Hooters calendar girl, 22, dies in horror crash that also left married founder of world’s biggest car show dead

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A HOOTERS calendar girl has been named as the second victim of a horrific supercar crash that also killed the married founder of the world’s biggest weekly car show.

Alexis “Lexi” Kramer, 22, died alongside car enthusiast James Wehr, 27, after a McLaren smashed into a tree, split apart and burst into flames in California.

The young bartender had reportedly flown across the country just two days earlier to meet Wehr after the pair connected online.

Her devastated sister Gracie Kramer claims Wehr had paid for Lexi’s flight from Florida after the pair spent around a month talking on Instagram.

She said her sister had been told Wehr and his wife, Emma, were separated and in the process of divorcing.

But Gracie has since questioned those claims, with the California Post reporting that Orange County court records showed no divorce case had been filed.

“That man lied to my sister and said his divorce was finalizing and he was fully separated,” Gracie said.

“[He] talked to her every day all the time and finally got her to fly out to California to come see him.”

Lexi, whose Instagram bio reportedly described her as a 2026 Hooters calendar girl, shared Wehr’s love of cars and motorcycles.

She arrived in California on Friday before spending part of Saturday at Wehr’s hugely popular South OC Cars and Coffee event.

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The pair then went out together that evening, Gracie said.

According to Lexi’s sister, they ate at Nobu before later having drinks at the Pendry Hotel in Newport Beach.

Wehr posted an image from the hotel on Instagram and later shared a picture that appeared to show a black 2019 McLaren 720S after it had been pulled over by police.

It is unclear why the supercar was stopped.

Hours later, tragedy struck.

Police said the McLaren was at a red light near Culver Drive and Deerfield Avenue in Irvine shortly after midnight on Sunday.

Investigators said the vehicle accelerated at high speed when the light turned green before the driver lost control.

The supercar clipped a curb and violently slammed into a tree at around 12.20am, according to cops.

It broke apart and erupted into flames, killing Wehr and Kramer.

Authorities have not publicly identified who was behind the wheel and the circumstances surrounding the crash remain under investigation.

Gracie said her family provided dental records to the medical examiner to help formally identify Lexi.

“She loved the car community, so it’s such a tragedy that that’s what ended her,” she said.

Lexi had recently earned an associate’s degree from Polk State College and had just secured a new leadership job at another company, according to her sister.

Gracie described the 22-year-old as “kind and funny and charismatic” as she revealed the family had been flooded with messages from people who knew her.

“As you can imagine, this was very shocking and hard,” she said.

She also paid a heartbreaking tribute to her younger sister on Instagram.

“Lexi was so much more than just my best friend, she was all of my love, my heart, my attitude, and my humor wrapped into a smaller, more chaotic, less filtered, package,” she wrote. “She was my other half.”

Wehr’s death has meanwhile rocked the Southern California car scene.

He founded South OC Cars and Coffee alongside his father Simon, with the pair overseeing weekly Saturday gatherings at the Outlets at San Clemente.

The event bills itself as the world’s largest weekly car show and can draw between 800 and 2,500 vehicles.

“Getting to see people come out every week and enjoy the show,” Wehr previously said of the event.

“We see multiple generations of people walking around with their cars, and it’s a great environment. We’re super lucky.”

Wehr’s mother Sarah remembered her son as a “magnificent man” and said his devotion to his loved ones was “second to none.”

“I remember your first steps at our home in Perth, Australia. The first time you said “Dada!”, your very first word,” she wrote.

“I remember everything. All of it.”

She recalled his “insanely great belly-laugh” and “cheeky smile” before adding: “Thank you for all the years we were blessed to know and love you James. This slices from all sides.”

His wife Emma also shared a series of emotional photographs from their life together, including their wedding day.

“James, I never thought the day would come that I’d have to say such a final goodbye,” she wrote.

“Getting the opportunity to love you will always be the greatest blessing in my life.”

She described Wehr as “smart, kind, funny, loving” and “genuinely one of the best people I’ve had the pleasure of knowing.”

“Whether its in this lifetime or the next my heart will always find its way to you,” she added. “Rest easy my love.”

Wehr’s sister Sophie said she could not “imagine a world” without him, while his aunt Milly remembered her “darling nephew.”

Tributes have also poured in from the car community Wehr helped build.

Friend Amanda described him as a “modern day Paul Walker” and “an icon in the car community.”

“Thank you for creating a community that became a family,” she wrote.

Another friend, Jasper, recalled spending thousands of miles alongside Wehr on rallies, road trips and drives.