Kevin Shumaker

Illegal Street Racing Becomes a Legalized Sport

Posted in illegal street racing, Itzen Media, NALSR, National Association of Legalized Street Racing, street racing, underground racing on December 3, 2010 by Itzen News

Wikimania 2011

Street racing is a form of unsanctioned and illegal motor racing which takes place on public roads. Street racing can either be spontaneous or well-planned and coordinated. Well coordinated races are planned in advance and often have people communicating via 2-way radio/citizens' band radio and using police scanners and GPS units to mark locations of local police hot spots. Street racing is reported to have originated prior to the 1930s due to alcohol prohibition in some parts of the United States.[citation needed] Opponents of street racing cite a lack of safety relative to sanctioned racing events, as well as legal repercussions arising from incidents, among street racing's drawbacks.

16 lose cars after illegal street racing

WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Sixteen men have learned the price of being convicted of illegal street racing: They lost their cars.

Judge Chester Davis of Forsyth District Court heard the cases all day Wednesday in a courtroom on the fourth floor. The last case was heard about 7:30 p.m.

He heard 19 cases in all, with 16 of the men convicted of prearranged racing. As result of those convictions, the men lost their driver's licenses for up to three years, and their cars will be auctioned off by the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office, with the proceeds going to Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.