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DUI Charge For Kirsten Gum Kirsten Gum, the local anchorwoman turned Fox NASCAR reporter, has a
tentative court date in August following her arrest for driving while impaired the night before the
Coca-Cola 600 race. Police said Gum was pulled over in the 1600 block of East Seventh Street,
Charlotte, about 1:45 a.m. May 27, 16 hours before the start of the race she helped cover for Fox
Sports. Gum, 29, said Monday she could not comment on the case. The arresting officer, R.C. Gormican
of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, said in a report that Gum was stopped near Hawthorne Lane after
her 1997 Mazda 626 was seen speeding and following an SUV too closely.Gum later failed field
sobriety tests and took a breath test that showed her blood alcohol content was 0.11 percent, court
documents said. North Carolina's threshold for intoxication is 0.08percent.Gum was released on
$1,000 bond later that morning.(That's Racin')(6-7-01)
tentative court date in August following her arrest for driving while impaired the night before the
Coca-Cola 600 race. Police said Gum was pulled over in the 1600 block of East Seventh Street,
Charlotte, about 1:45 a.m. May 27, 16 hours before the start of the race she helped cover for Fox
Sports. Gum, 29, said Monday she could not comment on the case. The arresting officer, R.C. Gormican
of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, said in a report that Gum was stopped near Hawthorne Lane after
her 1997 Mazda 626 was seen speeding and following an SUV too closely.Gum later failed field
sobriety tests and took a breath test that showed her blood alcohol content was 0.11 percent, court
documents said. North Carolina's threshold for intoxication is 0.08percent.Gum was released on
$1,000 bond later that morning.(That's Racin')(6-7-01)