Posted on 08/12/2013 5:36:23 PM PDT by TurboZamboni
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 41-year-old Darwin man who was caught driving more than 145 mph in his Ford Mustang GT said he was “airing it out,” according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Authorities said Richard Bernhagen was clocked at 148 mph on July 17 on Tagus Avenue, a county road just outside of Hutchinson, Minn.
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I was once driving down US27 in Florida, at night, doin 110, when I noticed a patrol car waiting in the weeds that night. I could have kept going and probably lost him, but I decided to play it cool. I slowed considerably, and waited for the car to catch up, which seemed to take an awfully long time. I pulled over when asked.
The officer was very formal, polite, asked if I was carrying any drugs, asked if he could inspect the vehicle..
Long story short, they were on the lookout for drug runners running drugs across the state of Florida that night, and I wasn't what/who they were looking for. He gave me a verbal warning to slow down, and let me go w/o a ticket.
It’s not a sport if it can’t kill you.
"This is definitely lower Wacker Drive."
For those of us who happen to be fortunate enough (/barf) to work in Chicago, the landmarks in that movie are priceless. A fair number of them don't exist at all anymore, and boy has the skyline changed.
Daley Plaza on the other hand (where they paid the assessment fees for the orphanage) looks exactly the same as it did in the movie.
What I wouldn't give to be young and dumb again! Had the wife on the back of the rice burner (Kawasaki Ninja 1100 w/Nitrous, racing gears, racing exhaust, etc..) and pulled a wheelie at 70.
Soon as I stopped she hopped off the bike and slapped the living daylights out of me (you know how women just flail at you? That's what she did ...)
She's never gotten on a bike with me since. That was around 1992 ... think I was still living in my first house then.
Gotta be photoshopped. Else the gas guage would be near empty :)
The owner’s manual for my 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner recommended “periods of full throttle acceleration” during break in. No problem!. I had the needle buried past 120mph on several occasions during the time I owned the car. Of course I wouldn’t dream of doing all that again, but how could a young guy do otherwise?
What we’re dealing with here is a complete lack of respect for the law!
Clicked at 156 in a 71 Duster.
Tossed in jail for the night.
At first appearance Judge Joe Dan Trottman,
having come of age with the model t, said,
“ah buiishit, case dismissed!”
State Trooper was livid!
A bit like flying, Duster was just floating
A buddy of mine in college worked on a garbage truck in high school/summers in Chicago. As the chase roars through that dark, underground lot he would exclaim “there’s my dumpster!” as it flashed by.
Fastest I have ever gone on the ground was on the back straight of the original Road Atlanta - in a race prepped twin turbo RX-7. Just got to 186 before I had to set up for the dip and turn 10.
At Atlanta Motor Speedway in a chipped Andretti car I did a bunch of laps +/- 165-170. Cockpit wasn’t really set for someone my size and the frame was really biting into me.
Wasn’t my car at Road Atlanta but it was my track and knew I had to get on the Brembo’s right away.
Fastest ever on the street is still classified ;-)
Anybody needing the particulars can pm.
True story between Destin and Panama.
I’ve gotten my ‘91 Miata up to 115 once. And that was all she had! The car still felt pretty stable at that speed, though.
BTW, I was on Interstate 5 north of Willows, CA when I did that. Since then I’ve gotten pulled over on that stretch (doing 83 in a 70mph zone in my wife’s car) and have learned they patrol it pretty heavily, in part because there’s a race track nearby. And coincidentally, when I got that ticket I was on my way there to go through an SCCA licensing school!
You forgot to reset the Trip Odometer when you filled up.
I hope you didn’t take that picture with your Cell Phone, you can get a ticket doing that here in CA.
Oh yeah, and no Texting.
Sir you have some big b@lls.
That bridge turn at Road Atlanta is like Eau Rouge at Spa....
Showroom stock B? Or IT B?
I raced in F Production in the SCCA years ago.
Had a 1973 Ford Maverick up to 120 mph and the front end began to weave back and forth. Was told later I was just a hair from going airborne. Scared me pretty badly AFTER the fact. Young and stupid.
Wow! That’s faster than I’ve ever gone on a track, but then again nearly all my on-track experience has been in a Formula Vee, which is only good for about 120 flat-out. I *might* have nudged 100mph going into Turn One at Thunderhill.
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