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Ryan Sabga (Sherpa23)
Junior Member
Username: Sherpa23
Post Number: 137
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 9:25 pm: | |
Two of my cousins and a good friend graduated from Hinsdale Central in the early 90's. I even have a 1992 Hinsdale Central Homecoming T shirt that I wear when I run. |
Mister Jones (Davey_jones)
Junior Member
Username: Davey_jones
Post Number: 113
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 8:56 pm: | |
That upper powerband can put an end to your day real quick!! That's why (as a new owner) I'm
taking it easy so I know exactly how the car handles.
BE CAREFUL!!! |
Anthony R. Jacobazzi (Ajacobazzi)
New member
Username: Ajacobazzi
Post Number: 8
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 4:07 am: | |
Michael, That's me. There's not too many Jacobazzi's around ya know, it's not exactly like Smith. Yeah, I knew that Pete had passed on. He was an icon in Chicago. Nobody did it like Palumbo. Small world huh? Who would have figured you would have found a former student from Hinsdale Central on Ferrarichat? |
John A Custer (Jac)
New member
Username: Jac
Post Number: 13
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 7:08 pm: | |
Typical Ferrari owner? At least we know a Ferrari can go faster than 45 mph. |
Michael Wogronic (Michael_fvm)
Junior Member
Username: Michael_fvm
Post Number: 80
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 5:41 pm: | |
Anthony, unfortunately, Pete Palumbo Sr. passed away this year as well. He was a class act. Where in Chicago did you grow up? I went to Hinsdale Central and there was a Tony Jacobazzi in one of my drafting classes. |
Anthony R. Jacobazzi (Ajacobazzi)
New member
Username: Ajacobazzi
Post Number: 7
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 5:33 pm: | |
What a shame. While growing up in Chicago, and in the construction business, all I remember seeing were T. J. Lambrecht and Palumbo trucks. Remember your seatbelts......you'll never know when you're life will depend on them. |
Michael Wogronic (Michael_fvm)
Junior Member
Username: Michael_fvm
Post Number: 79
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 1:27 pm: | |
It is unfortunate that this happened. This accident occured just a few blocks from my house. I have not heard what model it was, but a lot of times reporters call a 328 GTS a convertible, so it could have been either a 328 or Mondial. |
Ron (Easy_rider)
Member
Username: Easy_rider
Post Number: 737
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 1:17 pm: | |
It must have been a Mondial.
Wasn't that the only convertible in 1989? |
Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator
Username: Rob328gts
Post Number: 6206
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 9:48 am: | |
It was his friends Ferrari, so inexperience driving the car was probably a big factor. |
Andrew S. (Andrew911)
New member
Username: Andrew911
Post Number: 3
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 9:31 am: | |
Terrible to hear of any accident!
I can't resist re-posting this quote- how do you know the car was going faster than the speed limit if you don't know how fast it was going? humm...I'm too much of a wise guy...
"Horwath said he did not know how fast the car was traveling, but it was faster than the speed limit." |
Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Intermediate Member
Username: Amenasce
Post Number: 1242
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 9:15 am: | |
Thats really sad ! RIP ! |
Mitch Alsup (Mitch_alsup)
Intermediate Member
Username: Mitch_alsup
Post Number: 1019
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 9:04 am: | |
1) "Lambrecht was speeding westbound on 151st Street, where the speed limit is 45 m.p.h"
2) "the car went into a ditch on the south side of the road, then crossed over the road where it struck a culvert and went airborne. Lambrecht and Visvardis were ejected "
Speeding in a residential area without seatbelts--evolution in action. |
Matt (Matt_lamotte)
Member
Username: Matt_lamotte
Post Number: 544
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 8:55 am: | |
That's awful to hear. Be careful out there guys. |
Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member
Username: Doody
Post Number: 1688
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 8:48 am: | |
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/west/chi-0309090056sep09,1,3988337.story
Empress founder killed in car crash
Businessman, friend in Ferrari when it flipped
By Karen Mellen
Tribune staff reporter
Published September 9, 2003
Thomas J. Lambrecht, 54, a founder of Joliet's Empress Casino and the second-generation owner of a successful construction business, died Sunday evening when the sports car he was driving flipped over on 151st Street in the recently incorporated town of Homer Glen in Homer Township, police said.
Lambrecht was speeding westbound on 151st Street, where the speed limit is 45 m.p.h., when he apparently lost control of the car about three-quarters of a mile west of Cedar Road, police said. He was pronounced dead at Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, the Will County Sheriff's Department said.
Nickolaos Visvardis, 46, of Palos Park, a passenger and the owner of the 1989 Ferrari convertible, also was taken to Silver Cross, where he was in good condition, a spokeswoman said Monday.
According to witnesses and evidence at the scene, the car went into a ditch on the south side of the road, then crossed over the road where it struck a culvert and went airborne. Lambrecht and Visvardis were ejected and the car landed upside down, police said. Neither was wearing a seat belt, said Ray Horwath, director of the sheriff's department traffic section.
Horwath said he did not know how fast the car was traveling, but it was faster than the speed limit. It did not appear drugs or alcohol were involved, he said, but the Will County coroner's office will do toxicology tests, which are standard in all traffic fatalities.
Visvardis told police he had gone to Lambrecht's residence, where his friend asked if he could drive the Ferrari.
On Monday, colleagues and friends were mourning Lambrecht, a Homer Glen resident and native of Will County who was known for his determination in business.
He ran the family business, T.J. Lambrecht Construction Co. of Joliet, and was working to open a community owned bank there next year, said Michael Hansen, a Joliet lawyer and longtime friend.
T.J. Lambrecht Construction was founded in the 1940s as Brown and Lambrecht Earthmovers.
The construction company was responsible for major earth-moving jobs, such as U.S. Interstate 80, said Walt Keener, curator at the Joliet Area Historical Museum.
In the early 1990s, Lambrecht lined up investors for Empress Casino, using a significant amount of his own money in the belief that riverboat gambling would work in Joliet, Hansen said.
"It was an incredible risk at the time," said Hansen, who quit his private practice in Joliet to become Empress' general counsel. "It might not look like it now."
In 1999, Lambrecht and the other investors sold the Empress in Joliet and another Empress casino in Hammond, Ind., to Horseshoe Casino.
Bob Herrick, vice-president of communications and government affairs for the Will County Center for Economic Development, said Lambrecht's leadership on the casinos helped transform Joliet.
"I would say the riverboats were the first venue to transform Joliet from an old steel town to an entertainment destination," he said. "The riverboat revenue has certainly helped the city pay for neighborhood projects."
Joliet Mayor Art Schultz said he will remember Lambrecht for his generosity to several local charities, as well as his golf game. "He was just a very generous man," Schultz said.
Keener said Lambrecht and his wife, Patricia, were co-sponsors of the historical society's annual gala ball, and were active supporters of the new museum in downtown Joliet.
Besides his wife, Lambrecht is survived by three children. Funeral arrangements were pending Monday.
Copyright � 2003, Chicago Tribune
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Jay P. Ross (Eilig)
Member
Username: Eilig
Post Number: 251
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 8:13 am: | |
Was on my way to work this morning and heard on the radio that the co-founder of Empress Casino(s) crashed his Ferrari Spider yesterday and was fatally injured somewhere in or near Chicago. I did not catch his name or any additional details.
Does anyone know anything about this?
Sorry to hear such a bad thing, but just wanted to learn more if I could... |
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