As expected as this may have been, lay off him. Yeah was probably trying a backyard version of a canyon race off NFS carbon but every1 makes mistakes and learns from them. The only way your going to know the limits of a car is to push them. He just went slightly ott, its been done a fair few times, and not just by us "young un's".
As for trying to red-line it past cops, well thats just plain crazy but they pulled him, he might get points soon and he's only allowd 6 don't forget. At the end of the day its up to him if he values his liscence or not.
Hope your ok mate, hows ur back?