Needsdecaf

You (and plenty of others too) are doing an awful lot of speculating about what Champion knew and when. Yes, they were made aware earlier in the year when they were served in the Rampage lawsuit. Did they know before then? Maybe, maybe not. And what's happened between then and the latest lawsuit being filed last Friday? None of us are sure.

I'm not saying the guy was or wasn't a lone wolf. But it's not so difficult to believe that he was. Until then we are ALL just speculating.

One thing for sure, this guy was doing this a long time and it wasn't just "24 buyers". That's only what he admitted to in an email. One doesn't register this company in 2010 and then leave it dormant until now. Again, speculating, but that one's an easy one to see.

djcxxx

bluehorseshoe

Champion is always a great place to visit. Always interesting characters (and usually many GT cars) around, particularly roaming GT showroom and/or secure 100k plus square foot storage facility. If I had the coin... lol I'd make an offer today. In this market it would probably sell fast. Who controls the dealership now?

stout

^ Voice of reason. What a dumpster fire, and bummer for everyone involved.

Fwiw, and there's full disclosure inherent in the statement to come, iirc Champion has always paid every ad bill on time, both when I was at Excellence and now at 000. Never once did anyone ask for advertorial, and they understood when told that a body kit, springs, and wheels didn't make for interesting reading. They went on to build interesting cars with substantive mods, made them available for proper evaluation, and took the criticism with the praise without questioning anything. In other words, as professional an organization as I have ever dealt with. All of the above counts for something with me, as do TRAKCAR's comments in this thread. I spoke with a number of people after Dave Maraj's death who were shell-shocked...some of them who no longer worked at Champion Motorsport or Champion Racing but clearly respected and admired the guy, this after working for him for years. A lot of them say as much in the book on Champion Racing, and many of them went on to some pretty amazing careers with Audi in the ALMS and at Le Mans.

Nor is the only case of embezzlement with regards to a Porsche dealer. We had one recently at a local store to the tune of two commas. There was obviously a lot of trust granted in that case, and the victim was the dealership itself—as I suspect it (ultimately) will be in this case. But it's too early to comment on that. My guess is there is a lot of fact finding that's just getting started.

carz80am

Someone should post thedrive article on there facebook or instagram

CJ and chicagowhale haven't commented cause both are busy talking to porsche on buying it, its a real nice dealership

Diablo Dude

Talk about an understatement.
The owner's placing their entire trust in one GT car salesman???
Youre just asking for trouble.

Perimeter

So sorry he got caught up in this.
Yes. it is buried way back in this thread, allow me to move it forward

Atrox

RRSLLC

Boy Champion has had no luck. Didn't their owner die in an accident in July?

STG

With a fluid case and investigation here there of course is speculating. Part are opinions people have the right to share. It's a given. "Must have known" and "Did know" are two different things.

The reach of this thread and publicity it has garnered will help those who have been ripped off. That's a FACT and NOT speculation.

Sorry if you see me as doing a disservice here.

Continue on ...

saabin

Sheesh, RD has been a heavy radio advertiser here in DFW for the past year.. Seems like their CFO screwed them over.. Anyway, back on topic..

DogsPoison

Can't pay for his 10 child support kids. Classic.

Manifold

IMO, it doesn't warrant the attention of the general public (aside from maybe the local public), but it does warrant the attention of the high-end sports car world in the US.

evilfij

Cyrek