Street racing is an unsanctioned and illegal form of motor racing that occurs on a public road. 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. 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. The term street racing must not be confused with the legal and governed sport of Drag Racing.
Types
Tōge racing
The sport of drifting and tōge (also transcribed touge) racing primarily from Japan has led to its acceptance in other parts of the world. Tōge—Japanese for "mountain pass", because these races are held on mountain roads and passes—generally refers to racing, one car at a time or in a chase format, through mountain passes (the definition of which varies per locale and racing organization). Examples of such roads include Del Dios Highway in Escondido, California, Genting Sempah in Malaysia and Mount Haruna, on the island of Honshū, in Japan. However, street racing competition can lead to more people racing on a given road than would ordinarily be permitted (hence leading to the reputation of danger inherent). Touge races are typically run by drifting at the curves or turns. In the chase format, if the leading driver manages to pull away from the trailing one by the finish line, he is determined the winner. If the trailing racer manages to stay on his opponent's tail, he wins the race instead. In the second race, the trailing driver takes the front place and the winner is determined using the same method. This is referred as a "cat and mouse race."
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... cementing his place as one of the highest-paid actors in the world.Vin Diesel, before becoming synonymous with street racing and family, had already established himself as a recognizable actor.
... street has always been among his superpowers ... He raced down 27th Street, hopped out of his car, and chased the pair, dubbed "quick little devils" by the woman – jumping a pair of fences in the process.
...Street but that became overwhelmed in about an hour, so the city started calling around to find other large spaces – quickly collaborating with the City of Arcadia to find the space at the race track.
Wes Streeting was last night accused of ‘playing the race card’ over the grooming gangs scandal after warning of a far-Right terror attack if entire communities are ‘tarred with the same brush’ ... A spokesman for Mr Streeting said last night.
Colorado Springs Gazette
13 Jan 2025
Colorado Springs Gazette
13 Jan 2025