Former lorry driver Kevin Nicolle, 25, yesterday relived the horror drive that took him on a high-speed race through four counties, on one of the country's busiest roads.
As he wrestled to control his luxury car as his brakes began to fail, he dialled 999 and screamed to police: "I'm going to die".
He then tried desperately to control the car as he travelled at breakneck speed down the A1.
A police helicopter tracked his terrifying journey and four motorway patrol cars chased him trying to help him to stop but none could keep up with him as he raced down the A1M flashing his lights and sounding his horn to warn other drivers.
An incredible 60 miles later Mr Nicolle eventually crashed at Blyth, near Worksop, after his brakes finally burned out.
His 1998 BMW 318 automatic saloon hit a roundabout flipping onto its roof leaving Mr Nicolle trapped inside. Amazingly he emerged without a scratch, although firefighters had to cut off the roof of the car to rescue him.
He now never wants to drive in another car again.
Mr Nicolle, from Southsea in Portsmouth, had been visiting friends in Newcastle upon Tyne and left around midday for the 360-mile trip home.
His ordeal began when the accelerator pedal jammed in North Yorkshire. He then sped through West and South Yorkshire before finally crashing in Nottinghamshire.
Speaking about his ordeal last night he said the accelerator pedal suddenly jammed. As the car is automatic he tried to force it out of gear but it would not move.
He feared turning off the ignition would cause the power steering to lock, causing a massive pile up.
Instead he desperately tried to guide the car as best he could, narrowly avoiding numerous lorries and cars as he swerved about the road.
He said: "I've never been so terrified behind a wheel in my life and obviously I have never been as fast.
"The whole thing was just a blur and I can't get it out of my head now. Every time I close my eyes I remember it and I don't want to drive ever again.
"The car just ran away with me and there was nothing I could do.
"I used my hands-free phone and tried the AA first of all to ask them what I should do. At that point I wasn't panicking because I jammed my foot on the brake and that was keeping the speed to a steady 70mph.
"I told the AA I couldn't slow down, I thought they might be able to give me some advice but they told me to hang up straight away and phone the police."
He said: "I dialled 999 and spoke to a woman and by this time I was starting to panic because the speed of the car had increased to 100 mph."
Police reacted instantly by alerting a helicopter and four high-speed traffic cars which set off to try to catch him up as he kept up a running commentary over his phone.
He added: "My brakes were burning out and starting to fail – that's when the speed really started to build, I could see the speed building to 120mph or 130mph.
"I remember starting to shake and freeze up. I was really panicking and broke into tears. I couldn't help it because it was then that I thought I was definitely going to die.
"I was even shouting at the other drivers to get out of the way, I was getting hysterical. The traffic was getting heavier and I had to take drastic measures.
"The woman operator told me the police were about half a mile behind me but at the speed I was doing they were finding it difficult to catch me.
"I told them to send an ambulance because I was going to die, I knew I was going to die.Then I saw a sign saying it was 800 yards to the roundabout at Blyth near Worksop.
"There was a queue of cars and I swerved round them then I tried to go round the roundabout itself. I didn't deliberately try to crash the car to stop myself.
"When I came to the roundabout I was doing 115 mph and I really thought I was going to die. When I realised I was okay I saw smoke and then I thought I was going to be burned to death.
"The last thing I remember is a woman's voice saying 'he's crashed, he's crashed'. After that I remember being cut out of the car and a paramedic sticking needles in me."
Mr Nicolle was taken to nearby Bassetlaw Hospital but was later released.
A Nottinghamshire Police spokesman, in charge of the subsequent investigation, said: "Kevin was monitored doing in excess of 100mph and is lucky to have walked away with very minor injuries.
"Enquiries are still going on into this incident."
emma.dunlop@ypn.co.uk