Great news story...Though maybe Joe Amo had wandered north. Or maybe it
was Seldom Seen Slim.
Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/FCC
FastmetalBDF@aol.com wrote:
> Maybe somebody should clue this guy in about Bonneville & Maxton :
>
> Minnesota Trooper Writes 205 MPH Ticket
>
> WABASHA, Minn. (Sept. 21) - With a State Patrol airplane overhead, a
> 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 205 mph.
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