78-year old's Nissan Pulsar impounded after AU street race with Skyline
 

01-10-2009 06:29 PM

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/etc/" rel="tag">Etc.</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/" rel="tag">Government/Legal</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/nissan/" rel="tag">Nissan</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/australia/" rel="tag">Australia</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/humor/" rel="tag">Humor</a></p><a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24878433-421,00.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/01/pulsar.jpg"></a><br><br>A 78-year-old Australian man with a need for speed had his car impounded after being caught racing at 170 km/h (105 mph) on a winding road east of Melbourne on New Year's Day. It seems John Belfield, the senior citizen under the spotlight, is a member of a local Nissan-Datsun sports car club. The club was holding a social run for its members on January 1, and Mr. Belfield was in attendance with his sporty Nissan Pulsar.<br><br>When prodded during the drive by a 36-year-old fellow club member in a Nissan Skyline, Belfield couldn't restrain himself and took chase. While it isn't clear who had the lead when the police intervened, the local constabulary did nab both drivers and promptly impounded their cars based on Victoria's "hoon laws" (a series of laws that covers certain types of speeding, burnouts, street racing, screeching brakes, etc...). The violation, according to police records, makes John Belfield the oldest person to have his car impounded under the law... an accolade, of sorts. In his defense, Mr. Belfield pointed out that he is a skilled driver who races cars. We doubt that got him off the hook, as it has never worked for us when we're in our Pulsars. <em>Thanks to Sam for the tip!</em><br><br>[<a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24878433-421,00.html">National News AU</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/10/78-year-olds-nissan-pulsar-impounded-after-au-street-race-with/">78-year old's Nissan Pulsar impounded after AU street race with Skyline</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:29:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/10/78-year-olds-nissan-pulsar-impounded-after-au-street-race-with/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1420070/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/10/78-year-olds-nissan-pulsar-impounded-after-au-street-race-with/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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wow, old man keepin it real! lmfao jk dang, thats crazy....

was it a skyline or a gt-r?

ROFL @ Mr. Belfield's defense. A for effort I say. Too bad Australia don't play dat.

that is how old people should drive what the fuck do they have to live for, they drive so damn slow all the time.

it was probably a skyline

and if its a winding road... how the fuck do you get to 104mph?

/\ All Wheel Drive....that's how :) (I am hoping the guy was in a GTI-R.)
Australia has some awesome roads. Long sweeping curves. 104 mph would be easy in almost anything.

Some of the old people here in the States need to take some tips from the AU seniors. Mr. Belfield FTW!! That's funny though. Now some other old guy has to take his record and go 105mph chasing a GT3 lol

Nice now I know I can be 80 years old and drive a car like I stole it.

gooooooooooo old man...

what does he have to lose... 2 to 3 yrs of his life? lol

Hahhaah

Good going for the old guy!

I want pics of the pulsar!!!

Funny stuff...:stupid:

Awesome. I hope by the time I'm that old I still have a license. Old people suck a fat one at driving

if it was a pulsar gti-r...drool. I love those little things!:hyper:

:rofl: hahahaha

Thats whats up....

Can you imagine seeing a 80 year old passing you at 104 mph....

(till i dump the clutch and pass him!) hahahaha

indeed i wana see that pulsar

Haha he couldn't help but take chase. Haha, but for real let's see that pulsar!

hahah this bloke was in a gti-r. i saw a pic of it..but didnt save it
he was a local import car cruise apparently, and apparently he did do/used to do ameture racing of some kind

haha that fucked up!..lol

But the truth:rofl:

haha thats hella crazy

lol

that blows

78 year old.... knowing him that old gti-r was probably a mint 20 year old car with like 13,000 miles or someting, haha.

Lol @ his response to being a skilled race driver.....