But Bobby Phills was driving too fast, and so was David Wesley, and Phills' car crashed, and he died instantly.
His father, Dr. Bobby Phills, is director of the College of Engineering Sciences, Technology and Agriculture at Florida A&M University.
Mecklenburg County District Judge Mercer said enough reasonable doubt existed about whether Wesley and Phills were racing their Porsches that he had to find him innocent of misdemeanor spontaneous speed competition.
David Wesley hates it when someone says he and Bobby Phills were racing that fateful morning, two young rich men in their Porsches, on Tyvola Road in Charlotte.
"We weren't racing," Wesley said this week. "I think the media brought that into play, that we were racing. When I pulled out from the light, we never passed each other. He was behind me the whole time. And we only passed maybe one, two cars, before the accident."
"We weren't racing," Wesley said this week. "I think the media brought that into play, that we were racing. When I pulled out from the light, we never passed each other. He was behind me the whole time. And we only passed maybe one, two cars, before the accident."
(sure, that's one way of saying that you weren't racing, but, were you in a race? The guy who wasn't in the lead, was he trying to be? Then, you were in a race)
Wesley went on to help the Hornets reach the playoffs five times in seven seasons, averaging nearly 15 points a game, made nearly 36% of his shots from downtown and is 6th all-time in Hornets history in three-point field goals made. Defensively, he racked up 551 steals for the Hornets, good enough for 6th yet again on their all-time list. For his career, he would score 11,842 points, which is still the most points scored by an undrafted player for a career.
Why waste an hour researching this and parsing the words to make an article?
Because it reflects the car guy world we live in, we drive cars that can go fast, and when in motion, cars are dangerous, and when zipping along, get very risky, as those post it note size contact patches aren't reliable. Add competition, and adrenaline, and you toss the outcome to Murphy's Law
Because it reflects the car guy world we live in, we drive cars that can go fast, and when in motion, cars are dangerous, and when zipping along, get very risky, as those post it note size contact patches aren't reliable. Add competition, and adrenaline, and you toss the outcome to Murphy's Law
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