... had. Finally, I will be going over how more tracks like streetlegal.com can make our streets a safer place. Accidents occur on a daily bases due to street racing. Here is a summarized story of two young innocent lives that were lost due to a street race. Shanna Jump and Brian Hanson were on there way to drop off ... ripped the smaller car in half leaving Jump, 19 and her boyfriend Hanson, 19 dead making them the 12th and 13th persons to die due to a street racing accident in San Diego. Michael Hanson was alive but in serious condition. Walker was left in serious condition. He now faces mu...

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... siren chirping. within minutes, only skidmarks and the smell of burned rubber remain. You have just attended an average friday or Saturday night of street racing. To me and my friends this just my normal weekend ritual. to others its a swarming vehicular free for all that's as dangerous as it ... illegal street racer (me) and also some background information on its history, and dangers. This is an opportunity to educate those uneducated on illegal street racing. For me weekends begin on a long strip of road in down town Hartford. Rather than browsing the mall or going to the movies like ...

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... or 40 cars running two-,three- and even four-wide for laps on end, the Big One is guaranteed to happen somewhere, sometime" (Auto Week 1) Racing should not be a sport of anticipation, spectators should not pay big money to go and see a race with the anticipation of a big wreck that would ... usually involve at least one forth of the cars in the field. This was not the original intention of racing legends when racing was first started in the Carolinas. The restrictor plates are hurting the sport overall and also endangering drivers. Jerry Bonkowski, who writes for ESPN ... This was why s...

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