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A long time ago in a city far, far away....
I was talking some smack to a friend of mine with a 1970 Buick Skylark with a rocket 350 in it and told him that my HO 302 1971 Ford Ranchero would wipe the pavement with him. Since this problem was not going to be solved by bench racing in the high school auto shop, we set out at lunch to settle this dispute.
We pulled around the back side of the school on a long, two lane straight road that ran along the fields... I lined up in the left lane, he on the right and we set off in a cloud of tire smoke. Somewhere around 110mph and a half car-length behind I decided that I lost and shut it down. We then turned back to the school while I prepared myself mentally for the thrashing I was about to receive at the shop.
Turned out there was an off-duty police officer jogging with his dogs on the side of the road and saw the whole thing. Since his wife worked at the school and my car was not what you could call inconspicuous, it didn't take long to find me.
To sum up the charges;
- Speeding in a school zone
- Driving in excess of 100mph in a 35mph zone (still a school zone)
- Reckless driving (racing) in a school zone
- Driving in excess of 100mph in the oncoming lane
- Bald rear tires
- No front license plate
That was not a fun court appearance let me tell you.
Scott
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