The driver of a 2016 Camaro 1SS received a "coupon" after being clocked at 171 mph in Minnesota.
Camaro clocked at 171 mph on Highway 61 | Duluth News Tribune
Hermantown Police Department Deputy Chief Shawn Padden was on loan as part of a Minnesota State Patrol "Toward Zero Deaths" DWI saturation effort Friday night when the radar in his Dodge Charger squad car started screaming.
"I had just come off (McQuade Road) heading toward Duluth, right by the Sinclair gas station," Padden said. "He was going north, or east, toward Two Harbors. ... The first speed that came up was 171, then 168 and then 143. When he went by me it was a blur. You get used to seeing people going 65 or 70 and what that looks like. But I've never seen anything like this. It's like a rocket on wheels at that point."
Padden happened to be right at a crossover and made a hurried U-turn heading for Two Harbors. It was 6:50 p.m.
"I hit the lights and siren and called it in to the State Patrol. ... I had to get my car up to 135 just to get close enough for him to see my lights on," Padden said.
Camaro clocked at 171 mph on Highway 61 | Duluth News Tribune