Thursday 19th August 2010

Wrecked Ferrari Enzo Returns As Bonneville Racer

Written-off Ferrari hyper-car is rebuilt to take on the salt

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This Ferrari Enzo wrecked when its US owner lost control and went airborne at high speed on a road rally, has made a stunning return in the guise of a Bonneville Salt Flats racer.

The accident happened on the Utah Fast Pass Road Rally, a charity event in which the police shut down a stretch of road so supercar drivers can tear up the tarmac for a 'pay to play' fee that's reportedly in the region of £5k. The expenditure for participants doesn't necessarily end there, as the TV picture of the wrecked Enzo shows.

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Not one to be brought low by the misfortune of trashing one of only 400 road cars, the Enzo's owner Richard Loosee has rebuilt the car with some significant mods for Bonneville Speed Week - including new twin turbos for the original engine that will potentially boost power to the 1000hp mark, and a new nosecone designed to keep the car (not!) flying straight and level at speeds over 225mph.

The story and pics are on US blogging site Daily Derbi, so hopefully they'll update us with some more reports on the car's performance at Speed Week.

[bully69]

This bloke is pretty cool for a septic...........

[will261058]

Dont know what it is about that pic of the rebuilt car but its the first pic of an Enzo that I think looks fabulous

Edited by will261058 on Thursday 19th August 10:30

[Gutlord]

Less there for him to crash into I guess.

[thehardman07]

will261058 said:

Dont know what it is about that pic of the rebuilt car but its the first pic of an Enzo that I think looks fabulous

Edited by will261058 on Thursday 19th August 10:30

Totally agree, think it might have something to do with the wheels?

[crofty1984]

Man breaks car. Rebuilds it to make it faster.
I approve.

[RTI]

Now that's one guy that really deserves his car ....... praise him as a role model......

[P4ROT]

sacrilege

[rejn]

Cool wheels. looks like the wheels are doing 100mph while the car is standing still.

It looks much smoother than standard Enzos.

very cool - and good luck to him this week.

[Dr G]

What did they rebuild it from? Indicator bulb?

[pagani1]

Hey Guys quit the sarcasm this is a real PHeader unlike some.

[galenthe2nd]

Them US spec E30 bumpers!

Nice Enzo though!

[TonyHetherington]

Crikey - there wasn't much left of it before!

Looks good though

[JB!]

crofty1984 said:

Man breaks car. Rebuilds it to make it faster.
I approve.

+1.

Top work!

[g3org3y]

galenthe2nd said:

Them US spec E30 bumpers!

Noticed those too!


...for the driver/rebuild though.

*starts singing* "I wish I was a billionaire, so fricking bad..."

[sonic_2k_uk]

I'm going to be there for speed week, should be good

[crofty1984]

P4ROT said:

sacrilege

Please explain??

[Aydogflipper]

mega... what a guy !

[vrooom]

Awesome. I would do it too, if i crashed a ferrari.

[Brian McGee]

The Enzo is built for downforce, and yet this guy tries to make it a straight line monster?

Stupid.



Kudos for that

[Mark-C]

P4ROT said:

sacrilege

Man buys fast car, crashes it and then rebuilds it and tries to make it faster ... how is that sacrilege?