Illinois teacher allegedly rented a Toyota Supra on Turo and raced it at 160 mph

The old joke that rentals are the fastest cars on the street came from the fact that people tend to abuse things that don’t belong to them. Case in point: A high school teacher is accused of renting a 2021 Toyota Supra 3.0 on Turo and racing it to 160 mph, causing thousands in damage in the process.

Greg Ditch, a teacher at Naperville North High School in Illinois, is an adviser to an all-girls' automotive club at the school. They built a truck that they were taking to a standing-mile land speed competition, the Texas Mile in Beesville, Texas, but the truck broke down en route. They needed another vehicle to keep them in the competition.

"We were on the phone for hours all night trying to find some type of vehicle somewhere," Ditch told Chicago TV station Fox 32.