Own a Convicted Trash King's Race Cars
By ANNEMARIE HARPER
Updated 9:45 AM EST, Fri, Nov 6, 2009
Imprisoned Danbury trash mogul James Galante's collection of fast cars is headed to the auction block.
The U.S. Marshal's Office will auction off Galante's Mystique Motorsports fleet of race cars on Friday in Hartford.
One of those cars, the Hartford Courant reports, is the one that Ted Christopher drove when he won four Whelen Modified tour events at New Hampshire Motor Speedway between 2004 and 2005.
The cars have history. Christopher began driving for Galante in 1995 and has a record 99 wins at Stafford Motor Speedway, the Courant reports. Many wins were in Galante's cars.
Also up for sale is Galante's Southbury horse farm, the Danbury News-Times reports.The asking price is $824,900. For that kind of cash, you'll get 5,565 square feet, five bedrooms, four and a half baths, a pool and walls you just might wish could talk -- or not.
The Marshal's Office is in the process of arranging the sale of the 25 companies Galante owned as part of his trash empire. The companies have been estimated to be worth $60 million to $100 million
Galante was arrested in 2006 on 72 racketeering counts. In 2008, he pleaded guilty to three and is serving 87 months in federal prison.
First Published: Nov 6, 2009 7:49 AM EST
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