Driver lost control of supercar hours after winning it
UPDATE: Video of Dopp Predicting His Crash More Than A Month Before His Win
A Lamborghini Murcielago crashed Saturday evening, six hours after its Santaquin owner won it in a contest. Nobody was injured in the accident that took place around 7:00 p.m.
The car was the prize of a Maverik/ teamgive.org ”Joe Schmo to Lambo” contest, and its new owner, David Dopp, officially drove it for the first time on Saturday when teamgive.org and Maverik presented it to him at an afternoon event. Several hours later Dopp was driving it northbound in Santaquin on South Ridge Farms Road between the Kars gas station and The Big Red Barn when the car spun out of control, sending the lime green Lamborghini into a field west of the road. His friend was in the passenger seat at the time.
“We came around that corner and just started spinning,” said Dopp.
He said he thinks he might have hit did a patch of black ice or gravel.
Police say the wreck happened just after dark, and a witness said he saw the Lamborghini sitting off the road in the field before the cops arrived at around 6:50 p.m. A witness, Miles Davis from Santaquin, said the skid marks from the car were visible on the road and that the car seemed to have landed facing the opposite direction from the way the vehicle had been traveling.
According to police, the car spun out of control and went over a curb before coming to rest in a field 75 feet off of the road embankment. Officer Allen Hansen from the Santaquin Police Department was at the scene. He told inSantaquin News that alcohol was not a factor and that the accident was likely “speed-related.”
At the time of the crash, Hansen said the vehicle was moving at “speeds too fast for conditions.” Dopp told Santaquin Police he was going 40-50 mph before he lost control. Speed limit is posted at 35 mph on that section of road.Although Dopp was not cited at the incident, a case will be submitted to the courts to review possible charges.
Hansen feels the driver was “not used to the supercar.” The all-wheel drive roadster has a top speed of 205 mph and is valued at more than $300,000. Damage to the car includes a puncture in the oil pan from a fence post, damage to the rear bumper, and exterior scratches.
Dopp, a truck driver for Frito-Lay, is no stranger to the road. “I’m a pretty good driver,” he said in a phone interview today. “I drive for a living.”
He said he was just wanted to make the day special for his family and friends. “I was just trying to be a nice guy,” said Dopp. “Trying to make it a good experience.”
Less than six hours passed between the time Dopp was given the keys and the time of the accident. He described the day as an “emotional roller coaster.”
Earlier in the day, Dopp posted an apology on Facebook for driving too fast in his new ride. “Just had Santaquin Police called on me for driving too fast. SORRY !!!! 
,” it reads. He said after that post he wanted to make sure he wasn’t driving anywhere near people, so he drove out to Santaquin’s sparsely populated south end.
Hansen said he spoke with Dopp before the accident and told him to “make sure to follow all traffic laws.” Hansen feels it would be difficult for anybody in a car like Dopp’s to keep off of the gas.
“It’s a super-light car, built out of carbon fiber with Z-rated tires,” said Hansen. “It’s a crazy fast car.”
The lime green Lamborghini (pictured here earlier in the day) spun out of control and crashed in a field Saturday. Photo credit: Kari Ann Haskell
Police were notified of the wreck by an unidentified witness who saw the Lamborghini go off the road.
Santaquin resident Jeff Hendershot, who knows Dopp from town, was at the Kars gas station today and was shocked to hear about the accident.
“It’s way sad,” said Hendershot. “It’s kind of ironic you know, he just got that car.”
Dopp says the vehicle had full insurance coverage and that it is on its way to Las Vegas now where Lamboghini specialists will determine repair costs.
Update: Temperature at the time of the wreck was 31 degrees F.
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Dang, that sucks!!!!
Oh man, sorry to say that I laughed out loud. Its a beautiful car and sucks to see it already shipped out for repairs.
Why do I have a feeling this isn’t the only time this is going to happen. I would suggest he trade in the Lambo for 2 Corvettes and keep the change!
Well there was his problem, 31F, driving a supercar with Z-rated tires. I have Z-rated and I wont do anything too crazy if its below 50F out
Exactly!
The picture with snow covering the car says it all! I wouldn’t drive on those tires at all in cold and snow!
..the z is a speed rating….has nothing to do with how a tire performs on wet or dry surfaces, or in the snow. that being said 99 percent of z rated tires do not have a tread design that is capable of performing in the snow.
its simple, too much power and a heavy foot equals trouble with ANY tire and a driver who is not used to that kind of power
wait a tick, this might have been a genius move! so it was insured, right? and he gets $300,000 cash? who needs a lambo when you can write it off and live for years off the money and drive a reasonably priced Fiesta.
Hope he has $60-100k set aside for taxes when the tax man comes a knocking.
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Dang man sucks but hey, coulda been worse. I live down in FL, wish the stores around here had a contest like that, don’t have to worry about ice and such
Bet you could cross alligator alley in about a half hour in that thing hehe.
Just cause you drive a Frito truck, does not make you a good driver. Proof is in the end result (part of comment moderated for content).
This is rediculous. No way this is true
He is my scout leader i saw it a know for a fact it is true
Excessive speed on high performance tires in the cold will cause issues. He was warned by the police earlier to follow all regulations and then he speeds anyway. Fix it, sell it and then put a majority of the money away to pay for taxes the year you sell it and the increased insurance costs for wrecking a car. Then just pray for the courts to be gentile as a reckless driving charge may cause issues with Frito Lay.
I would not drive a 4-cylinder civic in the winter if the car had ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE tires on it let alone high speeds in a 35mph zone in a 640 HP fire breathing street legal exotic sports car that is worth more the the average home in the US. Another case of STUPIDITY exploited on the internet.
Those are not just Z rated tires. I believe it uses one of the more agressive Pirelli P-Zero tires,actually one of the ones that are quite a but more agressive than the ones that came on my car. They are summer only tires and I can tell you,they dont work in the winter at all. You would corner better in an old dodge truck.