When White looked up at his speedometer he saw it read 86 mph, close to the 88 mph speed that, in the “Back to the Future” movie, would send Dr. “DeLoreans are kind of known for being slow and this one wasn’t.” “The car just kind of took off on me,” White told ABC News. When a car stopped in front of him, White said he had to quickly downshift and merge into a new lane. Stranger buys soldier's $350 plane ticket so he can see family for Memorial Day weekend Spencer White, 36, of Santa Clarita, California, was taking his mom for a drive in his newly purchased dream car last Friday on a local highway.Ħ4-year-old law school graduate is given dream car on graduation day A California man received a nearly $400 citation for driving 88 mph in his 1982 DeLorean, the car and the speed made famous by “Back to the Future.”