You might remember this inexplicably Jake badged BMW M3 featured on our pages... Apparently Mr. Epic Baller made the news when his first ever race in a Corvette ZR1 ended abruptly about 10 minutes in and is now splashed on the pages of Jalopnik...
Our own The Dough, T-Neck and Eddie were at Watkins Glen and sent us these observations:
"Remember the winner who built up his e90 coupe and turned it into a racecar? Well, he owned a ZR1 as well and decided to turn that into a race car too. After a few sessions in the instructor group over the weekend (where he ran around passing with no point), he put it into the wall ... (T Neck called it). What a shame. "
No doubt Mr. Sobolewski will return with a matte black, Jake decal-led, Ferrari Enzo at the very least!
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ReplyDeleteI think the moral of that story is.."you can buy speed, but not talent or common sense."
ReplyDeletewell, I personally wasn't there so I don't know why precisely he had this argument with physics....
ReplyDeleteThat is how people get hurt on the racetrack. What a tool!
ReplyDeleteBut what great track toys he has.
I think it's Mr. Soebelski. At least that's what Jalopnik has.
ReplyDeleteJalopnik has it wrong unless the guy spelled his own name wrong on his own car... :)
ReplyDeleteAw, damn, epic ballin' ain't easy!
ReplyDeleteI was fortunate enough to witness that crash, pretty cool stuff to see a ZR1 get stuffed into a wall. He doesn't seem like a bad guy though, sponsored a bbq at the track the night before along with two kegs :)
ReplyDeleteHe might be a nice guy and free beer goes along way. However, he sould get himself into a really shinny Miata, spec e30, or first gen RX7.
ReplyDelete"...sponsored a bbq at the track the night before along with two kegs"
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite poker strategies. Improve my odds without improving my game: get them drunk! (or hangover in this case)... good idea, badly executed I have to say ;-)
I was there as well and I suspect he was anxious at the start since we got waved off first two times around and then he ended it for everyone 3-4 hot laps into the race. Video shows clearly it was destiny......bbq and beer were top notch though.
ReplyDeletethere's video?
ReplyDeletehttp://racing.itfais.com/blog/?page_id=3&mid=58
ReplyDelete20+ ft off of many apexes. Never gets any where near the apex of the toe of the boot.
Incident in question happens around 8:45...
What's an apex, again?
ReplyDeleteAnd he was so good on the straight bits... that video will be a separate post... :o)
ReplyDeleteHe's a good guy; just needs more seat time. The car will be repaired by NJMP Halloween weekend and he will have additional training/instruction by then to go with it. Expensive lesson
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