Porsche 917 For Sale Listings - The Vintage Racing League2024-03-29T04:48:13Zhttps://www.thevrl.com/groups/group/forum?groupUrl=porsche-917&feed=yes&xn_auth=noJournalist Faces $174,000 in fines for blown Porsche 917 enginetag:www.thevrl.com,2013-02-08:1465153:Topic:3301812013-02-08T17:17:36.786ZAndrew Reeveshttps://www.thevrl.com/profile/AndrewReeves
<h1 id="email_headline">Journalist faces £50,000 bill for blown Porsche 917 engine</h1>
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<p><span class="date">January 24, 2013</span></p>
<div class="inlinephrl"><div class="inlineph"><img class="stryPhotoEn" src="http://en.espnf1.com/PICTURES/CMS/17300/17300.2.jpg"></img><div style="width: 26.8em;">David Piper was awarded just under £50,000 in the court case</div>
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<p>A motoring journalist says he is facing bankruptcy after he was sued by ex-F1 driver David Piper for blowing up the engine of…</p>
<h1 id="email_headline">Journalist faces £50,000 bill for blown Porsche 917 engine</h1>
<div class="atr">ESPN Staff</div>
<p><span class="date">January 24, 2013</span></p>
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<p>A motoring journalist says he is facing bankruptcy after he was sued by ex-F1 driver David Piper for blowing up the engine of a 1969 Porsche 917 Le Mans car.</p>
<p>Mark Hales has been ordered to pay nearly £50,000 to Piper by a High Court judge after the car's engine blew up during a test drive at Cadwell Park for a magazine article. Piper claimed Hales over-revved the engine while Hales argued the car jumped out of gear.</p>
<p>Judge Simon Brown QC said "the evidence overwhelmingly points to the cause of the engine damage being the Defendant's failure to properly engage gear" and judged that £47,961.86 should be paid to Piper.</p>
<p>Hales, an experienced racing driver and journalist, told the <i>Grimsby Telegraph</i> that he was also facing legal fees of £63,000, adding "it looks like bankruptcy for me". Hales had been unsuccessful while trying to claim for the damaged engine through the magazine's insurers.</p>