Paul Walker -- I Once Hit 185 MPH... On The Freeway!

tmz.com ^ | December 2, 2013

[grundle]

Paul Walker liked his cars fast fast fast -- in fact, he once boasted about hitting a top speed of 185 MPH -- and it wasn't on a racetrack ... it was on a freeway.

"The Fast & The Furious" star -- who died in a fiery car crash on Saturday -- made the revelation on GTChannel back in 2011 ... while taking a Nissan GT-R out for a test spin in Japan.

"The fastest I've ever gone is 184 to 186," Walker says on the video .... and then he reveals how fast he was clocked on an actual racetrack.

As TMZ reported ... law enforcement believes speed was a factor in the crash of the Porsche Carrera GT that killed Walker and his friend Roger Rodas in Santa Clarita, CA ... although it was Rodas -- not Walker -- who was driving at the time of the collision.

[Army Air Corps]

Impressive.

[rockrr]

I did manage a radar ticket for 117 in a 35mph zone when I was 17. The cop wrote me for 19 over (to avoid an automatic reckless driving) and I paid the fine.

[AnAmericanMother]

140 in a Jaguar Type E V-12 on the longest straight on GA 400, back in 1977.

It ran smooth as silk, and the faster you went the smoother the ride. If you didn't glance at the dial you'd never know you topped 100. That was one sweet ride . . . but a real gas hog.

[ThunderSleeps]

With me at the wheel / handlebars... Been a shade over 100 in a POS rental car in the New Mexico desert. Been around 115 on a bike on an interstate in West Virginia. Young, stupid, and lucky. I probably wasn’t a good enough driver/rider at those times to do that.

[JRandomFreeper]

Less impressive, considering what they were doing at White Sands. But it was enough for me. ;)

/johnny

[MNDude]

I once went 50 mph in a Radio Flyer.

[JRandomFreeper]

Young, stupid, and lucky.

Nothing wrong with that. Ask Curtis LeMay.

/johnny

[Jack Hydrazine]

110mph in an Acura Integra.

[Jonty30]

With all due respect to the deceased, they must have been racing, because I cannot think of any car that can suddenly go out of control in the hands of a skilled driver that would turn their car into something that looks like it came from a wrecker’s yard.

[calljack]

in 1973 I went 122 in a 68 Firebird. The engine had plenty more but the steering and the suspension did not.
also, I wanted to live longer.

I had a 68 Firebird.
One brother had a a Corvette.
Another brother had an SS 396.
The Glory Days of Muscle cars, man oh man.

[Tired of Taxes]

Really a shame. You just never know what will happen. This report is saying they were driving for 20 minutes and were returning to the event when they crashed:

Roger Rodas' high end auto shop that specializes in exotic cars. Paul had a stake in the shop. .... when Paul arrived ... Roger was watching one of his employees try in vain to back the Carrera GT into the shop, but it kept stalling. Roger decided to take matters into his own hands ... told the worker to get out and took the wheel himself.

As Roger began to back into the garage ... Paul came up and said he hadn't driven in the Porsche yet -- so he jumped in the passenger seat and they took a 20 minute drive.

The fatal accident happened on the way back from that drive -- just 500 yards from the shop.

[Army Air Corps]

Given that you were, I assume, driving a factory stock rig, I would call that impressive.

[dfwgator]

The autopsy confirmed he had dandruff too. They found head and shoulders in the glove box.

"You are a very bad man."

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

I went 75 in a Pinto.

[W.]

Oh, lets dig the archives.

Boss loans me his '69 Corvette [350/350HP/4 speed], hit 135 going to the gun shop after tech school. My car in shop for carb overhaul , before I learned how.

Then the time my boss [intentionally] stalled the Cessna, and the next thing I know after the buffeting is we are pointed straight down at the hard deck. OH...

Riding home from Toledo on I-75 at 4 am, hit 140+ on a KZ750 Kawasaki. EEEEEEEEEE! [Yay!]

[Tired of Taxes]

LOL. Now THAT’S impressive.

[stanne]

I always say, I’m not afraid of flying, it’s the crashing I don’t like.

THis guy had a child.

What an idiot.

The victims of the crash of the metro north deserve a ton more attention than this immature man.

I’m sorry. But he had a family, and I am just so sick of ridiculous behavior in fathers (and I mean all guys who screw around out of wedlock)/husbands being acceptable).

WE have a cultural problem and this kind of crap is a huge part of it.

[Yogafist]

152 MPH in a Camaro on an LA freeway. That is all I could get out of it. 165 MPH in a retired cup car at California Speedway. They had it rev limited, wish I could have gone faster.

[dalereed]

Did it In a 32 Roadster on 90% nitro and also in my 40 Ford coupe with a big Olds with 4 97s and a mag.

actually I did have the tires since I ran Indy tires that Lou Grant, Grant Piston Rings, brought back and gave them to us.

Also in the 57 Corvette tuning it up for the SCCA races, It was clocked at 154 in the back straight at Riverside.

For tune up I used to use San Fernando rd between Fletcher abd Brand in Los angeles and Foothill in Arcadia to race the 32 roadster on fuel, and a few dozen other places that weren’t quite as safe.

5 years of street racing 7 nites a week and never got caught but back then the cops couldn't go over 100 and they didn't have helicopters!

[llevrok]

Thank me.