Two supercar drivers have been banned after being caught doing more than 100mph on a remote Highland road.
Noel Hendry, 48, was in his £200,000 McLaren sports car and Jason McBain, 50, was behind the wheel of his Porsche 911 when police clocked then at 106mph in a 60mph zone.
Lawyers for the two men described their actions on the A95 as a “moment of madness”.
Offshore worker McBain, of Barclayhill Farmhouse, Findon, and Dunstable-based businessman Hendry, of High Street, Eaton Bray, admitted travelling carelessly in convoy on the Aviemore to Grantown-on-Spey road, near Skye of Curr.
Inverness Sheriff Court was told Hendry’s McLaren, complete with personalised plates, was behind McBain’s Porsche on June 26 2021 when traffic cops caught them overtaking another vehicle at 106mph.
Fiscal depute Emma MacEwan said the road was dry and the weather was fine at the time.
She added that a third vehicle was also in convoy and that case will be heard later this year.
Hendry’s defence solicitor advocate Neil Wilson said that his client ran a company refurbishing hospital laboratories but “his business practically ground to a halt during Covid”.
“He is building it up again,” he said. “Through a momentary act of foolishness, he now faces losing his licence. He knows he should have thought about that before putting his foot down.”
McBain’s lawyer, Rory Gowans said: “This was a moment of madness. The Porsche is now sold and he drives something more modest.”
The solicitors said that given the cars they were driving, their clients were in the position to pay a financial penalty within 28 days.
Sheriff Ian Cruickshank fined both men £1,675 and disqualified both from driving for six months.
He said: “No one anywhere on the A95 should be travelling at 106mph. It is totally unacceptable.”
