Brendan Best-Newton, 20, appeared at the Horsham Magistrates' Court on Monday and pleaded guilty to multiple careless driving offences.

At 10:37pm on July 1, 2019, Best-Newton picked up a friend in his green Holden VE Calais out the front of the Warracknabeal Pharmacy.

From there, Best-Newton drove with his friend to the intersection of Aubrey and Fensomes Roads, where he started spinning the tyres of his vehicle and performed a burn out.

Best-Newton lost control of the vehicle, which slid off the road. His friend recorded the whole incident on his phone.

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Following the burnout, Best-Newton drove south from the intersection at a fast speed, which his friend estimated to be around 180km/h.

At the intersection of Fensomes Road and the Burong Highway, Best-Newton again lost control of the vehicle and collided with a nearby dirt embankment. Both sustained minor injuries, with significant damage to the car.

On July 18, 2019, Best-Newton was arrested and taken to Warracknabeal police station. In an interview he stated he had swerved to miss a kangaroo.

At 8.30pm on May 17, 2020, Best-Newton was travelling north on the Henty Highway in a white Holden commodore performing a burnout at the intersection of Henty Highway and Morella Road.

Police travelling north on Henty Highway observed the brake lights of a vehicle doing a swerving motion further down the highway and smoke coming from the road surface.

Best-Newton was intercepted by the police and provided a full admission to doing the burnout.

Magistrate Noreen Toohey placed Best-Newton on a good behaviour bond, requiring him to complete a VicRoads safe driving program.

"Mr Best-Newton, as a probationary driver, forms one of the highest fatality groups on our roads," Ms Noreen Toohey said.

"He is a really good example of it, he could have been killed.

"We do not expect to see him back here again."

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