today's WTH .... drunk driving at a whole new level

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Old 10-24-2007, 09:22 AM
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Drunk father arrested while driving on Laguna Seca Raceway
Posted Oct 23rd 2007 1:56PM by John Neff
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When pulled over while under the influence and driving his 1980 Porsche on Laguna Seca Raceway last Sunday around 5:20 PM, John Patrick Krukar told police that he was lost and trying to find his hotel. Well seriously, what would you say? The situation is actually more serious than it sounds, as authorities found Krukar's 5-month-old son riding shotgun in the car with him. The intoxicated man had reportedly reached speeds of up to 90 mph on the track, which had just seen a big weekend of racing including the final round of the 2007 ALMS Series. Krukar, however, is no Dindo Capello. Local police actually implied that this type of thing has happened before, Laguna Seca being so large and apparently difficult to lock down. They booked Krukar on driving under the influence with the added bonus penalty of having a child under 14 in the car at the time. His son was also taken into Child Protective Services, which sounds like the best thing for this involuntary co-driver.
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Default Yep, saw them chasing that guy. He actually made it out for parade laps. Was not a lock

down issue.

I know Laguna well, and there is no place to "sneak" on in a car.

Walked every inch.

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i saw the parade laps after randy's race but missed the drama
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Default I was neither at Laguna Seca nor saw the race.

Which obvious as it may seem, I've never stepped foot there either.
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Not even an inch?
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Default I think it would be safe to say that I've never seen a square inch of that track.

I don't even know who Dindo Capello is.
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If you had seen a square inch would it change your opinion of the driver?
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If Porsche had properly installed sobriety management in their cars, this never would have occurred.
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you could do it up at turn 6 - might require a little offroading
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I refuse to answer this question until I can refer to the opinion of one of the world's best drivers


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