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Thanks to a Utah convenience store's contest, Frito-Lay truck driver David Dopp won another set of wheels last Saturday: this lime-green, 631-hp Lamborghini Murcielago LP-640, worth at least $200,000. Such an awesome car that will...oops, he already wrecked it.
Just a few hours after getting the keys to the V-12 powered Italian supercar named for a famed Spanish fighting bull, Dopp took to the roads around his home in Santaquin, Utah. According to In Santaquin News, police were called about dusk after a witness spotted the all-wheel-drive Lambo bass-ackwards in a field, with skidmarks from where it left the road.
Dopp -- who had apparently already taken one call from the local police about takin' it easy before going off-road -- says he was going about 40 mph to 50 mph on a 35-mph road when he hit a patch of what he called black ice or gravel. The police report says the car went over a curb, off the road and 75 feet into the field, calling the accident "speed related."
The Murcielago is now bound for Las Vegas, where mechanics will calculate a repair estimate on the busted oil pan and damaged bumper. Dopp, who has insurance, says the day was "an emotional roller coaster." If you mess with a bull, don't be surprised when you get the horns.Comment
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What a fuckin mook.Comment
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lol at $18k tax on a $50k car... must be balling in his real job...Comment
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So he wrecked it?DedComment
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You cursed the guy.
SALT LAKE CITY — A truck driver who won a $380,000 Lamborghini in a convenience store contest crashed the sports car six hours after he got it, and he now plans to sell the 640-horsepower convertible because he can't afford the insurance or taxes.
"I already had offers on it. I'm going to sell it," David Dopp said Wednesday. "I have bills more important than a Lamborghini. I've got a family to support."
Dopp, a 34-year-old truck driver for Frito-Lay, spun out of control just a few hours after taking the keys to the Murcielago Roadster that he won in a "Joe Schmo to Lambo" contest sponsored by Maverik convenience stores.
The lime green convertible was being held by his insurance company at a Utah towing yard. It will be sent to an authorized Las Vegas dealer for repairs next week.
Dopp told The Associated Press the damage "isn't super bad" — a punctured oil pan and wheel and a few dents and scratches on the front and rear ends. The father of six said he couldn't afford to pay taxes on the car or the insurance, which runs $3,500 every six months.
"That's why rich people own them," he said. "The poor people like me don't."
Dopp was taking family members and friends on joy rides the first evening. He said he took a curve at about 45 mph and "hit some black ice and spun out." The car jumped a curb and went through a fence before coming to a rest about 75 feet off the road. Neither Dopp nor his passenger was injured.
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"My heart pretty much fell out," Annette Dopp told KSL-TV of Salt Lake City. "They said they were OK. Then (came), you know, that feeling when your heart drops and you're like, 'Oh, my gosh. What do we do now?'"
The Lamborghini was the envy of Santaquin, a town of 9,000 about 55 miles south of Salt Lake City. Police say the Lamborghini's high-performance summer tires weren't suited for icy conditions and the car is simply too powerful — and exceptionally light with carbon fiber body parts. Dopp wasn't ticketed.
Dopp was videotaped jumping up and down and hollering in speechless disbelief when contest officials announced during a Nov. 12 college football game that he won the car. He had to take out insurance before he could claim the car — "that was a good thing," he says — and took the keys to the roadster Saturday.
Dopp said he never imagined he could keep the car for long because it costs too much to own.
He also won $5,000 worth of driving lessons at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele County.
Dopp said he'll be more careful the next time he gets behind the wheel.
The giveaway contest was for customers who use a rewards card at Maverik's 220 stores. It was co-sponsored by nonprofit organization "teamgive," which raises awareness about rare neurological diseases.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Comment
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Ha ha!Comment
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I told y'all motherfuckers!
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Yes, but you didn't do a very good job of it in the first post.Originally posted by JFurst View PostComment
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and now he could be in more trouble
Did a man intentionally wreck this Lamborghini six hours after he won it?
It's the kind of story we're programmed to love and report: Man wins Lamborghini Murcielago, man drives Lamborghini, man wrecks Lamborghini six hours later. You'd think he'd be heartbroken, right? He's taking it well. Maybe it's because wrecking the Lamborghini was the best thing that could have happened to him. Could he even have crashed it intentionally?
UPDATE! David Dopp tried to get Jay Leno to buy the Lamborghini Gallardo before he crashed it.
By all accounts, David Dopp is a mild-mannered Frito-Lay truck driver from Santaquin, Utah. Exactly the kind of "Joe Schmo" that gas station operator Maverik hoped would win a $350K Lamborghini Murcielago in their "Joe Schmo to Lamborghini" contest. And win it he did.
This Saturday he collected the car and went for a little drive. A fast drive. According to his Facbeook page he'd been stopped by the cops almost immediately.
Then, six hours later, he was driving down South Ridge Farms Road when he spun the car out of control and wrecked it, causing severe damage to the Murcielago.
"We came around that corner and just started spinning," Dopp told InSantaquin.com.
Not totally surprising. He was reportedly barreling down a 35 mph section of icy road at 40-50 MPH. He'd just started driving the car and was unfamiliar with it.
Keep in mind that he is a professional driver.
Dopp, a truck driver for Frito-Lay, is no stranger to the road. "I'm a pretty good driver," he said in a phone interview today. "I drive for a living."
A Lamborghini isn't maybe the ideal choice for driving around in winter, but Murcielagos are AWD and popular winter supercars (at least when equipped with the proper tires).
Did a man intentionally wreck this Lamborghini six hours after he won it?Dopp then informed his friends on Facebook that it was true, he did wreck the car, but he was OK and not to worry because "we have insurance and "no one was hurt."
Despite the unfortunate crash, Dopp has appeared to be reacting with surprising good cheer.
Perhaps because it's not such a bad thing that it crashed. According to a Jalopnik tipster and acquaintance of the car's owner, Dopp had to put up his house for collateral just to take possession of the car and get insurance for it. Our tipster tells us he's "hoping it is totaled because if so, he'll get the full 300K for it. If not, it gets repaired an[d] he loses 100K to a wrecked title."
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According to this same tipster, he was going to sell the car anyways because the taxes on the vehicle were going to be too high, possibly over $100,000. And sure enough, the terms of the contest (PDF) show he is responsible for other costs associated with the vehicle.
Terms and Conditions:
Winner is responsible for title, license, registration, dealer preparation costs, auto insurance and other fees and taxes associated with the Grand Prize.
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Each winner is solely responsible for reporting and paying any and all applicable taxes, registration or other expenses related to transfer of the Prize to the winner and paying any expenses associated with any Prize that are not specifically provided for in the official rules
A similar issue arose when Oprah gave brand-new Pontiacs to 276 of her guests seven years ago. A few of them discovered they'd have to pay $7,000 in taxes or give up the car.
If he keeps the car he's likely on the hook for more taxes than he probably makes in a year. If he totals it he might get full value for the car, giving him a reason to do so. But, if crashes the car and it's repairable he might have actually screwed himself over by devaluing the car, which means when he sells it he'll get significantly less money for it.
Whatever the real reason for the crash — and we may never know — it illustrates why giving "Joe Schmo" a Lamborghini isn't always the greatest idea.Comment
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"Professional driver" huh ? He drives a fucking box truck for Lays and that makes him competent to drive a $300k+ supercar, in the ice. Riiiiiiiiiight !Comment
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terrible story:Originally posted by CRASH View Post
...first it's a murcielago, then a gallardo, then a murcielago again, and i love how being a potato chip delivery guy makes him a "professional driver"! lol it sounds like the guy just got into an accident, being new to driving a car like that. if the guy was really trying to total it, i would think he'd be driving a little faster than 40mph on a 35mph road!Comment
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