Porsche racing driver George Gamble banned from the road after smashing pick-up truck into cottage after necking six pints
Gamble has been banned from the road for 20 months after he necked six pints and crashed his Ford pick-up truck into a cottage in Nottinghamshire
A PORSCHE racing driver has been banned from the roads after downing six pints and smashing his pick-up truck into a cottage.
George Gamble, 21, now faces being thrown out of Amigos Team Parker in the Carrera Cup GB Championship, where he is currently in fifth place.
Prosecutor Lee Shepherd told Nottingham magistrates Gamble drank six pints of lager with pals in a pub in Southwell, Notts, in February.
At 2am his Ford Ranger with a personal plate GAMIE was doing up to 30mph when it smashed into the £250,000 house - which had to be demolished.
Gamble then did a runner after the smash.
Cottage owner Tony Scarborough counted himself lucky to be alive at the time and said: "It has original wooden beams. If it were not for the beams, I don't know where the car would have ended up.
"It looked like a bomb had gone off."
Mr Scarborough and his five-year-old son Louis were asleep in a ground-floor room when it happened.
He said: "When Louis heard the chimney breast had collapsed, he asked if Santa could still get in.
"My son's room is above where the car hit but luckily, because of redecoration, he was not in there and we were sharing a room downstairs.
"There was a big bang of course but then there was a rumbling noise as bricks and parts of the kitchen came down.
"It only went on for a second but it felt like a long time.
"Rubble was thrown into the next room and we could hear it hitting the door to our room."
Gamble, of Epperstone, admitted being over the limit and failing to report an accident.
He was banned for 20 months and ordered to pay £300 compensation to the home owner.
Solicitor Steve Bravery said Gamble had written a letter of apology to the owner and added: "There is a potential loss of employment."