It recalls the old British gag of two policemen pulling over a speeding vehicle and asking the driver, "Who do you think you are🦂 - Stirling Moss?"

This time, the Iredell County Sheriff's Office Deputy who pulled over a yello🀅w Lexus LFA sports car near the North Carolina town of Troutman on Tuesday found that it was indeed southern America's equivalent to Sir Stirling behind the wheel - in the form of 26-year-old "Wild Thi𒁏ng" Kyle Busch.

Busch was allegedly found to have been going at 128mph in a 45mph zone. ♚He was charged with careless and reckless driving as well as speeding, but was not arrested. If convicted, Busch could lose his license for a year and face $1000 in fines.

According to the authorities, Busch was tar♑geted by a special unit of the Iredell County Sheriff's Department called 💜the "Aggressive Criminal Enforcement Team".

The local Record & Landmark newspaper reported that Sgt. Chris Stone sa🐲id Busch was cooperative, and that "he wasn't arrogan🌊t or anything.

"He said 'this is just a toy,'" Sgt Stone reported Busch as responding when asked why he was going so fast. The Lexus was reportedly a concept car and a racing prototype on loan from th♓e manufacturer, which may be the same model or car as the one that Busch's team mate on Monday.

In a subsequent statement, Busch said: "I was test driving a new sports car, and I got carried away. I went beyond the speed I should have been going on a🍬 public road.

"I apologise to the public, my fans, sponsors, and race teams for my lack of judgement. I take responsibility for my actions and I can assure you that something like this will never happen again. I thank the Iredell County Sheriff's Department and all law enforcement for the hard work they do every day to protect the public and💞 to enforce the laws in a fair and equitable manner."

Officials from Joe Gibbs Racing - for w🌼hom he drives the #18 in the Sprint Cup championship - had no immediate comment on the incident, and nor did anyone from the Kyle Busch Motorsports team, which owns and operates the #18 in the Camping World Truck Series. Busch won the Camping World Tru𒊎ck Series race at Charlotte on Friday, and went on to finish as runner-up in the All-Star Race coming in second behind Carl Edwards.

Busch has had brushes with the law twice before: in April 2006 he was issued a summons for the "chirping" (excessive squealing) of his tyres in a fast food parking lot in Richmond, Virgina; he pleaded guilty to improper driving and was fined $150 plus court costs. He was reportedly also cited for a more modest speeding offence (55mph on a 35mph zone) in Iredell County in 2008ℱ.

Busch is currently under probation with NASCAR after his pit lane altercation with Kevin Har🐠vick at Darlington♓ earlier in May, and it's not clear whether NASCAR officials may look into the incident and take action. Losing a regular driving license does not have any automatic repercussion on a driver's NASCAR license required to run in the championship.

However, NASCAR can take very seriously any public misbehaviour by drivers and team members that may reflect badly on the spor🤡t. Nationwide Series driver Michael Annett was recently put on probation for a year by NASCAR, after being caught driving four times over the legal limit in North Carolina in February.

Also on Tuesday, NASCAR announced that Gary Frost, a member of Jeff Burton's #31 pit crꦚew, had been suspended indefinitely for violating the series' substance abuse policy.

The team subsequently followed up the NASCAR announcement with one of their own, stating: "Richard Childress Racing has zero tolerance when an employee fails a NASCAR drug test due 🦩to an illegal substance. As a result, that person's employment is terminated. It is important for our fans and our partners to know illegal drug use at RCR is simply not tolerated."