Owned by noted car collector Benjamin Chen, it turned It was an FIA GT1 racecar. The owner, Benjamin Chen, who is a supercar collector and founder of the notorious Gold Rush Rally, was later arrested and charged with reckless driving and operating a motor vehicle impaired by drugs. The Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR (W297) is a sports car and race car produced by Mercedes-AMG, the performance and motorsports arm of Mercedes-Benz.Intended for racing in the new FIA GT Championship series in 1997, the CLK GTR was designed primarily as a race car, with the road cars necessary in order to meet homologation standards being secondary in the car's design. Mercedes was working on this car right after they acquired AMG. The owner of the car, Benjamin Chen, was arrested following the series of crashes around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, a New York Police Department spokesperson confirmed … March 17, 2021 at 6:52 am New Toyota Aygo X Prologue Concept Previews Small Rugged Crossover For 2022 He hit the rear of a parked and unoccupied vehicle on 11 Avenue while driving at a high speed. For Le Mans 1998 and in the FIA GT Championship they upgraded the car but replaced the V12 with a V8 and called it the CLK-LM, they made one road version. Goldrush Rally Co-Founder Benjamin Chen was Involved in a Car Crash. In Mt. BC, real name Benjamin Chen, was driving the McLaren 12C Spider in the goldRush Rally through Texas on the way to Chicago. The damage isn’t pretty, judging by these pictures shared by Instagram user ronniecnyc. The Gemballa Avalanche GTR800 EVO-R is a car based on the 911 (997) GT2. The CLK-GTR road car is the homologation car for the racing version they made in 1997 with the V12. Avalanche GTR 800 Evo-R. Chen is known to own or has owned a number of other exotics. Benjamin Chen, the owner of the highly modified Porsche Carrera GT, was arrested after crashing the speedster multiple times in a matter of minutes, reports the … The New York court said the case against Benjamin Chen cannot be proven beyond reasonable doubt. Whether you love cars or not this video is sure to make you cringe. Chen, 33, was the driver and sole occupant of the 2014 Porsche Gemballa Mirage GT. The 1997 AMG CLK GTR. Ben Chen, a rich entrepreneur known for his love of super cars does not show much love to his Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR as he scrapes the front bumper, side skirts and then finally the rear bar of his car after leaving a gas station. They used a McLaren F1 GTR during its development, but unfortunately it was something of a let-down when it came to the racetrack. A driver of a Gemballa Mirage GT—an ultra-rare, highly modified version of the already rare Carrera GT—wrecked into a handful of cars in Midtown Manhattan Tuesday morning. Throughout Monterey Car Week 2015, one of the most amazing cars spotted was a silver Mercedes CLK GTR.