DENVER — When a group of exotic sports car fanatics made its way through Colorado earlier this month, one of them posted a shocking picture of a warning from a Colorado State Patrol (CSP) trooper for traveling 190 mph in a 65 mph zone.
“Some people get away with murder driving on Corsa America Rally,” the post from Thomas Heinrichs, the founder and owner of Corsa America Rally, read. The post contained a partial picture of the warning.
After receiving several news tips about it, 9NEWS filed an open records request with the CSP and got a copy of the warning, written on Nov. 2 to a man named James Teague from Oklahoma.
The warning slip doesn't provide an exact location.
CSP spokesman Trooper Joshua Lewis told 9NEWS that CSP administration contacted Master Trooper Wright, who wrote the ticket. According to Wright, he didn't catch Teague excessively speeding, Lewis said.
“One-ninety in a 65 did not happen,” Lewis said. “We had a motorist request essentially a memento from a trooper that he made contact with, not on any type of traffic stop – he was asking for directions."
But in a video, posted on YouTube, Teague is seen bragging about the incident on an online show.
“He goes, 'do you know how fast you were going?'” Teague tells the hosts. “I go, '200.' He goes, '190.'"
"He says, 'OK, I wrote you a warning. This is the biggest warning I've ever written,'" Teague said in the video.
When 9NEWS reached out to Teague on Tuesday, he initially backed up the story, claiming he was speeding. When told what CSP said about the incident, his story changed.
“We’ll go with his story – you don’t never go against local authorities,” Teague told 9NEWS.
As for the trooper, CSP said they are looking into a possible personnel action, but Lewis couldn't tell us more. He said CSP does not give out trophy tickets.
"We have plenty of stickers and occasionally, you may even get a teddy bear, but ultimately, something like this -- it's the first I've ever heard of it," Lewis said.
The maximum speed limit in Colorado is 75 mph. According to reports from 2012, an 85 mph stretch from Austin to San Antonio has the highest maximum speed limit in the United States.
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