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May 5, 2008

One Lap of America: smart fortwo Nabbed In Kansas!

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Of all the cars to get pulled over… The lone smart participating in this year’s One Lap of America, along with one of the BMW’s, got on the wrong side of the law today while crossing Kansas en route to Texas World Speedway. One Lap participant Joe, or more likely his co-driver, snapped the pic while blasting by in the Porsche 944. Looks like the sheriff is shaking them down pretty bad—hope to see both teams back in the running tomorrow!

Comments

Stephen Noton
May 6, 2008 at 2:52 pm

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Eric
May 5, 2008 at 4:28 pm

PSh cops are just angry cause BIMMER’s make everyone angry or happy. And well we know what they do to this guy!

Austin
May 5, 2008 at 6:07 am

I certainly hope they weren’t racing!

GTwildfire
May 5, 2008 at 4:59 am

The decals on the cars probably got the cop’s attention before their speed. Might as well have “watch me very closely” in large letters on the cars. That’s their equivalent to small shiny objects.