The C8 Corvette Stingray boasts an estimated top speed of 194 mph, but it should go without saying that this claim should only be put to the test on a race track, or perhaps an unrestricted section of the Autobahn. Just ask 30-year-old Alejandro Zapata-Rebello of Connecticut, whose now facing a long list of charges after New Hampshire State troopers clocked him travelling at 161 mph in his 2021 Corvette Stingray.
According to local news outlet KIRO7, New Hampshire State Police had set up a speed trap in the northbound lanes of I-93 in Ashland, NH, when they clocked Zapata-Rebello travelling at 161 mph in his Corvette. Instead of pursuing the suspect, troopers issued a Be On The Lookout notice for the vehicle and eventually began receiving reports of a bright orange-colored sports car driving recklessly and travelling at a high rate of speed.
RECKLESS DRIVING ARREST
On Sunday, July 31, 2022, at approximately 11:15 AM, Trooper Shawn Slaney of #TroopF, was on patrol on I-93 NB in Ashland when an orange sports car drove past him at a high rate of speed. Trooper Slaney was able to clock the vehicle on radar at 161 MPH. pic.twitter.com/pyJHPHaQJn
— New Hampshire State Police (@NH_StatePolice) August 1, 2022
Troopers later positioned themselves at an exit ramp on I-93 to intercept the driver of the vehicle when the suspect became stuck in traffic. Officers apprehended Zapata-Rebello without further incident, charging him with three counts of reckless driving and one count of disobeying an officer. His Sebring Orange Tintcoat-painted C8 Corvette Stingray was also impounded. The driver was later released on a summons to appear in court in September.
Late last year, in another high-speed C8 Corvette incident, a 23-year-old woman was killed in a crash in Las Vegas last year after ex-Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III crashed his C8 Corvette Stingray into her vehicle while travelling at 156 mph. The crash involving Ruggs, who was believed to be under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident, serves as a stark reminder as to why penalties for travelling well excess of the speed limit are severe.
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Yee-haw…….
Impound the car, suspend his license for 2-3 years and put him on probation for 2-3 years. Maybe then, this fool will learn to obey traffic laws.
When I choose to race my C7 GS, I take it to the track. I don’t wind it up to 165mph on the streets, where I could potentially kill people.
Better yet, put him in an orange jump suit to match the car and have him pick up trash in side of route 93 for a year.
Ignorant! Your momma must be proud!
I’ll take his Corvette off his hands, free of course.
I thought everyone wanted the Corvette to appeal to the younger demographic…well, when you give younger guys this kind of car, this is what you’re going to get…I’m not defending him, but I’m not surprised or shocked either. There’s even more encouragement now that cops is so many areas have been disgruntled by the idiotic “defund the police” movement…people increasingly think they can do whatever they want. Just glad no injuries at the end of this story.
I’m not defending this guy but, There are people killed in car accidents every day at speeds well within the limit. Next thing you know, they will ban corvettes. Cancel culture. Corvettes are at fault, guns are at fault but not the insane abusers of these things.
There should be State legislation that in cases where there is absolute no consideration for life and safety of other persons, and a vehicle is operated in a dangerous manner in excess of 60 miles per hour over the speed limit, the vehicle is seized by the State and shall be destroyed (crushed). The Court shall suspend the drivers licence for a period of not less than 10 years, with the option that the Court may also impose a financial penalty, and or a sentence to imprisonment. That may appear to some people as an extremely severe punishment, but it would be a definite deterrent. After one or two examples of the consequences, such driving would cease.
how about seized and sold to support charity as opposed to adding to the billons of tonnes of waste we create
In my owners manual for a 2021 C8 it states that the onboard system of tracking speed can be used by law enforcement against the driver, as a warning that everything the car does is tracked. The car easily climbs to these speeds,
like any high performance brand car does. I do not condone this at all.
That’s helpful to owners who actually read the manual.
Amplify Orange not Sebring.
The article sez it was a 2021 – which would make it Sebring Orange. Amplify Orange didn’t come out until 2022
I’d bet it’s hard to tell the difference at 161mph…
Rob, no cancel culture involved. Corvettes do not need cancelled, but idiot drivers, yes. A fine is not enough.
F Troop!
F troop is the Massachusetts state police that cover Logan Airport
I don’t condone especially my age being 79 and am sure my reflects are not as good as they should be. I do have a 2021 Torch Red LT2 and have seen 125 couple of times. I keep a $10K lean on car with NFCU. In Virginia above 80 mph or racing on street car is conviscated but if has a lien given back to leinholder and can be retreived.
Some pretty damning advise on how to handle this guy and his C8.
He is young and this will be an expensive experience. How many among us with high performance cars did not push the limits of the car we owned? I have been driving since the 60’s and I am just thankful my generation never drove recklessly. 😉
the US should make their own version of the autobahn. germany seems to have success with it. why wouldn’t it work here? everyday people stay on the highway and whoever wants to go fast goes on the US version of the autobahn. worst how some areas have 24 hr speed cameras, next will be speed cameras on highways, cities will eventually phase out car lanes in favor for mass transit, etc etc etc. might as well have a stretch of highway dedicated for speeders.
I have clocked 141 in my C8 ,so far
161, thats just getting warmed up! For all yall whinning. shut it! more people are killed by old drivers who should’ve stopped driving cuz too old. Others killed by texting or drunk driving.
Using that logic, we should ignore cancer because heart disease kills more people worldwide than any other illness.
It is clear that some don’t think stiff penalties should apply and driving at excessive speed is okay. They must have all the experience needed to avoid being in a motor vehicle accident, striking a pedestrian or a bicyclist in the dark, and know that if they blow a tire they can control their vehicle under any condition, because it won’t happen to them. Well after 5 yrs service with the Ambulance, and 20 yrs experience as a cop, I am entitled to my opinion and to share my experience. I have arrived to see the carriage, mutilated bodies, and the senseless loss of life of children to seniors. Many of you have passed an accident or have watched a news clipping and brushed it off, sometimes maybe even making a joke. There is some things in life you have missed to form your opinion. That is pulling the bodies from a wreck, attempting to save them, witnessing an autopsy, and knocking on the door of a home to tell them they have lost a loved one. But not having lived those life learning experiences, I see how you are an expert. Hopefully some idiot doesn’t cause a patrolman to knock on your door to deliver bad news. If it happens, you may then have a different outlook.