After four months of surveillance, authorities on Sunday arrested 10 people and seized 17 souped-up cars. They began investigating after receiving complaints of more than 100 people gathering Saturday nights at the Stonecrest at Piper Glen shopping center in south Charlotte.
Most racers are men in their late teens to early 30s, police said. Those arrested early Sunday live in Charlotte, Kannapolis and Monroe and are between the ages of 18 and 22, along with one 31-year-old man who police said likely organized races.
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wow busted not allowed street racing
By destinee. March 17th, 2008 at 6:43 amStreetracing for over 10 years now, I have seen many great things, and a few not so great. I understand why the police crack down on us sometimes. But thats because of stupid kids racing from stop light to stoplight and losing control because VTEC kicked in yo! We have some rules to racing. Dont do it in a public area where you can be easily seen. DONT race in residential areas. And Dont race in front of the cops… Some people say take it to the track. These are the people who never raced on the street, They dont know the feel, the draw, the hook of the street. Its not about the race, its about the feel.
By Hodo. March 13th, 2008 at 11:25 pm898 racer….no, you don’t have a skyline, you’re prob. 14 years old
By AUDIS4. March 9th, 2008 at 6:58 pmI DRIVE A SKY LINE WITH N.O.S SO IM NOT WORIED IF THE STUPID DUMB COPS CHASE ME
By 898 RACER. March 8th, 2008 at 1:35 pmmy friends and I race in denver, CO its fucked up to because we have a cop station right nexed two us. But take the risk! But here is some tips don’t race too late but not to early. it dosn’t matter what you race. I race a 110cc super pocket bike it goes 70 MPH stock. I race to have fun and for the thrill of it and maby to make a few bucks. but we are pretty safe and have only got pulled over once but not for racing and thats a differint story. But now we found out how much fun it is to race at a track. So I’m nutrual. Besides you don’t want your whip to be taken away by cops we haven’t raced or riden for a while 5 monthes. It is fun but dangerious. Just go where the is no cars and no people. No one wants to be halled away by cops. But those are Pros. and Cons. for both.
By Brent Malik. January 1st, 2008 at 11:10 pmI own a 98 hona civic i race it some times. i have had it for about 3 years and have never got cought or had never had an accident. it is all about were you do it and when. ALL ABOUT RACING!!!!!! GET THE ADRENALIN PUMPIN AND JUMPIN
By Victor AKA frosty. December 4th, 2007 at 2:57 pmstreet racing is awesome, yeah the cops have a reason to be mad and worry
By crystal. December 3rd, 2007 at 12:48 pmbut we do have to learn our own mistakes.
as long as there arent people dieing left and right
and street racing wrecks everywhere you turn…..
LEAVE US ALONE
street racing is the shit man so back off and let the teens learn their own mastakes
By shanta rogers. November 28th, 2007 at 9:21 amYea i would say that sux. But, like shannon said “Its a law.” If i were u i would keep on doing. Don’t know y but I would keep going just to show off my car. I have been really lucky that I have not been in-trouble with it yet but pretty soon it will be my day and i will get into a lot of trouble because i have pushed it a little too far. But sometimes it is so worth it. But maybe that is just me. I am 1 fucked up kid. And t6hat is very sad.
By Jr. October 17th, 2007 at 11:42 amWil man i fell you im from europe man germany and racing down there isnt a big deal here everything is a big deal wtf
By 300zx. October 9th, 2007 at 6:19 pmI forgot to put something in my first post but i will put it here. my neighborhood is a big asphalt circle with a field in the middle on the outskirts of a small town, and (this wont sound like much) I love to hold pocket bike street races. i have a bike that gets up to 40 mph. street racing is fun because you have the freedom of going anywhere without the worry of hitting a wall
By ghost. October 2nd, 2007 at 8:05 pmi am not going to act all tough and all, but when i turn 16, I will be a street racer. go ahead and post comments trying to talk me out of it, but I wont give a crap(unless u tell me about someone you have lost although i still wont listen)
By ghost. October 2nd, 2007 at 7:40 pmDear American fellow street racers.
By wil. September 4th, 2007 at 9:34 pmI’m European. In europe, when we need a track, we take our cars to the city’s town hall and park them right in the middle of the street. After half an hour of peacefull meating someone always come to talk with us. After all, racing tracks are made to race. Not to show sponsors around. If the council doesn’t understand we race at night in their streets. Two nights with no sleep and they find us right away a spot.
America land of the free? You should try european freedom. Is take it or suffer the consequences…
Mann all this shyt would be better if we had somemore tracks to race on the reason we all on the street is cuz no tracks but even if we get more tracks we still gonna race on the street and theres no place close that they got places to drift at so we all do it in the streets so the cops givin people tickets and stuff is gonna work a bit but not stop it
By 300zx. August 25th, 2007 at 11:59 amHey, I street race, and like many others said, some places don’t have tracks anywhere near, and the local goverments don’t give a rats ass about a stupid hobby for teenagers. I live in a small town, and the closest track is a bit over 2 hrs away. Which isn’t bad, but it’s only available to us street racers once a month. We have new competition coming through all the time, some just visiting, and some here to live.
And in my opnion, I think cops are assholes. We can’t even kick back in a parking lot without them kicking us out. Even if we have permission from the landowner to be there, they make up excuses. Which then sends us back onto the raods which ends up with us racing down the main roadways and highways looking for a new place to kick back.
And o all you adults that come here and try to lecture us teenagers about our spelling, grammar, and how our hobbies are stupid, pointless, and a waste of money. Either you don’t have a fucking life, or you are a fucking mama’s boy that never did anything fucking fun as a child!!! So FUCK OFF!!!
I love this sport, my best friend died in a wreck in his Mazda, and since I was there before the pigs, they told the newpapers it was due to streetracing and drinking. When it had nothing to do with either of those things!!
By Street_Demon. August 22nd, 2007 at 12:41 amSo to any and all pigs or supporters of pigs..
GO TO FUCKING HELL!!!!
im getting tired of cops crushing our cars for street raceing and stolen parts if they would build more tracks instead of god damn homes they wouldnt have this problem with people raceing the nearest track to me is a long ass 15 hour drive im not willing to take… my whole nieghborhood is nothing but racers too from the talk around racers through out california are gonna get payback on the 5.0, people that dont street race they think its like “ooh whats up im a badass, im gonna race you, ” its not you see the same people ever weekend , its like a health club or something.. shit like people dieing doesnt even happen as much as people and media make it seen. street raceing is never gonna stop, its just the trill of going out there and raceing, you really dont have to wait till wensday or track day, it what ever, like what ever just fucking do it tonight, lets do it right now so the cops need to go waste the pathetic ass lives on something that will actullay make a difference like global warming or something
By streetracerboy. August 13th, 2007 at 10:37 pmHey,
By Callika. August 1st, 2007 at 8:49 amJust to say i watched a couple of races on traces Legal but for gods sake im fed up with people who are like Sreet Racin WicKd and all of that cos most of them down srteet race and most of them think there really cool! My opinion is that you wreck your life street racing on the street youll have no carrier or have a peacefull life youll either get arrested or die! my advice dont get into this!
Y IS EVERY BODY SO SCARED TO STREET RACE U ONLY HAVE ONE LIVE AND YOUR GONNA HAVE TO DIE SOON ANYWAYS ……….I MADE MY CHOSE TO STREET RACE AND IM NOT DEAD………..NO BIG DEAL
By driver of a nice as supra. July 18th, 2007 at 10:56 amman i streeet race down on hall street no one gets arrested cops come cant do nothing about it there is like over 200 people and 1 cop So why you guys scared they cant catch you only if you have a slow car!!!
By stl street racer. July 17th, 2007 at 10:08 amI think that it’s so crazy we can’t street race. I love it and highly support it!!! Why should it be illegal??? If they really want to make the risk of death or injury to allow them to have fun, let them!! I know I’ll do here soon.
By Ciara. June 23rd, 2007 at 12:42 pmO.k, which adult left their computer on and let their little retarded children have a chance to get on the computer and make asinine comments? I hope all the people who posted about “U ONlEy get 1 Cance TO LiVe!” go and break their neck know. How about you go drink some bleach or something? Hey, only one chance to live right, might as well live it to the fullest by drinking a nice cup full of bleach! But you might say “iT isnt teh saym!”. Hey, asshole, it is the same! But at least that way, you are only endangering your retarded as-s and not a bunch of other people on the road that have more respect for their lives. And to the other retard that said “someon cayn come an kill mah woman an i wouldnt give a shiz!” How about if your old lady had your freaking child in the back (Lord forbid you have reproduced) and she had another baby in the oven, and they all got killed? Would you enjoy that? Or how about your parents? Or are you just so fuc-king ridiculously messed up in the brain to acknowledge the life of someone other than yourself. You racers need to grow the fu-ck up and realize that everything won’t be easy, that hobbies cost money, and if you want to race take your as-s to a track. If you have no track, get off your as-s, go (take a bus, dear God) to your mayors office and demand a closer racing track. Write up a freaking petition, get all your little adrenaline rush retard buddies together to sign it (I am sure you will have enough signatures unless most of them have killed themselves off, good ridden) and pool some money together to get a track! You have enough money to spend on fu-cking up your car and endangering others’ lives, then you should have the fu-cking balls to organize your damn selves and make something happen. You sit and whine about cops and sh-it, well hell, regular, SAFE driving citizens sit and whine about YOUR as-s! So, I say, impound those cars, sell them, do whatever. Since the people who drive them don’t have the brains to organize something, they don’t have the brains to drive the cars. Period. Oh yeah, and to the one who said “uh durrr go and get teh tugs thas sell drugs and criminals”. Hey, dumb-as-s, you are a criminal. You are breaking the law, you are a freaking thug running the streets in your car. You are just as worse as the drug sellers, but at least they have the audacity to ruin the lives of people who want the drug, instead of killing them off by shoving it into their faces (driving fast on interstates if you have not grasped what I am saying) and plunging them into a wall to their deaths. Got it? Good.
By gunzNrosez. May 13th, 2007 at 11:27 amFirst of all, I went to express my condolences to those who have lost love ones thanks to these senseless activities.
Second, I want to say to all of the jack-off morons here who do not know how to spell and who are calling cops “pussies”, “pigs”, and other dumb, useless crap, then insulting others here if we object to their stupid arrogant, attitudes, SHUT UP! YOU ARE STUPID, USELESS, REJECT, CLASSLESS INSENSITVE, SELFISH MORONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Especially the jerk who basically said that street racing should be left alone because your old lady could get in an accident by “anyone else not street racing” FOOL.
I am a LIFELONG car buff, and I like racing and hot rods as much as the next girl or guy, but street/highway racing is just plain careless, selfish, and stupid. I too think there should be more dragstrips that are affordable and accesible, especially in urban areas, because cars can be a very healthy hobby, but barring that, I think cities should look into designating certain side streets/roads “tolerance zones” and close them off to the general public, so kids or anyone else with the need for speed can go there and race away. And the same should be done with certain highways. Safety precautions should be set up for spectators too. I know it will be expensive and possibly inconvienent, but if it will save lives, will it not be well worth it?
I am also happy that those who got caught in will have their cars confiscated. Don’t like it? TOO DAMN BAD! People do not like losing relatives and friends to insensitive, selfish idiots. Who is thinking of them, may I ask you mr arrogant-ass street racer punk thug? A car can always be replaced.
As for empty, industrial neighborhoods, back roads, and the like, I feel they need protection for spectators.
I wish there were still the old, empty airstrips around like when all of this started.
By Curious. May 5th, 2007 at 2:19 pmSTREET RACING FOR LIFE BITCHES!! FUCK ALL YOU PUSSYS WHO LIVE YOUR LIVES IN FEAR, BY THE RULES, TAKE A FUCKIN RISK, I MEAN YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE!!
By kaleb. May 3rd, 2007 at 10:26 amThis is Karen Hensley, mother of Cortney Hensley, who was killed by two streetracers, September 24, 2005.
I forgot to mention that where these two men killed my daughter was only 20 minutes away from Bristol Motorspeed Way which has a legal drag strip.
Some people don’t care if there is a legal drag strip.
Some people act like the world belongs to them and the rest of us just need to sit back and watch them do whatever they please.
Bristol’s drag strip has been a legal place to race for some time now. So don’t think if there was a legal place to race it will keep your loved one alive it didn’t ours.
Using the excuse to race on public streets just because there are no drag strips near you is just a cop out. The only people who would race on a public street are the ones who think the world revolves around them. I hope if you race on a public street you get arrested & I hope they confiscate your car.
It has been 17 months since I last laid my eyes on me beautiful daughter, her death was senseless.
Please I beg you in my daughter’s memory keep drag racing on the drag strip.
I never dreamed she would die because of streetracers.
By Karen Hensley. March 2nd, 2007 at 7:09 amHere we have the same issues. No tracks and plenty of epmty roads. I had a fellow racer, not really a friend, die because he was being stupid. Street racing has gone to kids now. These kids learned to drive from thier friends and NOT thier parents. Instead of blaming society, cops, and even the kids, look at the parents. I used to race my VW, illegally and legally, both have the same thrills to me. Every day i see young kids goof off on the freeways and side roads, and honestly i like watching. Sure its sad when someone dies due to a mistake in judgement, or just “being kids”, but loosen the laws that keep drag strips from being built in easy access areas and street racing will drop, and so will the fatalities. here the only track within a resonable driving distance is only open july->sep. the rest of the year we find our own locations. I have thought about trying to start a track on my own as a buisness, but after looking at the local laws, it would take 2-3 times the budget to get permits and file paper work than to build and operate the track in the first year.
By anthony (vdub). February 26th, 2007 at 1:12 pmMy name is Karen Hensley and I want to tell you about my beautiful 17 year daughter who was killed the night after she had been crowned Homecoming Queen, because of two men who felt like a public street in Johnson City, Tenn. was their own personal drag strip. One of the streetracers plowed into the rear of the car she was a passenger in and it exploded into a ball of fire. Needless to say the option to open her casket was not given to us. We never got to even tell her good-bye.
The have both been charged with second degree murder and are now awaiting the criminal trial which will begin on May 14, 2007. I pray to God every night that they are found quilty and will have to spend as many nights away from their families as possible.
If you would like to read more about my precious child go to Google.com and type in Cortney Hensley.
Please in respect for my daughter & others who we must share the streets with please don’t streetrace.
By Karen Hensley. February 22nd, 2007 at 5:14 pmwww.teamcsr.com www.myspace.com/livin_testimony as they say street racing is fun intil someone gets hurts and they never think of the consequences til after something happends had friends die in street races out in Cali Los angeles its not fun no more the tracks are more safer and more fun 19 yrs old peace I’m out
By M1k3. January 21st, 2007 at 10:41 pmi my city it,s not the older ,street car guys causing the problems, it ,s the newbies. our club trys to advise them on.safty first.most of the time they listen.i,m in my 50,s ibeen doing this for awhile.we have 2 great car clubs .and have not had many problems. we try to stop them before they start.we advise not not condem.seems to work very well.
By lloyd trout. December 20th, 2006 at 5:40 amstreet racing is super fun but sucks when you get caught. But i dont street race i just like to go watch them
By JD. December 19th, 2006 at 7:48 amstreet racing i dont know what most people complian about its not as if nyone is ever hnging around industrial areas at night and this is life to some people if cops would just lets racing happen in parking lots at night there wouldnt be so many accidnts thay could have ambulances and everything
By annonymous. December 18th, 2006 at 8:51 amNope. This was about 24 years ago. Sorry, my memory is a bit foggy. Sorry. As I remember it now, there was only one car involved. Driver hydroplaned and hit a telephone pole. It was a little 5.0 coupe. I guess he was trying to show off. Not sure exactly what happened. When we got to the car, the cops were already there.
By stang03. December 18th, 2006 at 8:44 amstang03, that sounds hardcore. was this recent???
By g_grinder. December 18th, 2006 at 8:37 amIt appears that those of you who think this is no big deal have never been exposed to a death at one of these “events”. I witnessed a race where one car tagged another and sent it into a telephone pole. Killed the passenger.
If seeing something like that does not touch you, then brother you will never learn. Cars and impressing people are nothing at that point.
By stang03. December 18th, 2006 at 8:01 ami live near philly,and i’ve seen the the street racing live and in person.thankfully i’ve yet to see an accident,but there’s no way in hell i’ll ever do it,even though my ego and heavyfoot take over from time to time.i drove recklessly one time too many and ended up totalling my f-150 in a single vehicle accident. i cringe when i think of the outcome had i been street racing and it involved bystanders.i couldn’t live with that.i know not everyone has an atco or cecil county in their backyards,and building more dragstrips isn’t high on most land developer’s or politician’s list of priorities,so yeah,street racing’s not going away anytime soon
By a.l... December 13th, 2006 at 8:58 pmi think that we should keep our cars and if we are stupid enough to get caught then we shouldnt do it if you are worried you will get caught then you will!
By fastgurl34. December 12th, 2006 at 11:20 amit, sounds to me like a bunch of pussy ass cops who have given up there manhood, and are to afraid of feeling the adrelline of being alive and taking a few risk, court cost and cops tryinying to meet there monthly ticket Qoutas make for heavy court cost and unnessary charges just so they can feel like they got a pair, if your not hurting anyone you shouldnt be bord out of your mind just because other people dont have the skills to maintain there vehechles in a performance sence the only fair way is to issue specail lincencense tags to wellqualified drivers an anybody who complains doesnt even have a pulse anyways please exsuce my spellling it seems the cops dont write any better so fuck it
By michael s. alexander. December 9th, 2006 at 10:30 pmAnthony,
By lance1586. December 9th, 2006 at 11:27 amI hear you 100% I drive a cruiser and get just as frustrated as everybody else out there because most of the time I don’t have the time to do traffic enforcement and if I did many times working days it is about impossible to go after somebody who just ran a red without getting kilkled myself trying to get through the intersection.
As far as the difference between talking on a cell, or smoking, or checking out some chicks ass while driving those are all cases of Negligence; whereas drag racing, in my state at least, is more of a Reckless, or Willful Reckless driving charge.
I do not condone street racing, period.
Take it to the track is a moto I “live & breath”.
I still struggle with the urge or impulse to put some young
maniacal driver idiot “in his place” on the street, to this very day, & I’m currently in the 40+ years age group. I’m still learning to ignore them….
I understand the police departments take on this subject & I feel they are 100% correct; even if there have been no local incidents of racing injury or death in the local area for a decade or more. I do not believe I could live with myself if i accidentally injured or killed an innocent while racing; do you?
I must admit that I wish the police would go after the people whom I see driving dangeriously every day while I’m attempting to drive safely too & from work though. You know the ones I’m talking about…..
Piles of junk emmitting tons of ozone depleting smoke out thier exhaust, not using a turn signal as they cut off other vehicles, listening to a cell phone whilst unknowingly changing lanes, running red lights, pulling into the intersection before fully comming to a stop, etc……
I wonder what the ratio comparison is between the accident\death rate of those incidents I mentioned versus drag racing on the street is? Hmmmm?
By anthony dalrymple. November 30th, 2006 at 9:32 pmInteresting posts here. And I have heard every bit of it before. In CA, if your ca is found to have stolen traceable parts on it, it WILL be impounded and crushed. There were over 10,000 cars and trucks stolen in San Diego County last year, with more than 25% being Honda and Acuras.
Most of the statements about accidents and “the pigs” are just plain wrong. We have had quite a few high profile deaths caused by street racing over the past 10 years. Most of the deaths were caused by lack of vehicle control by the racers. Losing control and slamming into the crowd of onlookers, running red lights and t-boning an innocent civilian, etc. Every one of the deaths involved seasoned, experienced street racers.
“It won’t happen to me cause I’m too careful.” B.S. If you were careful, you wouldn’t be street racing. In San Diego, a group of people got together, lobbied the city council to allow the group to setup a temporary drag strip in the parking lot of the local stadium. The group borrowed a set of timing equipment, bought liability insurance, arranged for an ambulance to be onsite and ran the cars down the 1/8 mile track. We ran over 150 events over the 3 years I worked with this group. Safe, sanctioned and very doable in any medium sized city.
If you want to race and don’t want to lose your ride, take it to a track. If there isn’t one available, set one up. The group who arranged this charged enough to cover expenses and then charged 5$ each to watch.
After 3 years, they were a very profitable business and are still going strong. You can do the same for your communities or you can complain and make ignorant remarks about the “pigs” who would much rather be able to just watch the SAFE races and talk about cars with you. (BTW, many of the”pigs” are car guys and gals also.
By Jay. November 29th, 2006 at 9:52 amyea they shud hav mor traks 4 ppl 2 race in coz street racing wil neva die out, th pigs aint doin enuf to stop it anywae
By sam smith. November 28th, 2006 at 12:39 amWell i guess thats what happens when it is deemed a dangerous thing to do. Why don’t these street racers just go to the tracks and race there. I know its fun to race cars on the street but doing 100mph or faster through city streets is dangerous. Its only a matter of time till you hit someone or kill them. Go race at the local tracks or some sort of sucluded area.
By 86bluecobra. November 26th, 2006 at 8:50 pmA copper being “all defensive” after his occupation is repeatedly referred to as a “pig”? I’m not defensive at all I’ve certainly been called worse - just trying to shed some reality on the subject from the other side of the fence. How many fatalities have any of you cool street racer guys ever worked? I like the knucklehead who says it doesn’t matter who T-boned his loved ones, yeah right . . . I love that line. You just hold onto that OK?
By lance1586. November 26th, 2006 at 8:04 pmSweet! When is the auction???
I mean… if folks are brainless enough to organize this type of thing infront of god and everyone then they deserved what they got.
I’ve not confirmed but heard from other sources that there’s a track very near the location?? Good stuff!
I’ll be one of the folks at teh auction with my checkbook. I’ll be the one that purchases one or two of these cars, strip of the items I want, then resell them on e-bay for a profit.
So, all you street racers out there… Keep up the great work. I love getting performance parts for way less than wholesale.
By Daggar. November 26th, 2006 at 8:37 amsounds like a very nice way for the pigs to pad their paychecks…
By jamie. November 26th, 2006 at 3:58 amRight on Jay!
By John. November 23rd, 2006 at 10:55 amThese cops are good for nothing.
Street Racing will always be around no matter what.
My old lady could get T boned by anyone whether it be a drunk driver or just a regular person not paying attention and I would be upset either way.
By Jay. November 23rd, 2006 at 10:25 amSo makes no difference how and who did it to me.
This guy sounds or smells like a cop being all defensive!
I like the guy at the top who claims to be in his thirties but still sounds like some black panther circa 1968. Once you start having kids and have your old lady rolling around in a Windstar I bet he would be the first whiner complaining that the “pigs” aren’t doing enough to stop this street racing action. There are poles intersections, parked cars, pedestrians etc, . . on the street. It is morinic to attack the cops who are just doing their jobs. You gotta remember that they would probably rather be chasing thugs and drug dealers but what usually happens is that some City Councilman sees or hears about this action and leans on the Chief or Sheriff to do something. Then they obtain some grant money and voila you get busted! Take it to the track. In street racing, as in Police pursuits, the only thing you have control over is your car, which is about 25% of what is out there on the street. BTW, I am a leo and a drag racer and have kids. Wake up fellas, what if your old lady got T-boned on the way back from the airport by some punk driving like an ass in an 03′ Cobra that his Daddy bought him?
By lance1586. November 22nd, 2006 at 8:14 pmJust pisses me off that these pigs have nothing better to do. They should be concentrating on more important issues.
By T. November 16th, 2006 at 3:50 pmIts so funny when you read the article that one of the police officers says “One mustang had a racing engine it”. That dumb pig wouldnt know what a racing engine was anyhow. He probably just thinks if it sounds loud its a racing engine. lol
Im 33 years old and I used to street race for years in Philly which was one of the biggest street racing scenes.
Dont get me wrong I think it is dangerous especially when you get these young kids that are drinking and racing and I have seen alot of bad things happen like accidents, fights and, shootings.
But my point is that was very rare and these pigs really didnt start to crack down until that Fast and Furious movie came out. This is when we started to get all those ricers(no offense cause I owned a few fast ricers as well) but most were just coming down to watch and drink and do stupid things. Before this movie ever came out we still had cops chasing us and blocking off the streets. I was handed drag racing tickets for $450 and thats it. No one ever took my car. I paid the ticket and got no points. and was back on the streets the next weekend.
I’ve seen the media blow this out of proportion so much on the news on a certain story where they were totally wrong about something that had nothing to do with drag racing because I was there and saw what happened.
Usually we would race where not too much traffic was anyhow and it would be late at night from 11-3 so if you were there and doing it you knew what the consequences were.
People will always street race as they have been doing for years so just let them. Its and addiction and a way of life and it kept me busy on the weekends away from drinking parties and drugs.
Book-em all and sell their cars!
Like most have said all ready… nothing wrong with spontaneously (sp?) playing around on the back roads… but this rolling drag racing on the interstate is ridiculously dangerous.
By Brickell. November 14th, 2006 at 2:02 pmI can tell you from experience (since i am a young teen like some others that got caught) that when you street race yeah it is fun but it is just stupid we me and my friends do it its on a open road with no intersections where we can see like a mile or so ahead of us and nother has ever happened the cops have seen us and talked to us about it and are cool because they know we are being careful about it.
By J.D.. November 13th, 2006 at 8:18 amThe nearest dragstrip to my house is right around 3 hours away it is not at all practicle for me to drive there. For the record, the organized stuff is about as dumb as you can get, you are going to get busted. Racing in a city is just as dumb. The only time i have ever raced and will ever, is a deserted two lane road. There are plenty of those in the country where i live. And yeah, when i get my car done, i am going to go to a spcecific country road i have in mind, and line my car up against any takers. You can see for two miles on this road in all directions, and nobody will be walking there that is for sure. Is it dumb? in some minds yes. Are gas guzzling v-8s dumb, in some minds yes.
By Andy. November 12th, 2006 at 6:11 pmSure makes me feel secure that the cops are busy with street racers while druggies, killers and just worthless bits of skins run the streets and are a threat to our wives girfriends and kids! How bout busting the thugs!
By big john. November 12th, 2006 at 5:46 pmBottom line: BUILD MORE DRAG STRIPS! No one wants them in their backyard because of the “Noise”. Instead, people would rather have kids racing on the streets…I guess. I can’t blame the kids….there’s no where else to go and the roads are congested at all hours of the night. At least in CT they are. They’re not racing Taurus’s, they’re racing cars that have more top end then any muscle car could dream of - WRX STI’s, SRT-4’s, EVO’s…etc. All of these cars are 12-13sec 1/4 mile cars that can go 150mph +. I know, I have a SRT-4…I also have a 9 sec streetable Mustang.
By 331Stroked&Blown. November 12th, 2006 at 5:44 amKids today do not find a deserted two lane road and run the quarter mile. They run for top-end around corners ,drifting etc. And they will do it on a busy city street with mall traffic. Some will call me crazy but old school well planned middle of the night street racing does not bother me . Kids driving like the fast and delerious bothers me. Alot of young kids perished this year where I live, They were not driving any kind of street race drag machines they hit trees with a Taurus at over 100. I dont think many of those cars are that fast in the quarter they just continue on in an endless road race lose control and die. I feel bad for their parents but what can you do. JMO
By mc. November 11th, 2006 at 7:30 pmGuys…the whole thing revolves around guys running evidently at high speeds on a stretch of Interstate.
By banged my head wrench, don’t remember my name. November 10th, 2006 at 10:59 amThe group was allowed to stage at the Mall, to attract people in and get snagged by the police.
The gist of the whole thing of the cars getting siezed is BS in my mind, and I hope they get their rides back;
If I recall, isn’t there a law now {at least from something I saw in a show, about the LA street racing problems} in the city of LA, if you are caught street racing, they can impound and crush your vehicle under extreme conditions…
Some people want their kicks from the street, I’d rather have a slip from the track, but there is always that draw of the danger and the “kahonni” factor.
Well i have a few points. If the police used there “anti street racing” budget for actually helping racers get to the track instead of using it to catch them, there might just be a reduction in street racing incidents. I said reduction not an elimination. There are some out there that just will not go to the track for the stupid plain reason that its a thrill to them to skirt danger. Danger of the cops , danger of killing themselves etc etc.
By 71hotrodpinto. November 9th, 2006 at 10:09 pmOn the other hand something HAS to be done. So many incidents concerning Innocent bystanders and “passer byers” getting there lives taken because they wanted a quick thrill. They line up ,No ones around, they go and then bam someone just going around a corner on there way to the store late at night, CRASH. Death.
Lest we forget the crashes into the spectators at such events when some HIGH HP car goes out of control, for so many different reasons, and ends up killing someones baby daughter or son just cause they were watching.
Now as far as the “occasional blast” i think a majority of us are guilty of it sometime in our life but the occasional blast is with quite a bit more restraint than organized “events”such as this one.
Its all about use your head, and this ain’t it.
I am so sorry but I can’t contain myself ! If you bump the throttle a couple times at a Red Light. It’s very possible I will smoke my tires for half a block and I am old enough to know better.. I used to street Race in the 80’s No groups just two cars on the deserted road at the Bridge concrete starting Line.. I was old enough to know better then also.. What can I say…
By VictourB. November 9th, 2006 at 8:31 pmTake my word for it guys; most of the charges will be dropped or brought down to nothing. The cars will be returned. This is just cops throwing thier weight around, or a politician using the cops to throw THIER weight around. This comment is coming from a cop, so I am a reliable source. Don’t worry about the racers or spectators, they will be ok.
By Ken. November 9th, 2006 at 6:22 pmFrom what I read, they weren’t racing in the mall parking lot, but meeting there and racing on the Interstate. That’s not the place for it since you are putting unknowing innocent motorists at risk with this behavior.
I don’t have a problem with a little burst of speed now and then, as long as there is no other traffic around, but organized races on the Interstate is stupid, dangerous behavior.
By truedog. November 9th, 2006 at 1:58 pmI’m not down with the whole ‘taking the cars and selling them at auction thing’. I wonder how constitutional that really is.
By Bob Jones. November 9th, 2006 at 10:50 amMotorhead -
Who should pay for emergency and medical services when these idiots injur or kill themselves?
Since when do laws not apply on private property?
By Editor. November 9th, 2006 at 8:42 amand aren’t they tresspassing on private property then?
Maybe I’m the only one that feels this way, but what they were doing didn’t endanger anyone else… they weren’t racing on the street, they were racing in a Mall Parking lot (at least that’s what I get from the story). I honestly don’t see anything wrong with that, and am suprised they can even give them a traffic violation since most malls I’ve been to the parking lot is private property, not a public roadway. Let the ’street racers’ kill themselves, that’s fine, as long as they’re doing it somewhere that won’t endanger or kill anyone else.
By Motorhead. November 9th, 2006 at 5:04 amShow some friggin’ intelligence! Take it to the track. If you’re stupid enough to try and to boost your ego on the street-go ahead.If you’re lucky maybe you’ll only lose your car and your license for good. Cemetary isn’t full of just dead OLD folks ya know!!
By jeff-9 sec GT. November 9th, 2006 at 4:08 amI get a chill when I read about these busts since that could have been me a decade ago.
The destiny of a street racer is either jail or a coffin. The cost is just too great for a few moments of glory.
By Russ94. November 8th, 2006 at 11:48 pmWhat gets me is that “most” of the time when accidents do happen (not always) and people are hurt or killed its usually little johnny in mom’s borrowed civic that causes this and gives real hot rodders with real cars a bad name. That being said I’m lucky it doesn’t cost too terribly much for me to get it to the track.
By ZephyrZ7. November 8th, 2006 at 9:03 pmnot saying the streets are the right thing 2 do but it cost me over $250 to get my car to the track. I have a street spot a little over a mile away the cost to the track for me is renting a trailor $59, 2 $18 tolls and $ 5 dollar tolls filling my van was over $100 of gas “just went down to $80″ driving 3 hours in each direction and paying $40 for me to race for the day. To top it off the last time I went to a test and tune I got one run all day bad schedualing on the tracks part. the street is a little to temping
By Plumber. November 8th, 2006 at 6:37 pmdamn, that really sux but the law is the law. it can’t be said enough…TAKE IT TO THE TRACK!!!! now, im not saying i’ve never banged through the gears with a little too much right foot when confronted by one of those souped-up rice rockets, but i guess i have just been lucky nothing bad happened. these organized street races are just not worth loosing your ride or more importantly-your life or that of someone else!
By shannon. November 8th, 2006 at 5:41 pm