I think this is the car you are thinking of. The guy who let this car was a water engineer in Half Moon Bay, CA. Someone tracked him down from the Harlequin registry and an article in SF Gate. Word was he let the car go to the yard because it wouldn’t pass emmissions, and was ticked that someone had tracked him down…

It was repaved last summer following the NASCAR race, every series even has broken records by at least 2 seconds.

Does this count? It's gotten a few extra pieces since this photo (light bar and winch)