in the central coast website, it says that a few kids went on a 200+mph joyride and parished in a crash. i havent heard of any fatalities in a McLaren other than that website. im wondering if there have been any other deaths due to accidents that involve a McLaren since then. and if anyone has anymore information on the 200+mph joyride, that would be great, too.

That was Chris Dawes I believe. I don't know the full story, so correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe he went out for a joyride with his buddies and collided with a tree, ruining the F1 and killing himself.

i thought Dawes died in another car that he didnt own.

You can read the story about Dawes here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/300922.stm

and here:

http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/1999/04/05/story7.html

and...

http://www.siliconinvestor.com/stocktalk/msg.gsp?msgid=8446639

one more:

http://www.thisisessex.co.uk/essex/archive/1999/03/22/NEWS14ZM.html

i thought Dawes died in another car that he didnt own.

Well it was definitely an F1 that he died in. The two theories I have heard are that the one he died in was not his own, but that it belonged to his father. The other story (less believable to me) was that the car he died in was on loan from McLaren while they fixed his F1. I don't believe they are in the habit of giving loaner cars there though. :grinno:

Another interesting tidbit about Dawes is that the home he owned in was later purchased by Liam Howlett of Prodigy who also owns/owned an F1.

>8^)
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i guess it must have not been his car if the one he crashed was burgundy.

is Dawes the only fatality?

yes (as far as we know and not counting the 2 people he was with)

There were 3 fatalities. You cannot discount 2 and say there was only 1. Sheesh!

ok. Sorry.