A birthday spin in a rented Lamborghini Gallardo came to crashing halt on Saturday after the driver lost control of the $180,000 sports car and plowed into a vacant surf shop in the seaside town of Flinders.

The accident, which was witnessed by dozens of pub goers at the the nearby Flinders Hotel, left the front-end of the Lamborgini crumpled. The driver is believed to have only minor injuries.

"It was coming up Cook Street and then ran up the curb. The driver must have slammed on the gas pedal because the engine roared like hell," a witness said.

"It shot through the roundabout, ripped up three sign poles, passed between a tree and a lightpole and slammed right into the shopfront. It's the biggest thing to happen in Flinders in about 25 years."