Wurz - Cosford, Fitters Course - mid 80's
Wurz was riding a racing bike down the M5 to Castle Coombe raceway for a weekend meeting. As the motorway opened up he decided to give it a little blast, unaware of the police car a couple of miles further down the motorway and passed it at a bit of a lick!
The police gave chase, apparently, but it had to be a police unit ahead of him to escort him off the motorway.
The copper was a bit sarcastic and he went over the bike with a purposeful glare. No tax, no MOT, illegal racing tyres etc. He then pushed his pen up the exhaust pipe to feel for the silencer.
So now the copper was in a really bad mood ‘cos he’d lost his favourite pen.
Once his mate caught up with us he issued Wurz with a ticket. Wurz contested the charge, claiming the bike was incapable of such speed. But in the court the Chief Inspector prosecuting had a print out from the speed camera…169.7 MPH so Wurz was bang to rights.
He was on his fitter’s course at the time and as was usual, his Flt Cdr attended court to represent his good character. Or maybe not. Being an ‘hossifer, he was incapable of falsehood. So he turned up in his best blue and suggested that Wurzel receive a custodial sentence!
The magistrate thought that a bit harsh so Wurz got a fine and 9 points. Dissapointed, and not quite done yet, the Flt Cdr announced to the court that the airforce would be taking disciplinary action after the court had finished with him. But back at Cosford, someone realised that his Flt Cdr was actually barking mad, and Wurz got away with it.