Former NASCAR driver James Neal still likes to drive fast.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Neal, a small-time racer in the 1980s at the now defunct Ascot Park in Gardena (Calif.), led Orange County sheriffs on a chase from San Clemente to La Jolla on Monday, before a blown engine stopped him.
The chase started oddly enough when authorities attempted to stop Neal for driving his 2003 Chevy Corvette without a front license plate. Seeing the police behind him, Neal gunned it and dared police to keep up with him as he reached speeds of at least 140 mph.
Unfortunately for Neal, his Corvette engine could not sustain such speeds, and it blew up, bringing an end to the chase and landing him in police custody.
Neal pleaded guilty to misdemeanor felony evasion and reckless driving on Tuesday, and was sentenced to a month of jail and probabtion.
