The world has lost another MkIV Toyota Supra and after seeing this crash it’s amazing that anyone survived. On Monday, the car flipped and rolled into a train reportedly at the hands of a mechanic, not the owner.
If you’ve followed any number of automotive social media communities you might have already seen this crash. It shows a dark red MkIV Supra speeding away from the camera vehicle before losing traction. Then, the camera person misses getting the actual crash on film but catches the last bit of the Supra breaking into pieces as it hits a stationary train.
According to sources at The Drive, that camera person is Trey Grube. He says that the driver of the Supra was a mechanic at a local auto shop and that he was “completely okay” despite being thrown from the vehicle in the crash. Englewood Police confirmed to The Drive that the driver was not the registered owner.
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That’s a bad look for whatever shop it is that’s responsible for such reckless driving and the ultimate demise of a classic Toyota Supra. Internet sleuths indicate that the shop in question is likely Bespoke Motorsports out of Englewood, CO.
A member of the Colorado Car Spotters group on Facebook posted more photos of the crash and seemed to indicate that it was the owner of the shop, not an employee that crashed the car. Other users reported more information about the car too.
For one thing, it’s said that this Supra had just 17,000 miles (27,358 km) on the clock and boasted somewhere in the neighborhood of 900 hp (671 kW). That might give us some indication about why this driver couldn’t handle the car when it was traveling down a straight road.
As one of the earliest posts about the car says “when you play around in Colorado during the winter…” leading to how hard it can be to find grip when the roads are cold. That much power and limited traction can lead to bad things when the driver isn’t skilled enough to handle it.