Don’t lend Eddie Griffin your Ferrari

“IRWINDALE, Calif. — Eddie Griffin crashed a rare Ferrari Enzo worth $1.5 million into a concrete barrier while practicing at a racetrack Monday, destroying the car but escaping uninjured.

The comedian was practicing for a charity race to promote his upcoming film, "Redline," when he drove too fast around a curve at the Irwindale Speedway. Video footage showed the red sports car screeching before it ricocheted off the barrier with heavy damage to its front.

"Undercover Brother’s good at karate and all the rest of that, but the brother can’t drive," Griffin, referring to one his past films, said after the accident.

The film’s publicist, Wendy Zocks, said Griffin was “doing OK.”

[more at source: ESPN.com]

When we were in L.A. last we saw Eddie Griffin on Sunset Blvd in the passenger seat of a convertible. Note that I said ‘passenger seat’. I guess his friends have known for years not to let him drive.