05-20-2010, 11:37 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Elgin,SC
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Former race car driver leads police on high speed chase..
It ended when his Corvette lunched the engine.
Quote:
SAN CLEMENTE, California - (AP) - You can take the race car driver out of NASCAR. But apparently it's hard to get the racing out of this particular ex-NASCAR driver. James Neal used to run full out at the Ascot Park track in Gardena, California in the early 1980s. He never won a national race. But when deputies in San Clemente tried
to pull Neal's 2003 Corvette over for a traffic violation, the old racing juices began flowing again. He led the deputies on a high-speed chase for nearly 50 miles - hitting speeds up to 130 mph.
The race could have gone on longer - except the Corvette's engine blew up near La Jolla. Neal was arrested and booked into Orange County Jail, where his bail was set at $25,000.
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And video:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=7449427
Ricky Bobby anyone?
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