KATANA vs. Crown Vic. Ford wins.....

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Motorcycle chase ends in arrest
By Brad Bennett

 
 
 
It turns out a Ford sedan can catch a racing motorcycle.

At first, Athens Patrolman Chad Walker thought the motorcycle he was pursuing was pulling over when it turned into the Wal-Mart parking lot Tuesday.

Instead, the red Suzuki Katana went in one entrance then turned and went out another. The driver headed back out of town on Tyler Street, which is the direction he had been going when Walker first caught sight of him. When the officer first spotted the cycle, it was going 80 mph near the Summit Apartments.

Walker said the chase increased to 90 mph on Tyler Street, then to more than 100 mph after the motorcycle turned onto Farm-to-Market Road 317 trying to get away from Walker. Besides the high speed, Walker said the chase happening during lunch time made it especially dangerous because of the amount of traffic in the area.

"It was a scary ordeal," Walker said. "He was passing cars erratically ... however he could get around them."

Walker said his 2004 Ford Crown Victoria was able to stay close enough so that he didn't lose sight of the motorcycle during the 10-minute chase, which ended near Lake Athens.

He said it was a car taking a right hand turn onto Bear Creek Road that put an end to the chase. The motorcycle driver was forced to slam on his brakes on the bridge, narrowly missing both the car and the bridge railing.

However the rider, 20-year-old Jason Peters of Brownsboro, wasn't able to make the curve just after the Bear Creek Road turnoff and crashed. The motorcycle rolled more than 100 feet from the road before stopping.

Walker said a helmet and some tall grass at the crash site probably saved Peters' life.

Peters was transported to East Texas Medical Center Athens for broken bones and an injured knee, which Walker said the rider hit during the crash, tearing skin away to the bone. Police cited Peters for driving while intoxicated and evading arrest, both felonies. Walker said he was also given a warning for speeding, but not a ticket, because speed is a factor in the DWI.

 
 

It turns out a Ford sedan can catch a racing motorcycle.

Doesn't Mladin ride a Kanatuna?

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I dunno what Mat rides on the street (if he street rides at all - a lot of racers don't), but he rides a GSXR1000 on the track, not a GSXF.