Some celebrities are just notorious for totaling private property just for the thrill of it or just because of indifference to property. Just was the case with Eddie Griffin. He’s the renowned comedian who starred in the 2002 Undercover Brother film and Deuce Bigalow movies. He actually crashed a one of a kind Ferrari Enzo while practicing for a charity racing event recently. The stunning vehicle in full wreckage was worth a whole $1.5 million.
The Ferrari Enzo (named after the company’s founder, Enzo Ferrari) is a one car of only 400 of its kind built between 2002 and 2004. It was totally destroyed, way beyond repair but Griffin walked away completely unscratched. Griffin was practicing for a charity race to promote his upcoming film, Redline, when he recklessly blast off too fast around a curve at the Irwindale Speedway.
The owner of the Ferrari Enzo, executive producer Daniel Sadek said he has mixed feelings about the accident. He was actually glad that Eddie Griffin came out of the crash okay but his dream car was destroyed. Kaput. Finito.
Griffin is on the No.62 on Comedy Central list of the 100 greatest Stand-Ups of all time. He’d better make viewers and fans of the Ferrari Enzo laugh about the whole debacle though. When asked by reporters his reaction to the crash, griffin just laughed and exclaimed, “Brother’s good at karate and all the rest of that, but the brother can’t drive.” And yes, the comedian is not a SCCA licensed driver although he has competed in several amateur races.
The 12-cylinder Ferrari supercar (the first of a new generation for Ferrari) will be in most car enthusiasts’ minds: splashed in color red, uses carbon-fiber bodywork technology, sequential shift transmission and carbon ceramic disc brakes. The Enzo Ferrari is found on the list of the ten “Greatest Ferraris of all time” by Motor Trend Classic. Sports Car International named the Ferrari Enzo number three on their Top Sports Cars of the 2000s list.