Speeding driver part of racing road trip

Same car stopped twice in Oregon

By Shannon Wells

The Gresham Outlook, Apr 24, 2009, Updated Oct 30, 2009

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An Oregon State Police trooper cited the drivers of six exotic sports cars for speed racing Thursday morning, April 23, when he spotted the vehicles moving at a high rate of speed on Highway 18 near Grand Ronde.

A little more than two hours after an Oregon State Police trooper cited six speeding drivers near Grand Ronde, one of the drivers was stopped again on Interstate 84 near Multnomah Falls around 1:45 p.m. Thursday, April 23.

State Police Sgt. Tom Worthy spotted an unidentified driver of a 2004 Lamborghini with an Alberta, Canada, license plate reading “BADBUL” headed eastbound near Multnomah Falls. He pulled the car over and cited the driver for going 90 mph in a 65 mph zone, according to State Police officials.

The vehicle was one of six “exotic” sports cars stopped for speed racing Thursday morning on Highway 18 near Grand Ronde. Senior Trooper David Peterson received a driving complaint at 11:15 a.m. of about 10 vehicles passing in no-pass zones and traveling at high rates of speed just west of Grand Ronde. Peterson observed five of the cars pass him at a high rate of speed, and as he accelerated onto Highway 18, a sixth vehicle whizzed by his car.

The trooper stopped all six vehicles and cited them for speed racing. The drivers were cooperative and told the trooper there were 20 similar vehicles traveling together on an annual road trip — one driver from Washington and the others from Canada.

Barely two hours later, Sgt. Worthy stopped the driver near Multnomah Falls.

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