Did I wreck that million dollar car?

… For those that see this one and think it looks familiar, you are correct.  I pulled this post out of the archives, for when I originally published it, my blog had all of three viewers and I figured now that there are four, the new guy would enjoy it …

OK, so this is one that still haunts me to this day.  A couple years back, I went to Las Vegas to do a photoshoot of a Swedish car known as the Koenigsegg CCX.  By many measurements at the time, it was thought to possibly be the fastest production car on the planet.  The performance can be argued, but one thing that can’t is how much of a beast it was to drive (after all, this is the first car the Stig from Top Gear ever crashed).  With that said, when offered the keys to the car at a race track we had closed down for the photoshoot, I was not going to decline (although, in hind site, I should have).  With a small racing past under my belt and the maturity that every 23 year old has, I went for a drive with my assistant in the passenger seat.  Now how it ended is debated to this day.  According to the magazine C16, I crashed it (literally I was the cover story over night).  In my opinion the incident mentioned was nothing more than a minor off road testing of a track car.  Although many will dispute the happenings of said indecent, one thing remains true, we got the photo……

……. and a video to boot..