http://www.startribune.com/driver-cited-for-going-171-miles-per-hour-on-northern-minn-highway/375425551/
Driver cited for going 171 miles per hour on northern Minn. highwayA driver in northern Minnesota reached speeds that even NASCAR stars Kurt and Kyle Busch would be proud of, but police were not amused.
Over the weekend, Deputy Chief Shawn Padden of the Hermantown Police Department stopped a sports car that was clocked by radar at 171 miles per hour and later going 148 mph. on an expressway north of Duluth.
Padden was working a “Toward Zero Death” DWI enforcement Friday night on the four-lane stretch of Hwy. 61 between Duluth and Two Harbors. He was in the southbound lanes about five miles north of Duluth when radar started screeching. By the time he looked up, he saw the speeding 2016 Camaro Coupe fly by. Padden revved up his Dodge Charger, floored to 130 to 140 miles per hour and gave chase. He caught up to the driver a short distance later.
“I was thinking that at least this better be somebody famous so I could get an autograph,” Padden said.
No such luck. The driver was a 36-year-old man from Duluth. He was cited for careless driving.
Padden said the driver, who had a female passenger with him, didn’t really give a reason for racing along the highway, which is dangerous enough with drivers going the 65-mile-per-hour speed limit. The road often is littered with animal and car parts. A couple deer crossed the highway just after the traffic stop was made, Padden said.
