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  • Motorcyclist cited for going 205 MPH (going faster than state patrol plane)

    09/21/2004 9:43:55 AM PDT · by Lijahsbubbe · 427 replies · 16,164+ views
    Wabasha AP ^ | 9/21/04 | AP
    WABASHA (AP) - With a State Patrol airplane overhead, a Stillwater motorcyclist hit the throttle and possibly set the informal record for the fastest speeding ticket in Minnesota history: 205 mph. On Saturday afternoon, State Patrol pilot Al Loney was flying near Wabasha, in southeastern Minnesota on the Wisconsin border, watching two motorcyclists racing along U.S. Highway 61. When one of the riders shot forward, Loney was ready with his stopwatch. He clicked it once when the motorcycle reached a white marker on the road and again a quarter-mile later. The watch read 4.39 seconds, which Loney calculated to be...