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An illegal street race in Bogotá, Colombia. Street racing is a typically unsanctioned and often illegal form of auto racing that occurs on a public road.Racing in the streets is considered an ancient hazard, as horse racing occurred on streets for centuries, and street racing in automobiles is likely as old as the automobile itself.
Earlier this year, a group of more than 100 vehicles participating in illegal street racing took over a South Memphis intersection. One resident told a local news outlet it’s like “the wild ...
The start of the 2015 Daytona 500, the biggest race in NASCAR. Motor sports are widely popular in the United States, but Americans generally ignore major international series, such as Formula One and MotoGP, in favor of home-grown racing series. Road racing has generally waned, though an extensive, albeit illegal street racing culture persists. [1]
Since the start of the pandemic, illegal street racing has increased on the streets of Tucson and stopping the practice has proven to be a challenge.
The Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, widely known as the Cannonball Baker or Cannonball Run, was an unofficial, unsanctioned automobile race run five times in the 1970s from New York City and Darien, Connecticut, on the East Coast of the United States to the Portofino Inn [1] in the Los Angeles suburb of Redondo Beach, California.
Aug. 2—AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday ceremonially signed two key laws to protect Texans from illegal street racing passed during the 88th Regular Legislative Session at the Bob ...
Frustrated by an increase in dangerous street racing amid the pandemic, Denver police have deployed the department's helicopter to track races, closed lanes in areas often used by racers and sent ...
Street racing is the frequently illegal racing of motor vehicles on public roads and highways. These high-speed races, usually with untrained drivers, can result in fatal crashes that have the capacity to inflict damage on innocent people not participating in the race. In 2006, California state highway patrol issued 697 citations for "speed ...