Illigal Drag Racing...Why are there not Law Enforcement Sponsored Programs???

In my many years of being exposed to motorsports.. both in the "Street Legal" levels and in the sportsman divisions of the NHRA. I am an avid supporter of regular "Street Legal" race nights at local drag strips. The many Law enforcement officials I have discussed the problems of road rage, and Illigal Racing come up on deaf ears.

There are programs out there at the local tracks.. Some are better than others at presenting a regular night. The problem is Law Enforcement does not make this a priority... I know I'll receive E-mails objecting to what i have already said.. So I'm going to pour some high octane in this fire, and mention a few agencies, tracks, and officials by name...

I had talked with a few of the law enforcement officials from the Fargo,ND, Moorhead, MN. And Clay County about the "Street Legal" Program and some tracks actually invite law enforcement to come and Bracket Race in a "Beat The Heat" series.. Those to my best knowlege that support this is Los Angeles County, LAPD, Rio Rancho, NM PD, I'm sure there is others.. But what about those who don't acknolage the problem? They sit there setting themselves for an unsafe situations. the article mentions the horrors that happen every week.

As a racer and motorsports fan, I don't buy the excuses that law enforcement gives out.

So the next time you get pulled over.. ask the nice officer if they will race you at a drag strip...

Let me know what they say.


[Thanks to MSNBC for the text]

(ACCOKEEK, MD)

Police in Maryland say an eighth person has died after a car roared into a crowd that was watching a drag race on a suburban highway.
Authorities say the driver accidentally drove into the crowd but wasn't part of the race. The spectators had just watched two other cars speed off.
Seven people died at the scene. Police say the latest victim died at a hospital. Six others were injured.

Witnesses said they had just watched two cars in the illegal street race speed past when the driver of a white Crown Victoria without any lights on came up behind them and veered into the crowd.
Police told WRC reporters in Maryland that the drivers involved in the race were doing burnouts, spinning their tires in place and kicking up smoke. The cars took off and the people moved into the roadway to watch as the cars traveled away from the crowd.
The driver in the Crown Victoria was traveling on Route 210 and couldn't see the crowd in the roadway because of the smoke around 3:40 a.m., police reported to the NBC affiliate in Maryland.
"There were just bodies everywhere; it was horrible," said Crystal Gaines, 27, whose father was among the dead.
Gaines said she grabbed her child but could not help her father, William Gaines Sr., 61.
"He wasn't breathing, he wasn't moving," she said. "His body was in pieces."
Also a tractor-trailer came by shortly afterward may also have struck someone on the road as it tried to avoid the crash.
A 200-yard crime scene"It's probably one of the worst scenes I've seen," Copeland said. "This is a situation that could have been avoided, and it's a very tragic situation."
Hours after the accident on the divided highway in Accokeek, bodies covered in white sheets were scattered along what police were calling a 200-yard crime scene. Some were in the road, while others were on the shoulder.
The sedan came to a rest on an embankment about 150 feet from where the crowd had been. It had a crumpled front and hood, and the roof had partially collapsed.
The driver of the white sedan had been interviewed and did not appear to be seriously hurt, but a passenger was among the dead, Police Capt. Donald Frick said.