JJ has been faster than I'll ever go and owns cars that probably cost someone more than my house. I think he is charismatic in a way that (some) people will follow him. Stupid? Not really, and away from the camera he's probably not the con artist that he is portrayed as on TV.

I do question the intelligence of stuffing pillows between someone's back and the seat to move them forward enough to reach the pedals in a car, let alone one that is capable of running in the fours. He has been lucky several times, I'm afraid the odds are no longer in his favor.