Can This Camaro Really Outrun A State Trooper?

Watching this Chevy Camaro driver try to outrun an Arkansas state trooper is an interesting study in desperation. After all, for all but a select few, taking on Arkansas State Police in a pursuit is a contest they lose dramatically, usually with a big PIT maneuver. But this guy still tries it.

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As you can see in the included dashcam footage, the orange Camaro that sticks out like a sore thumb blasts past the trooper who’s running traffic on the highway. Obviously speeding, the muscle car keeps on going as the cruiser pulls out into the road and starts chasing it down.

Blasting down the highway himself, the trooper has to go well over 100 mph, at times driving up onto the shoulder and even cutting through a closed weigh station just to catch up to his quarry.

For a brief moment, as the trooper gets within a few hundred feet, the Camaro slows down to around 100 mph. But the suspect suddenly drops the hammer and the Chevy takes off, surpassing 120 mph in no time.

The trooper keeps up, determined to bring the guy down as they near the state line with Tennessee.

But as the Camaro driver pushes it to over 130 mph, he starts pulling away from the ASP cruiser. Still, the trooper keeps up, then closes the gap as two truckers clog the road.

That’s when our suspect makes a dangerous but advantageous choice, going onto the inside shoulder and traveling at high speed so close to the guardrail and the truck in the left lane, it’s a miracle he didn’t crash.

With the bridge to freedom near, the Camaro takes off, the driver giving it all he can as the trooper can only helplessly trail behind. Once over the bridge, the trooper is forced to turn around in defeat, returning to Arkansas empty-handed.

Image via Police Pursuits/YouTube