel. He was on dope of some sort, wrecked big time and tried to drive away.

Owner Arrested After Ultra-Rare Gemballa Mirage GT Goes on a Wrecking-Spree in Manhattan

Ben Chen, the owner of the modified Carrera GT, was charged with a DUI and reckless driving.

www.roadandtrack.com

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

Who drives a GT in mid town manhattan?

 

[Riverryder]

hes a rich guy. hes crashed a couple of cars as he runs out of talent.
someone posted a picture of the cars hes crashed let me see if i can find it. View attachment 863741
wont let me upload it for some reason

insta
exclusivecarsociety has a couple examples of his crashes

 

[rrrr]

Hahaha...

Didja watch the security camera video on roadandtrack.com of him dorking it and hitting the parked van? He jumps out of the throttle, loses the back end, and that's that.

After that happened, the rear of the car was undamaged, and he took off from the crash scene. He made it two blocks before crashing again and finishing the job on the Carrera.

I've driven a GT...from the back of the race shop to the front.

 

[Ziggy]

Those first responders aren't social distancing very well.

Who drives a GT in mid town manhattan?

Everybody is at home, traffic is light.

 

[ChumpChange]

Not only was it a CGT but a Gemballa. I've met him a couple times. Super arrogant but that's what happens when you come from a family like his. Was part owner of the L4P forum before they sold.

 

[traquer]

Damn that's a great sounding car. Straightpiped CGT was always one of my favs

 

[monkeyswrench]

Well, I wish I had the money to support my lack of talent too.

 

[ChumpChange]

Well, I wish I had the money to support my lack of talent too.

This isn’t his first time. He crashed another supercar on the gold rush rally.

 

[rcmike]

Not only was it a CGT but a Gemballa. I've met him a couple times. Super arrogant but that's what happens when you come from a family like his. Was part owner of the L4P forum before they sold.

I've met him several times as well. He has always been super nice, but he is clearly from the more money than care set of people. Which is really sad considering some of the cars he has hurt or destroyed..

Luckily so far he has not hurt people, but maybe this will be the wake-up call he needs..

Watching him crunch up his Mercedes CLK-GTR in Monterey was sad.

 

[95Enforcer]

Drugs and/or alcohol was a contributing factor in the collision. What a dumb ass. More money than brains

 

[riverroyal]

this guy is why I dont like people....ha

 

[dave29]

This idiot doesn't deserve to have a car like this. No respect, no driving talent and hopefully shortly, no drivers license.

 

[ChumpChange]

Here’s some more of his handy work. That was a manual SuperVeloce

 

[sirbob]

Here’s some more of his handy work. That was a manual SuperVeloce View attachment 864105

The middle pic is what he just crashed in midtown-

Kind of looks like he dropped a gear to make a red light (?) and broke the rear end loose???

 

[bonesfab]

no wonder why we cant afford insurance..

 

[rrrr]

no wonder why we cant afford insurance..

Unless you own a $500K + supercar, I don't think his driving has anything to do with what your insurance costs.

 

[coolchange]

Didn't that ass hat crash a Koenigsegg also?

 

[bonesfab]

Unless you own a $500K + supercar, I don't think his driving has anything to do with what your insurance costs.

I am sure it still effects collector car insurance to some degree. That fuck up is probably self insured.

 

[BlowMe]

What a fuckin shame.....

 

[rrrr]

I am sure it still effects collector car insurance to some degree. That fuck up is probably self insured.

I think he's insured by Parents Mutual.

 

[nameisbond]

My province owns an insurance company and our mandatory insurance must be purchased via them. You can get extra coverage from a 3rd party private insurer. The government insurance on cars valued over $150k, they'll only sell you the bare minimum to drive. We have a problem with people wrecking their high dollar cars, government insurance can't afford to cover them.

 

[rrrr]

My province owns an insurance company and our mandatory insurance must be purchased via them. You can get extra coverage from a 3rd party private insurer. The government insurance on cars valued over $150k, they'll only sell you the bare minimum to drive. We have a problem with people wrecking their high dollar cars, government insurance can't afford to cover them.

That's interesting. I didn't know that Canadian governmental entities held interests in what would be private sector businesses in the US. Do you live in Alberta?

 

[nameisbond]

That's interesting. I didn't know that Canadian governmental entities held interests in what would be private sector businesses in the US. Do you live in Alberta?

British Columbia...…………….. we've had the government owned insurance since the 1970's. In the 1960's Canada's health insurance was more like Obama care. In the early 1970's Canada banned co-pays and nearly bankrupted the insurance industry. The government here was basically forced to create an auto insurance company because the private sector fled the province.

 

[rcmike]

This is also him...

This time they rented the road, although my friend who actually knows him well says Bugatti was not happy he was going that fast on a public road..