street racing bust, North Carolina - 12 racers arrested...

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There was a guy on Woodward a couple years ago with a black mid 80s' Mustang. He was a young guy and he always had someone with him. Seems like anytime someone got in trouble, he was around, but he never had a problem. I said he was a cop. Someone ask him if he was and he denied it, but we never saw him again.

I think I was right.

Was it kinda flat black?

[std]

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There was a guy on Woodward a couple years ago with a black mid 80s' Mustang. He was a young guy and he always had someone with him. Seems like anytime someone got in trouble, he was around, but he never had a problem. I said he was a cop. Someone ask him if he was and he denied it, but we never saw him again.

I think I was right.

[hamrmech]

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I think there are two kinds of street racers . . . the kids that are just out there in their import with a fart can exhaust racing wherever on a Saturday night. Easy to find, easy to follow, easy to catch. Then there are the guys with serious cars and a whole network of people that help plan a street race. They block off roads, have information on the law, and are not easily caught. I think these 12 were the more experienced type.

i highly doubt the experianced ones got caught. the ricer crews are like shooting fish in a barrel though.. i think it might take a long time to catch the ones that have been doing it awhile.. the ones that ive seen, the "experianced type" wont race anyone they dont know. theres almost nobody to witness the race if it even happens. if a race happens in the woods and theres nobody there to see it, did it happen? their cars are more serious then the usual street racer wannabe rides. they dont ask anyone to race, and i think they might well do it for either cash or to settle grudges, or both. ive only seen them show up at the meet up spots a few times, they dont even speak to most of the others, and the ricers, well, they might as well be leppers.. . im of the opinion that some of them ARE cops.

[joebogey]

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Also, is it possible during the 4 weeks that they may have been working other cases?

[Eric68]

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I think there are two kinds of street racers . . . the kids that are just out there in their import with a fart can exhaust racing wherever on a Saturday night. Easy to find, easy to follow, easy to catch. Then there are the guys with serious cars and a whole network of people that help plan a street race. They block off roads, have information on the law, and are not easily caught. I think these 12 were the more experienced type.

[hamrmech]

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because i could catch 12 people street racing on a weeknight, thats why. the spots havent changed since the 50s. in fact, ive seen hot rods from the goodguys shows actually find the race spots on their own, and they were from out of town! back when they were young the cops raced there, their parents raced there before that..

a month to catch 12 street racers sounds like a waste of money. i guess you could catch 4 racers a week and it would add up the same..

[CTX-SLPR]

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There are a lot of lawyers and a lot of crazy ways that people that obviously guilty get off because of technicalities and loopholes. It takes time to build an airtight case against people and with the way the fines and penalties are these days, you kinda need a bit more than a single count to bring them up on to get thier attention. I bet they were spreading the net as wide as possible and something got out so they closed it before they lost track of them.

[JRoberts]

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i think if they just gave us more strips to race at instead of taking them away we might not have to race on the streets.....didnt we have this problem in the WAY early days when there were no drag strips jeez you think you would learn from history

Unfortunately we never do !

[Joeys66chevy]

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i think if they just gave us more strips to race at instead of taking them away we might not have to race on the streets.....didnt we have this problem in the WAY early days when there were no drag strips jeez you think you would learn from history

[fahrenschnell]

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What we have here...is a complete and total lack of respect for the LAW!!!

-Sheriff Buford T Justice of Texas

;D ;D

Seth

[JRoberts]

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i think a month long investigation to catch 12 street racers is rediculous. am i the only one that thinks this way? im not saying that street racing is ok, but damn, ricers are like shooting fish in a barrel, they could really catch alot of em if they were so inclined..

This isn't TV where law enforcement solves every crime within an hour. I don't understand the fixation with how long it took to catch these people. Why is it so ridiculous? There lots of cases on the books that involve far fewer than twelve people and they have not been solved in years. Also remember just like every street rodder in the '50's wasn't a street racer, neither is every ricer. There is more to it than just going out and arresting a bunch of folks because they drive a Honda, or some such thing.

[Eric68]

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To Dan's point about it being called "street racing" as opposed to "illegal drag racing", I got to speak with a newspaper editor after a street racing death up in this neck of the woods a couple of years ago.

I asked him why they called it "illegal drag racing" instead of street racing.

He said that there wasn't a difference.

I asked him why, then, when someone is beaten to death on the sidewalk they don't call it an "illegal boxing match".

He honestly thought about it for a minute and said....jeez, I guess you have a point there. The paper has been calling it "street racing" from shortly thereafter on.

I wasn't trying to be a jerk to the guy, but it is annoying.

Those 12 idiots get whatever Beaufort T Justice decides to throw at them.

Brian

Well said Brian! You are EXACTLY right, that is a good analogy.

On the two incidents here in Michigan the news stations mostly got it right . . . one station actually interviewed the General Manager from US131 Motorsports Park and let him explain the difference between street racing and drag racing. Some of the locals just don't get it though.

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If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

[Brian Lohnes]

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To Dan's point about it being called "street racing" as opposed to "illegal drag racing", I got to speak with a newspaper editor after a street racing death up in this neck of the woods a couple of years ago.

I asked him why they called it "illegal drag racing" instead of street racing.

He said that there wasn't a difference.

I asked him why, then, when someone is beaten to death on the sidewalk they don't call it an "illegal boxing match".

He honestly thought about it for a minute and said....jeez, I guess you have a point there. The paper has been calling it "street racing" from shortly thereafter on.

I wasn't trying to be a jerk to the guy, but it is annoying.

Those 12 idiots get whatever Beaufort T Justice decides to throw at them.

Brian

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So it took them 4 weeks... keep in mind there are Donuts involved as well... and that takes "some" amount of time and effort when done correctly.

K

And coffee, which requires many visits to the restroom. ;D