The family of a 22-year-old woman killed in a fiery crash in Irvine on Sunday is seeking financial support to bring her remains back home to Florida.
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Alexis “Lexi” Kramer, 22, was the passenger in a speeding McLaren that also killed the driver, South OC Cars and Coffee co-founder James Wehr, 27, over the weekend.
Kramer’s sister, Kaitlin, has launched a GoFundMe to raise money for funeral expenses and the cost of having to transport the young woman’s remains. Alexis Kramer lived in Lakeland.
“Because of where it took place my family now has to make arrangements to get her back to our home in Florida,” Kaitlin Gracie Kramer posted. “I would like to host a celebration of life to honor my sister and give a space for all of her family, friends and members of our community to come out and share in our love for Lexi.”
Irvine police on Thursday, Sept. 17 officially ID’d the pair, confirming what Wehr’s and Kramer’s families had revealed in emotional social media posts soon after the crash.
Major accident investigators “have clear evidence that shows Wehr was in the driver’s seat of the McLaren and Kramer was in the passenger seat at the time of the collision,” the Irvine Police Department said in a news release on Facebook on Thursday. “Investigators will examine all possible contributing factors to the collision, including roadway and vehicle conditions, the vehicle’s speed, and any factors that may have affected Wehr’s operation of the McLaren.”
The car was traveling north on Culver Drive near Deerfield Avenue – at a high rate of speed, police have said – when it struck a tree around 12:20 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13.
As of Thursday, police had not estimated how fast the car was going when it spun out of control, hit a tree, split and burst into flames.
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Firefighters extinguished the blaze and found both occupants dead inside the car. Police initially did not publicly name the person behind the wheel, but later confirmed that the male occupant was driving.
At one point on Saturday, Sept. 12, Newport Beach police had stopped Wehr for a modified exhaust and issued him a warning, Irvine police spokesman Kyle Oldoerp said earlier this week.
Wehr, 27, co-founded South OC Cars and Coffee with his father, Simon Wehr. The free event, which bills itself as “the world’s largest weekly car show,” is held Saturday mornings at the Outlets at San Clemente and regularly attracts hundreds of exotic, vintage and specialty vehicles.
Kramer worked at Hooters in Florida and appeared as a model in the restaurant chain’s 2026 calendar, according to her Instagram account. Her recent posts included images of her on a Kawasaki motorcycle and in a race car.
Wehr’s wife, who was not involved in the crash, joined other family members and South OC Cars and Coffee in announcing his death on Instagram on Sunday. Members of Southern California’s automotive community remembered him as a charismatic figure who brought all types of car enthusiasts together.
On Saturday, Sept. 19 at 8:30 a.m., a public memorial event for Wehr and Kramer will be held at the site of the car club’s weekly gathering at the Outlets at San Clemente, the car club posted on Instagram this week.
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