Utah Fast Pass - Full Length

Utah Fast Pass - A fun charity fundraiser featuring supercars of today and yesterday that includes flat-out top speed runs on the third day

How did the Enzo Crash? The road was very bumpy, as in head hitting the roof bumps, so a bump unsettling the car is a real possibility. I am not even sure the driver remembers, so my best guess having been on the scene is as follows: No doubt the Enzo was moving at a good clip as it crested a small hill while the road gradually curved to the left.

Based on the tire marks on the road at the crest, it appears that the rear end stepped on (to the right) ever so slightly. Perhaps the aero was interrupted cresting the hill (air getting under the nose), or perhaps the rear let loose from reduction in tire grip turning as it crested while in a turn at speed. Whatever the reason it lost it and whatever was the driver's attempt to recover, what is certain is that it crossed over and went out on the inside of the corner (again, a classic sign of a recovery from a rear end stepping out).

Following the car's trajectory to impact on a roadside berm, it was amazing how little the earth was scuffed by the first impact and how far the car went airborne after the first touch of the ground (like a skipping stone on water) - he was moving!

The second time the Enzo "touched" the ground was well down the backside of the hill and the impact was bigger but it was still a skipping stone at that point. But not for long because then the debris field began as the Enzo started to come apart. This is by design as Ferrari engineers want the driver capsule to shed weight (engine, gear box, wheels, etc.) to dissipate energy to increase the odds for the driver. They did a nice job as the photos show how the car sheds weight (engine, gearbox, etc.) as it tumbled and that design feature is probably the main reason the driver survived and survived with only minor injuries.

The other insider tidbit: In the video you hear the troopers talk about their radar readings understate the cars top speed because they are set up well off to the side of the road vs. taking head on readings at the road's shoulder. One gun got the RUF Rt12 at 194 while the others showed 196 mph. Someone can run the geometry based on the radars being 50, 75, and 100 feet off the road to get a range of how much the speeds were understated.

But in talking with the Rt12 driver and confirmed by the Wall Street Journal journalist riding shotgun, they said that the Rt12's speedo was showing 212-mph as the speed. Speedometers aren't overly accurate at that speed, but it gives a ballpark

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[silentchaos1]

loll in Ontario Canada If you get caught doing 200 Mph you lose your car and your license 

[liebfrech73]

omg...

[emailjosh87]

@turbaatheelite they're not quite done yet. close though

[turbaatheelite]

@emailjosh87 Did they rebuild that? Its looks like years of job haha

[emailjosh87]

I worked at the shop that helped rebuild this Enzo. I remember the doors were 30000 each, and super lite! they're putting twin turbos in it to give it over 1000 hp!