Director of Gymkhana-ripoff given 49 days in jail

Posted on 15-03-2016 at 17:17 by Dizono – 37 Comments”

And not because of plagiarism.

Gymkhana is actually the name for a branch of autocross, a name which it derives from the world of equestrian sports. So, we have also had, because when you hear that name, you’re probably thinking immediately of the slick videos of Ken Block, whose recently part eight came out. Blake Wilkey thought together with his sponsors to ride on that success and they made a V8-powered Baja Bug (a buggy converted Beetle) a similar video (click = look). Less spectacular, but with one important difference.

Wilkey performed his stunts on the public road. Reason enough for the local five-o from San Diego to the behavior of Wilkey to examine and ultimately to sue for reckless driving, speeding and not requesting a permit for the filming of such a video. Offences for which he is in total 21 months in prison could get, so he went there with 49 days still somewhat good. Especially because he is two-thirds of his sentence at home should sit out and just two weeks physically do to help. (Via Jalopnik)