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Blue_Tires

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Tue Apr 24, 2012, 01:15 PM Apr 2012

N.J. state troopers face probe for 'Death Race 2012' down Parkway to AC

TRENTON — The State Police are investigating complaints that two troopers escorted a caravan of luxury sports cars at speeds in excess of 100 mph down the Garden State Parkway to Atlantic City last month. The occupants included former Giants running back and sports car enthusiast Brandon Jacobs, according to a source with knowledge of the trip.

In the complaints, obtained by The Star-Ledger, witnesses said that in the early afternoon March 30, they saw two State Police patrol cars with their emergency lights flashing driving in front of and behind the southbound caravan, which included dozens of Porsches, Lamborghinis, Ferraris and other vehicles, all with their license plates covered with tape.

One witness, Wayne Gantt, dubbed the escort "Death Race 2012."

"I had the great pleasure today of nearly being killed by, not one, but two, Lamborghinis traveling in excess of 110 mph in a (New Jersey State Police) escorted ‘caravan’ of approximately 30 exotic vehicles all traveling well over 100 mph," Gantt wrote in an e-mail complaint to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which oversees the Parkway.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/nj_state_troopers_face_probe_f.html

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N.J. state troopers face probe for 'Death Race 2012' down Parkway to AC (Original Post) Blue_Tires Apr 2012 OP
I assume women were worth 10 points more than men in all age groups. badtoworse Apr 2012 #1
Ah yes.... Meiko Apr 2012 #2
Welcome to Chris Christie's New Jersey 47of74 Apr 2012 #3
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