Interesting that his lawyer used possible brain injuries in his defense as a result of his racing career. I don;t know how I feel about this, but hope he can remain clean and get his life on track

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) -- A former NASCAR driver who led police on a 150 mph chase through three states pleaded guilty Tuesday under a deal that spares him any prison time.

Timothy Tyler Andrew Walker, 35, entered the plea in a St. George court to felony counts of failure to stop for an officer and possession of a controlled substance, the Spectrum report (http://bit.ly/1sUzdkY).

The Hermosa Beach, California, man also pleaded guilty to three misdemeanors: impaired driving, possession of drug paraphernalia and having an open container of alcohol in the car.

Walker said in court he's in a much better place than when Utah Highway Patrol troopers arrested him in January 2013 after a chase that began in Nevada and crossed into Arizona before reaching Utah.

The pursuit followed a winding road that goes through the Virgin River Gorge. Nobody was hurt.

Police reported finding methamphetamine, marijuana and vodka in the car.

Walker appeared in court in a black suit with a short haircut - a stark contrast to his mug shot from the day of his arrest, when he had dreadlocks and wore an untucked shirt.

'I just want to thank everybody who helped me out,' Walker said. He apologized to everyone who was on the road during the chase and said he's doing everything he can to be healthy 'so this never happens again.'

Walker competed in 28 NASCAR races before the stock car racing association suspended him in 2007 for violating its drug policy.

He is expected to get probation when he is sentenced Feb. 23, said his attorney, Trevor Terry.

'Prison is for folks that show the judge that they don't deserve a break, that they can't be safe out of jail,' Terry told The Associated Press. 'Tyler is obviously not in that category.'

Walker had issues with alcohol and meth use but is getting treatment and working in the family company, Terry said.

Doctors also have discovered that Walker has some brain damage from his many crashes during his racing days that might have contributed to some of his problems, the lawyer said. He's also receiving treatment and therapy to help with that.

'He's not saying that meth use is an acceptable way to cope with that, but that's what happened,' Terry said.

This is BullSh!t!!!  Just another excuse.

"Doctors have discovered that Walker has some brain damage from his many crashes during his racing days that might have contributed to some of his problems."

Well if the lawyer is going down that avenue, I would have gone farther and asserted that he also has some right knee damage which contributed to him pushing the acclerator down so hard as to achieve 150+ MPH.  Like Arby's used to say, "If you're going to go.... go all out."

By the way, where did you get "no jail time"?  It clearly states in the article that he pled guilty to two third degree felonies and three misdemeanors.  Each felony carries the possibiility of up to five years in prison (highly, highly unlikely) and sentencing takes place February 23rd.

jackson and sharpton will argue that he got off easy cause its a racial thang.....

Do not blame the lawyer.  It is his job to get you off of a charge as best he can.  I do not like lawyers much but if you hired one yourself you would want one to fight for you.  That is our right.  I read an article about a recovering addict that drove stock cars on east coast.  He said drug abuse was big at the tracks he raced at.  This makes you wonder.  

After watching his antics at the grove that memorable night I totally agree with the doctor...lol ( and I didn't even sleep at a Holiday Inn last night !! )

Well then if I was a track owner and he showed up to race he would be denied based on his " new found " medical condition. The track may very well be liable if he gets hurt or someone else involved in a crash with him gets hurt,knowingly let him race with a mental disability. if his attorney is good enough to get him off all that, I'm sure he could get a jury to find a speedway liable.

And since the "meth" is what helped him cope with the injury maybe the pro-drug crowd can start lobbying their local politicians to make legal "medical Meth" kinda like medical mariguana ?  Maybe dad has some contacts in government.

So what have we just showed and demonstrated to all the kinds out there ? Lead police on a 3 state , 150+ mph chase with Meth, mariguana and liquor and its all good. Probation.....because jail is for bad people. Unbelievable what this country has become ! 

No pity from this guy, just go away and stay on the west coast PLEASE.... , OK,  Have at it hero's

I needed to have someone tell me he had brain damage?   You don't F#@% up a nascar career and great sprint car rides and follow it up with a 3 state high-speed chase on meth. unless you have something going on upstairs.

If a man kills his family, a lawyer will argue insanity.  There hasn't been a single person in history that killed his entire family that wasn't insane.  (I know the technical definition for insane varies from what I am speaking of, but insane is insane to me)   So that is a very dumb argument. 

So, with that in mind, no one in my mind would do what Tyler did without having some kind of brain damage--whether sprint car crash related or not!

Do not blame the judge, the attorney, or Tyler Walker.  The system is brokne and requires to be fixed.  

No doubt-and unfortunately it would take decades to fix--if they ever decide to fix it that is.

Ex-NASCAR racer pleads guilty in high-speed chase

I clicked the link (which takes you to The Spectrum) provided in the original post, and it says nothing about avoiding jail time.  I google Tyler Walker and Yahoo sports gives me what's posted above verbatim "avoiding jail time", saying the information came from The Spectrum.  USA Today says nothing about avoiding jail time.  Autoweek says nothing about him avoiding jail time.  Thats why I was confused. 

There already is "medical meth". Its called Ritalin or Adderall & they give it to little kids to help them pay attention in school

The end result for the racing community remains the same no matter if he goes to jail or not. He will never see a ride again. Crash and burn like this and it's over.

I tell it like I see it.

Williams Grove Pit Brawl #1, Police Chase #2, Night Club Brawl #3, Racing career? ................distant 4th.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tyler+walker

 
 
 
They don't even know how to spell sprint car 
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com

Dexamphetamine AKA 'Dex' is also a medical meth.  I know, I used to take it... 

Agree--This isn't the NFL!   HEHE!

Great news, hopefully things work out well over the next few years and Bob puts him back in a sprint car, given the talent he has.  Hate all you want folks but there were few people out there with his gift and let yee who has not sinned cast the first stone.  As to character, there were few people in the pits who the grannies and the 5 year olds loved as much as this guy and he was special with them, I truly hope he gets it all back together.  Good luck to him!!!!

agreed. and with regards to the list cubic posted, i have "lost it" from time to time, had a couple high speed persuits  (back in the street racing days) got trashed and throw out of bars. not proud of any of it but shit happens and at the end of the day, i didnt hurt anyone and neither did tyler. i wish him well, hope he gets straight and stays that way and would love to see him race again.

It just wouldn't be Christmas without a new Tyler Walker bashing thread.

I gotta go with MSPN on this one. If T-Dub somehow resurrected his career and had great success, he wouldn't be the first drug-user/felon in the Hall of Fame.

Amazing the pashion for a guy with 7 career WoO victories, 1 gifted Kings Royal, and no other major sprint wins to speak of.  But he does have one HUGE drug problem and one of the most dramatic crash and burn racing careers you will ever hear of.  These stats make him a hero to some.  A loser to others.   But most don't care whether he ever drives a sprint car again or not.  Honestly, we're not missing much.  I think we all get much more enjoyment out of his TMZ style Youtube videos anyway.

And before someone comes on here with the stupid response of "if you knew all the guys doing drugs racing you would have no one left"... GARBAGE.  If I were to find out in the future that Donny Schatz, Brian Brown, Rico Abreu, Kyle Larson, Stevie Smith or anyone else for that matter was a drug addict and liked to get high and race, break laws, and act a fool I would have little respect for them either. 

I see parallels here to the loud minority of idiots in NYC marching in the name of a couple criminals and by doing so stepping on the honor of two brave men who protected them from criminals like the thugs they were marching for.  This country has some mixed up priorities and some strange hero's.