Dealership Owner Flips '09 Challenger in Fatal Wreck

I am absolutely astounded by the rude comments here!

First of all, NONE OF YOU KNEW HIM and if you did, you would feel horrible! Tanner would have given any one of you the shirt off his back if you needed it! He was real, down to earth, kind hearted, well respected, and more!!!

So he made a mistake, well he paid the price OK – with his life! How would you like it if people you didn’t know said such disrespectful things about your good friend or family member?!

How dare all of you for your LACK OF RESPECT!!! Tanner was a VERY GOOD MAN! And how do I know???

I DID KNOW HIM!!!

And by the way, neither he nor his father were known to speed or drive irresponsibly. BOTH of their deaths were completely SHOCKING to those who knew them – those who knew them well enough to comment on who they were!!!

This is an unfortunate event. Wonder if there was anyway to avoid an accident like that. RIP.

he deserved it the car didnt

I agree, silver spooned moron didnt wear his seatbelt. Sure I can see how sad it is. That is too bad for the family but we wont get on that magazine if we die in a car wreck because we arent a rich kid. Boo Hoo! Buckle up and try to live. I would rather take my chances with a belt than without. So he choose to make the decision to not wear a belt…..what an idiot! Oh well. Maybe he thought he didnt need a seatbelt but either way wrong decision. Yes I agree maybe a nomination for a Darwin Award would be appropriate here….LOL

God Rest His Soul and may the Good Lord give Strength to his friends and Family.

Zoi

Wake up and smell the coffee! It’s not about the guy dying… it’s about a rare car being destroyed!

to “Verticallimit”

those rims are tribute rims to the old rallye style rims. look closley and you will see.

Big whoop, people die everyday in car accidents, some poor silver-spooned bastard thought he was on a track and the only reason it’s even mentioned on this site is because of the car. If you people are going to be upset at someone then be upset at CarDomain for exploiting this man’s death just to write about an ‘09 Challenger being wrecked. Buckle up people. You might die with or without a safety belt on but I’d rather take my chances with.

Sad commentary, especially since he was driving a modern car, and it appears that the wreck itself was survivable. Being a car guy, he should have known better than to violate the first basic principle of auto safety. He didn’t buckle up. All the safety equipment in the world cannot help you if you are not buckled up. Guys, PLEASE wear your seatbelts! My prayers go out to his family.

Dodge killing people one driver at a time.

you people are ridiculase what is all of your problems put people down for their misfortunes thats so wrong way wrong theres no need of that at all you all should be ashamed of yourselfs take a long look at yourselfs in the mirror and youll see what it looks like to be wrongyou should be trying to cheer the familly up not makeing them feel worse your all assholes sorry for the language but thats what the truth is

Sad as it is, the young guy should have at least learned some lessons from the way his father died. But it looks like he didn’t. Hardest thing really is dying in the pink of one’s health. I feel for his family…his mom, siblings, wife, and children. He should have thought of them too while driving that Challenger.

This is in response to FinTO’s comment. Tanner Odum was NOT on a race track of any kind. He was on a two lane road. That’s why there were telephone poles and no “safety rules”.

i would always wear my seatbelt especially when i’m in a race car coz you never know what would happen next.

Cknarf, you’re gonna ride in your car, with your helmet on?

Yea, why not? you ride the short bus everyday with your helmet on. HAHAA!

Accidents are something that cannot be prevented. All car collisions are preventable providing you follow the rules of the road and take percausions.

All Condolences to family.

What track was he winding the C out on that has telephone poles, let alone that many? Unless the poles were all together one must assume speed was a factor taking out how many?One doesn’t forget to put their seat belt on if they alwasy do so, do they? There is a time and place for everything, Sounds like this was time to pay up for racing on a track where they have telephone poles and no safety rules.

What’s up with the gangsta’ rims on that white challenger in the pic? yuk!!

Condolences to Tanner’s family, especially his mother. She has to deal with these losses now.

my deepest sorrow to the family

Another sad and tragic story. My condolences go out to the family. This young man had it made, but God had another plan. We will all find out the answers to “why” some day. In the meantime, as fellow “car people”, show some respect and support for a fellow “car person” God Bless.

GWS Dodge dealer owner!

people who read this and talk shit about the guy only want attention, it’s obvious that karma will one day bite their cold hearted asses and one of their family members will be mauled by a kitten and im pretty sure that when they tell someone their story some one will say that they were stupid and an idiot.

I rolled the car and took out several telephone poles, I HIGHLY doubt a seatbelt would’ve saved him.

I rolled the car and took out several telephone poles, I HIGHLY doubt a seatbelt would’ve saved him.

You people are unbelievable. It was an accident. Yes, he should have had his seatbelt on. Have you ever drove a car and forgot to put you seatbelt on? Please, give his family a break. People are so cold hearted anymore. Why not look at the “good” Tanner did for people?

All I can say is: Like Father – Like Son. R.I.P

I’m in this thread.

Failing to wear a safety belt while driving a powerful sports car at a high rate of speed is not a slight miscalculation, it is a display of either ignorance or machismo. Either way, he gets a nomination for a Darwin Award. Hopefully, others will learn from his mistake.

I have to make a call for compassion for the sake of the family. Remember, this guy probabaly had a wife and kids. His mistake while stupid has cost that family the ultimate price. Unloading hatred towards someone who just passed is in plain bad taste. Instead of insulting a dead guy, use this story as an example everytime you get in a car. Buckle that belt people…

hes dumb for not having his seat belt ont

We called him a moron/stupid because he wasn’t wearing his seatbelt.
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And yes, there will always be some margin of error that we may have miscalculated when driving but certainly majority of us here would be wearing our seatbelts so at least we would still have a percentage of survival even in some accident.

I love how every time something is posted anywhere about a guy wrecking a car and being seriously injured or dying he/she is branded a moron and an idiot etc etc. It was an accident, it can happen to anyone, all it takes is one miscalculation. People crack me up when they talk shit because they think they’re the greatest drivers on the planet when they would most likely wipe the car out like this guy did in that same situation. The guy fucked up and it cost him his life, but I wouldn’t go talking shit on him because you never know if that next drive you take is going to be your last.

I’m going to wear a helmet while driving my car.

I’m going to wear a helmet while driving my car.

I’m going to wear a helmet while driving my car.

although there is gonna be a lot of negativity, it is someone who has passed and for that lets be thankful we here are all alive and well and let the man who passed r.i.p.

Ok no offense but, this guy is an idiot. Brand new Car, Running a well known dealership, and dies because he wasn’t wearing his seat belt? What a frigging idiot!!!!

He shouldn’t even have been able to drive. Oh well, one less moron on the road.

just as it’s stupid not to ride with a helmet on, it’s equally as stupid to drive without a belt on.