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Hot Rod racer tries to burn Musk for $800 million
Posted on 8/10/26 at 11:43 am
Posted on 8/10/26 at 11:43 am
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In Memphis Space X Data Center project.
Allegedly
Best I can tell it goes down like this.
Darryl Cuttell owns a company called Darana Hybrid. It is an Ohio based electrical contractor. Space X hires Darana Hybrid to manage its SpaceX Data Center in Southaven, MS. Just across the street from Memphis, TN.
Total project cost is somewhere around $20 billion.
Darana is supposed to act as a GC and manage subs for a 10% fee. But that's not what they did. They basically monkeyed with the books to show themselves self performing the work so they double or triple (or more) the costs.
This Cuttell character who owns Darana is also a big drag strip racer. He uses the SpaceX money to buy the International Hot Rod Association. And the Memphis International Raceway.
Somewhere along the way SpaceX asks for paperwork and an audit on all of the expenses. Cuttell refuses. SpaceX begins crawling his arse and discovers that he overcharged them by up to $800 million.
Cuttell tries to place a lien on the project for unpaid invoices. SpaceX demands money back. Everyone sues everyones. And as the saying goes: We're off to the races!
In Memphis Space X Data Center project.
Allegedly
Best I can tell it goes down like this.
Darryl Cuttell owns a company called Darana Hybrid. It is an Ohio based electrical contractor. Space X hires Darana Hybrid to manage its SpaceX Data Center in Southaven, MS. Just across the street from Memphis, TN.
Total project cost is somewhere around $20 billion.
Darana is supposed to act as a GC and manage subs for a 10% fee. But that's not what they did. They basically monkeyed with the books to show themselves self performing the work so they double or triple (or more) the costs.
This Cuttell character who owns Darana is also a big drag strip racer. He uses the SpaceX money to buy the International Hot Rod Association. And the Memphis International Raceway.
Somewhere along the way SpaceX asks for paperwork and an audit on all of the expenses. Cuttell refuses. SpaceX begins crawling his arse and discovers that he overcharged them by up to $800 million.
Cuttell tries to place a lien on the project for unpaid invoices. SpaceX demands money back. Everyone sues everyones. And as the saying goes: We're off to the races!
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Posted on 8/10/26 at 11:44 am to No Colors
I’ll go out on a big limb here and say Elon has better attorneys.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 11:45 am to jizzle6609
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I’ll go out on a big limb here and say Elon has better attorneys.
If he had good attorneys to begin with, they would have told him not to hire a drag strip racer to manage a $20 billion project.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 11:46 am to No Colors
One has a direct line to people running the nation and POTUS as well as all world leaders
The other is a redneck from OH
I'm not sure who will come out on top
The other is a redneck from OH
I'm not sure who will come out on top
Posted on 8/10/26 at 11:47 am to No Colors
20 billion?
lol.
lol.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 11:49 am to No Colors
A hot rod guy running a data center?
Posted on 8/10/26 at 11:54 am to molsusports
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A hot rod guy running a data center?
Running construction. Not the data center itself.
This might come as a shock, but I bet a few rednecks are building data centers in LA and Texas
This post was edited on 8/10/26 at 11:55 am
Posted on 8/10/26 at 11:56 am to No Colors
I'm surprised it got that far with a Musk owned business. We've done some work with Tesla and there are 10 levels of oversight for each step of the process. I'm told it's like that across all of those companies, but that doesn't seem to be true.
Turns a two week process into 2 months, but hey, the check clears.
Turns a two week process into 2 months, but hey, the check clears.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 11:59 am to Monday
quote:
I'm surprised it got that far with a Musk owned business. We've done some work with Tesla and there are 10 levels of oversight for each step of the process. I'm told it's like that across all of those companies, but that doesn't seem to be true.
A couple years ago i would have agreed but Elon's be pretty hands off with Tesla lately. I used to have to get his direct approval for a lot of the things i did with them but now he lets his managers manage more.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 12:01 pm to jizzle6609
quote:
I’ll go out on a big limb here and say Elon has better attorneys.
And more of them.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 12:50 pm to stout
quote:The other has a direct line to the finish line.
One has a direct line to people running the nation and POTUS as well as all world leaders
Posted on 8/10/26 at 12:53 pm to No Colors
This small time scam artist thinks he can con the biggest scammer in the world? Good luck buddy
Posted on 8/10/26 at 1:12 pm to el Gaucho
Almost got me. Almost.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 1:18 pm to No Colors
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they would have told him not to hire a drag strip racer to manage a $20 billion project.
What if that drag strip racer bought the IHRA, (International Hot Rod Association) and a BUNCH of race tracks IHRA Buys 7 Tracks all for the sole purpose of closing down these tracks and turning them into data centers? Most of these are out in the middle of nowhere, and a few hundred acres.
BTW, this has been the rumor in the racing world for the last 2 years.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 1:21 pm to 3nOut
quote:
. Almost.
Chicken needs to add a shade of color to indicate it's just a guacho post.
Sometimes I'll be cracking my knuckles ready to blow up what some dumb motherfricker just said but see it's just a guach post. At ease knuckles, at ease.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 1:23 pm to BadatBourre
Yep.
Land, typically away from everything, but still has access and services.
Land, typically away from everything, but still has access and services.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 1:27 pm to Turnblad85
No I’m serious
I’ve seen like 3 testlas in my life
I’ve seen like 3 testlas in my life
Posted on 8/10/26 at 2:23 pm to el Gaucho
I see them all the time.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 2:41 pm to el Gaucho
quote:
I’ve seen like 3 testlas in my life
I see 2 or 3 a day.
About 5% of the cars on the road are Teslas.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 2:49 pm to No Colors
Subcontractors were reputable ones. They are starting to sue the contractor as well. The drag racing social media pages are abuzz with IHRA stiffing vendors and cancelling races.
Prediction: This one winds up in bankruptcy court and at some point, there might be a fraud investigation.
Prediction: This one winds up in bankruptcy court and at some point, there might be a fraud investigation.
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