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 Wednesday, October 20
Ray ticketed for 72 mph after doing 200 mph
 
Associated Press

  TROPHY CLUB, Texas -- Hours after winning $1 million for driving more than 200 mph, Greg Ray found himself with a $140 speeding ticket for driving 72 mph.

The race car driver was headed home from the Texas Motor Speedway Sunday night when he was pulled over in this community north of Fort Worth.

Trophy Club officer Brent Robbins was not impressed with Ray's Indy Racing League season championship, which the Plano, Texas resident had clinched by placing third in the Mall.com 500.

"I didn't know who he was," the officer told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "I follow NASCAR, not Indy."

Robbins ticketed Ray for driving 72 mph in a 55 mph zone.

Ray, who was driving his 1999 Chevrolet Corvette, said he was tired after conducting post-race interviews.

"I was one of the last to leave the speedway, and I was driving in a group of about five other cars," he said. "He (an officer) picked me out, but I don't believe I was speeding."

 


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