Jack Frohreich convicted for driving 45km/h above speed limit on Lady Wakehurst Dr, Royal National Park

A baby-faced southern Sydney man and his mates hooned through a notorious crash spot before cops launched a high-speed chase, with seized dashcam footage acting as the final nail in the coffin.

Jack Frohreich, 20, fronted Sutherland Local Court on Thursday for sentencing. Picture: Elizabeth Pike

A baby-faced southern Sydney man and his mates were hooning through a notorious crash spot before police set upon them in a high-speed chase, with seized dashcam footage acting as the final nail in the coffin.

Jack Frohreich, 20, fronted Sutherland Local Court on Thursday for sentencing after pleading guilty to driving more than 45km/h above the speed limit, failing to drive within the lines, and performing an illegal U-turn.

Court documents state the St Helens Park man was driving in a convoy with two other vehicles and a motorcycle in the Royal National Park about 10pm on June 29, when police clocked the group speeding 111km/h in a 60km/h zone.

It was not made clear in court or documents whether the people travelling with Frohreich were charged.

Once police turned their sirens on, the convoy took off along the dark, narrow, single lane on Lady Wakehurst Dr before the motorcycle, which was bringing up the rear, overtook Frohreich in third position on a tight corner.

According to court documents, Frohreich then slowed down and police took his details before they continued the chase.

Jack Frohreich leaves court with his lawyer Paul McGirr. Picture: Elizabeth Pike

Eventually, the convoy came to a stop after the motorcycle attempted to overtake the remaining vehicles on another sharp corner and they all nearly collided.

Police gave the group instructions to drive directly back to Waterfall Train Station, however, officers didn’t see Frohreich on the way back until he rocked up at the station carpark some time later.

It was there Frohreich told police the joy ride “was a form of leisure and that it was stupid and dangerous,” court documents state.

Despite being suspended on the spot and having his number plates confiscated, the final blow came when police noticed dashcam cameras fitted to the vehicles.

After taking the memory cards as evidence and reviewing the footage, police found the dashcams had recorded the group reaching speeds of up to 117km/h.

But much worse for Frohreich was the conversation captured when he and another driver agreed to both turn around and leave the scene right after police had taken their details.

In court on Thursday, Frohreich’s lawyer Paul McGirr submitted his client was “not an experienced driver by any stretch of the imagination”.

The ‘Help, I've binned my car in the Nasho’ has amassed 36,000 followers on Facebook.

He said Frohreich had since undertaken the traffic offenders program and come to realise the danger he could have posed to other people on the road.

However, Magistrate Jillian Kiely was quick to point out the Royal National Park was so notorious for crashes it had its own Facebook page with 36,000 followers, known as “Help, I’ve binned my car in the Nasho”.

“This is his first offence before the court and what a way to hit the board, driving like a maniac through the National Park with his mates,” Ms Kiely said.

“It’s a recipe for absolute disaster … I always hear about cars wrapped around trees, people ‘binning their car in the Nasho’”.

“(Lady Wakehurst Drive) is a very, very dangerous stretch of road, countless vehicles have been involved in significant accidents for the same sort of thing.”

Ms Kiely convicted Frohreich, fined him $2950, and disqualified him from driving backdated to the time of the offending.