# Owner of TAPOUT Dies street racing! **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 11, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305 "2009-03-11T13:18:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnnylude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@Johnnylude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnylude)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/1 "2009-03-11T13:18:14Z")
[TapouT Owner Dies in Horrific Ferrari Crash](http://www.tmz.com/2009/03/11/tapout-owner-dies-in-horrific-ferrari-crash/) Posted Mar 11th 2009 3:12PM by [TMZ Staff](http://www.tmz.com/bloggers/tmz-staff/) TMZ has confirmed the owner of the **TapouT** MMA clothing line died this morning when his ultra-rare $300,000 Ferrari crashed into a light pole, ripping the car in half. [![http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tmz.com/media/2009/03/0311_tapout_fox_video.jpg](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tmz.com/media/2009/03/0311_tapout_fox_video.jpg)](http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=b6cd302b-ebc3-47dd-94a1-d790579ac9d8) TMZ has learned **Charles Lewis Jr.** – aka “Mask” – was driving his Ferrari Modena in Orange County, Calif. around 1:00 AM this morning when cops say it “left the roadway, hit the curb, took out a light pole.” “Mask” was declared dead at the scene. A female passenger – who was ejected from the crash – was taken to a local hospital, but we’re told she’s in bad shape. Cops believe “Mask” was racing a guy in a Porsche at the time of the crash, and authorities have since arrested the guy they believe was driving the other car. That man – Jeffrey David Kirby – is being held on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter. ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/2 "2009-03-11T13:18:51Z")
maybe tapout will die with it ---
**Author:** ![turbofreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbofreak/32/5197_2.png) [@turbofreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbofreak)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/3 "2009-03-11T13:20:06Z")
lol jeez that car ripped in half ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/4 "2009-03-11T13:20:14Z")
Sucks that someone died, but tapout fucking sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/5 "2009-03-11T13:21:34Z")
agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Johnnylude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@Johnnylude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnylude)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/6 "2009-03-11T13:22:51Z")
More details… [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/03/ferrari-crash.html](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/03/ferrari-crash.html) ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/7 "2009-03-11T13:23:44Z")
Edit: 599 GTB Fiorano ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/8 "2009-03-11T13:26:38Z")
I wonder if he was racing a neon… ---
**Author:** ![BREETIME](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/breetime/32/5214_2.png) [@BREETIME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BREETIME)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/9 "2009-03-11T13:28:09Z")
omg that guy “was” so fucking annoying… ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/10 "2009-03-11T13:29:00Z")
poor ferrari ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/11 "2009-03-11T13:29:23Z")
DIDN’T WE ALL LEARN FROM DANY HEATLY!! ---
**Author:** ![SoloIIscoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SoloIIscoob](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoloIIscoob)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/12 "2009-03-11T13:33:34Z")
sucks for him ---
**Author:** ![Jeller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@Jeller](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeller)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/13 "2009-03-11T13:43:51Z")
> [@MOBOOST4U](#): > > Edit: 599 GTB Fiorano Looks like a 430 to me :shrug: ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/14 "2009-03-11T14:01:51Z")
if you watch the video, its clearly a 360 modena CS ![http://ferrari.vintage.free.fr/Images/Cars/Ferrari_360_Challenge_Stradale.jpg](http://ferrari.vintage.free.fr/Images/Cars/Ferrari_360_Challenge_Stradale.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/15 "2009-03-11T14:06:48Z")
> [@Beck](#): > > if you watch the video, its clearly a 360 modena CS Mehh… video is blocked at work but that second article posted says > The car appeared to be a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano I cant tell from either of the pictures lol… ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/16 "2009-03-11T14:07:44Z")
you’ll also notice in the video link in the first post, the 360 Challenge Stradale has black partitions running parallel through the glass… ![http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2358/2499892799_26f7c33404.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2358/2499892799_26f7c33404.jpg) a standard 360 does not… ![http://z.about.com/f/wiki/e/en/thumb/a/a8/Ferrari_360_Modena_Engine_Cover.jpg/250px-Ferrari_360_Modena_Engine_Cover.jpg](http://z.about.com/f/wiki/e/en/thumb/a/a8/Ferrari_360_Modena_Engine_Cover.jpg/250px-Ferrari_360_Modena_Engine_Cover.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/17 "2009-03-11T14:10:57Z")
> [@MOBOOST4U](#): > > Mehh… video is blocked at work but that second article posted says > > I cant tell from either of the pictures lol… If you watch the video you can clearly see its not a 599. The hoods are no where even close. Neither are the wheels, nor are rear ends. Plus the “Ferrari” in the video clip has a Black/Carbon Fiber surround encasing the rear taillights. This you would see commonly on a Stradale, not a 599. ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/18 "2009-03-11T14:15:51Z")
I hope TapouT doesn’t “Split up”… ---
**Author:** ![almostBrett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/almostbrett/32/5249_2.png) [@almostBrett](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/almostBrett)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/19 "2009-03-11T14:17:51Z")
thats pretty rough… ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305/20 "2009-03-11T14:25:03Z")
I guess there is no way to tapout of a street race? [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/owner-of-tapout-dies-street-racing/64305.md?page=2)