He wrote me for 40 in a 35, which may or may not have been the speed limit. The limit was 45 on the Snake just weeks after that.
I had seen him on the way up sitting in a turn, and I was only in second gear. Then I went back down, second gear, egine braking, watching my speed, etc. My Dad and I passed him sitting there in the same spot. He did not move. I got about 4/5 of the way down when I heard a siren and stopped thinking he was responding to an emergency. He stopped and pulled me over.
He claimed he had to go 50-55 mph to "pace" me. ~thinking~Well, yeah dipstick. If you give me a 1 mile head start (we measured it), you are going to have to go fast to catch up even if I am only doing 35-40 mph.
If I had known, I would have sped up and could have lost him easily.
So that is how I got a ticket for going 5 mph under the speed limit and not within sight of a cop.
I would really have liked at least a chase for the money.
