Former race car driver in high speed chase

[OCBob]

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — The driver of a Corvette who is accused of leading deputies in California on a high-speed chase for nearly 50 miles is a former NASCAR racer.

James Neal was arrested in San Diego County early Monday, and the 56-year-old San Clemente resident was booked into Orange County Jail, where bail is set at $25,000.

Sheriff’s Lt. Mike Jansen says San Clemente deputies tried to pull over the 2003 Corvette for a traffic violation at about 3 a.m. but Neal refused to stop and raced along Interstate 5 to San Diego County at speeds up to 130 mph.

The Corvette’s engine blew up in the La Jolla area and deputies arrested him without a struggle.

NASCAR officials say Neal was a NASCAR track racer at the old Ascot Park track in Gardena in the early 1980s. He never won a national race.

 

[Wifey]

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — The driver of a Corvette who is accused of leading deputies in California on a high-speed chase for nearly 50 miles is a former NASCAR racer.

James Neal was arrested in San Diego County early Monday, and the 56-year-old San Clemente resident was booked into Orange County Jail, where bail is set at $25,000.

Sheriff’s Lt. Mike Jansen says San Clemente deputies tried to pull over the 2003 Corvette for a traffic violation at about 3 a.m. but Neal refused to stop and raced along Interstate 5 to San Diego County at speeds up to 130 mph.

The Corvette’s engine blew up in the La Jolla area and deputies arrested him without a struggle.

NASCAR officials say Neal was a NASCAR track racer at the old Ascot Park track in Gardena in the early 1980s. He never won a national race.

guess he should have stayed on the dirt track

 

[Django]

Doesn't say much for his skills or his engine....... "blew up at 130 mph"...Yikes.

D

 

[ZCx]

the news here this mornin said it was for a no front lic. plate stop

 

[Wifey]

Doesn't say much for his skills or his engine....... "blew up at 130 mph"...Yikes.

D

just what i was thinking, no wonder he never won a race:itsme:

 

[OCBob]

the news here this mornin said it was for a no front lic. plate stop

Hmmm. That's a pretty rare occurrence here. Out of all the vehicles I've owned since moving here 25 years ago only a couple of them have had front plates. It's really not enforced much if at all.

I did hear on Fox News that he has already been sentenced to 30 days in county for the chase. Don't know what got him that light sentence, guaranteed I'd be on my way to a state prison sentence if it had been me.

 

[Wifey]

Hmmm. That's a pretty rare occurrence here. Out of all the vehicles I've owned since moving here 25 years ago only a couple of them have had front plates. It's really not enforced much if at all.

I did hear on Fox News that he has already been sentenced to 30 days in county for the chase. Don't know what got him that light sentence, guaranteed I'd be on my way to a state prison sentence if it had been me.

fiquers, motorcycles don't have to have front plates in Cali, durrrrrrrr :elefant:

 

[OCBob]

fiquers, motorcycles don't have to have front plates in Cali, durrrrrrrr :elefant:

A lot of them didn't even have back plates heheheheh.

 

[Wifey]

A lot of them didn't even have back plates heheheheh.

who looks back :dontknow: