Costly burnout for Troy
THE man known as Candyman 2.0 claims he was “encouraged by hundreds of cheering people” when he did a burnout in a public car park at a Gold Coast car show.
Troy Kenneth Williams, who styles himself on Instagram as Troy Candy, was fined $2000 for the burnout when he faced Southport Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
No conviction was recorded. He will keep his licence.
He had pleaded guilty to making unnecessary noise and smoke and driving without due care and attention.
When leaving court Williams got into a Holden HSV
GTS as a passenger, the driver revving the engine as he left.
The car could be heard revving once again about a block away from the courthouse.
Prosecutor Donn Reid said Williams was at a car show held by Black Diamond Tinting on Siganto Rd, Helensvale on November 10, 2019.
He said a crowd of about 50 people were around his Holden Commodore in the car park when Williams began to spin his wheels, causing smoke and the tyres to screech.
Williams then moved slowly forward for a short distance before doing another burnout, leaving tyre marks for about 40m.
The 31-year-old was not arrested until early 2020 after he relocated from Melbourne to the Gold Coast.
Defence lawyer Blake Fraser, of Fraser Lawyers, said Williams performed the burnout after others had done the same thing.
“He was encouraged by hundreds of cheering people to do the same thing,” he said.
“He accepts the smoke caused a disturbance to other road users.”
Mr Fraser said Williams started Eye Candy Motors about a year ago and was at the car show to promote his business, which vinyl wraps cars.
He said Williams moved to Queensland as there was little racetrack availability in Melbourne
for him to shoot promotional shots of his cars doing stunts.
“He has been actively encouraging people across social media to attend race tracks as opposed to doing it on the street,” Mr Fraser said.
Williams has also completed the Queensland Traffic Offenders Program.
Mr Fraser said Williams had also raised $5.5m for charity and his fiancé was expecting his first child.
Magistrate Kerry Magee said she would not suspend his licence so Williams could continue his charity work and help his fiancé.
Outside court Williams said “it is what it is”, he has “learnt
his lesson” and he was looking forward to moving on with life.
“Keep it off the streets, take it to the track, there are heaps of awesome tracks up here,” he said.
Williams has more than 161,000 followers on Instagram.