• A Newport Beach police investigator searches the ground for clues after a violent accident that killed TapouT co-founder Charles Lewis.

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  Don Leach, Daily Pilot
  Lewis was dead at the scene, while an unknown female passenger in the car was thrown from the vehicle and taken to the hospital. She's listed in stable condition with a broken arm and other injuries.
  Ken Steinhardt, The Orange County Register / ZUMA Press
  The Ferrari collided into a light pole, knocking it over and splitting the car in half, according to police.
  Ken Steinhardt, The Orange County Register / ZUMA Press
  A patrol officer saw the Ferrari and a 1977 Porsche coupe spinning out of control early Wednesday morning, but it's unknown if the two cars collided.
  Ken Steinhardt, The Orange County Register / ZUMA Press
  Jeffrey David Kirby, the driver of the Porsche coupe, was charged with investigation of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and is being held on $2 million bail.
  Ken Steinhardt, The Orange County Register / ZUMA Press
  A police spokesman says if it is too early to tell if the two cars were racing, but the cars were going very fast according to evidence at the scene.
  Ken Steinhardt, The Orange County Register / ZUMA Press
  It's still not known if Lewis was the driver at the accident. He helped co-found TapouT, a clothing line that generated more than $50 million in revenue last year.
  
  Don Leach, Daily Pilot

 

WOW!! That's crazy how the Ferrari split in half. I guess HE got tapped out. I bet he would have survived if he had a Monte.

This is the main reason why i try to teach my son that if he ever wants to race, to take it to the track. I told him that if i ever catch him street racing, i will bend him over my knee right then and there.

I dont care if his friends are laughing at him or not. I'de rather have them laugh then mourn.

Atleast she has a Monte.

 

amen to that. my co-worker lost his 14 year old son 2 weeks ago to some jackass driving on the freeway at high speed, weaving through traffic. he hit my co-worker's wife's jeep cherokee and they flipped, rolled and ended up in the woods. his wife has a bunch of broken ribs, and his daughter's leg was broken and required a steel pin through the length of her entire femur. she'll be in a wheelchair for a while. but nothing will bring back his son.

yeah

i don't make a habit of driving it like i stole it and the cops are chasing me; sometimes i just need to get somewhere fast or show another car who's boss, that's all normally i keep it around 70-75, i swear!!!

 

70-75? I think you missed a number.....like


175

 

 

hehe, only on the frontstretch at california speedway!

 

My old stompin grounds. I mostly miss the Pomona race track.

 

I guess he was racing a porsche. His gf is now in critical care the last ive heard.

 

 

Like most everybody, I'm guilty of street racing when I was young and stupid. Just lucky I didn't cause an accident.
The province of Ontario here has made it extremely tough on people who get caught street racing. Going 50 kph (roughly 30 mph) over the speed limit, gets your licence torn up on the spot, your car impounded by the police for a minimum of a week, and a mandatory court appearance where a judge decides how much your fine is going to be.