drag racing

Racing legend in neurological ICU with serious head injury from horrific crash: team

NHRA legend John Force was involved in the fiery crash, and his team revealed Force with a serious head injury.

‘Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings’ star Lizzy Musi dead at 33

“Surrounded by her Family, in the comfort of her own home, Lizzy was called to heaven at 11:25pm tonight,” Lizzy Musi's father wrote.  

Drag race icon slams into concrete wall at 300 mph after car explodes in 'catastrophic' failure

Coverage of the race shows Force’s blue Chevrolet Camaro SS exploding after crossing the finish line of the quarter-mile drag strip.

Michigan mom killed protecting daughter from out-of-control vehicle at drag race

The 33-year-old managed to push her daughter out of harm's way just seconds before she was fatally struck by a 1980 Jeep CJ.

USPS worker busted speeding over 100 mph in race against sports car: 'Didn’t realize I was going that fast'

A United States Postal Service employee is accused of driving over 100 mph in her work van as she drag-raced a Mustang sports car down an Ohio road last month,...

Florida cops appear to race cruisers down street in viral video, sparking probe

"Miami cops love to disobey the very laws they enforce on the rest of us."

Duo busted for 199-mph drag race in daddy's Camaro on turnpike: police

Luis Alejandro Lozano-Figueroa, 20, and Mario Alberto Paz-Gil, 23, were arrested in a 2016 red Camaro.

Drag racer speeding 100 mph kills dad on way to daughter's game: cops

A Nashville father on his way to his daughter's softball game was killed Monday when a drag racer speeding at 100 mph lost control of his car, police said.

Florida teens hit with homicide raps after 16-year-old pal killed in drag race that hit 120 mph

Both Austin Lewis, 17, and Kristopher Trenker, 19, were arrested after the July 24 race that ended with a crash that killed Payton Fordyce, 16.

Man charged for vandalizing bakery advertising child-friendly drag show

Joseph I. Collins is charged in connection to an incident that happened just after midnight Saturday at the UpRising Bakery and Café.

Two children killed, eight others injured in Texas drag racing crash

Two Texas boys, ages 6 and 8, died at a popular afternoon event called “Airport Race Wars 2” that attracted thousands to the Kerrville-Kerr County airport.

Woman killed, husband hurt when drag racer hops curb in Brooklyn

A woman was killed and her husband hurt when a drag-racing car hopped the curb and struck them in Brooklyn early Monday, police said.

New York pols want to slam brakes on illegal drag racing

Sen. Brad Hoylman is behind a bill that is being backed by Mayor Bill de Blasio that would allow speed cameras in NYC to be on at all hours of...

US cities see surge in deadly street racing amid pandemic

From Portland, Oregon; to Albuquerque, New Mexico; from Nashville, Tennessee; to New York City, officials are reporting a dangerous, and sometimes deadly, uptick in street racing.

DC cops wreck their police vehicles while drag racing on duty: report

Two Washington DC officers crashed and totaled their police vehicles while drag racing on duty last week, a report said.

Browns players cited for drag racing as playoff week nightmare continues

For a team that hasn't made the playoffs since 2002, one would expect the ship to be a little tighter in Cleveland. Browns wide receiver Rashard Higgins and rookie offensive...

Teens allegedly kill 59-year-old bicyclist in illegal street race

Two Virginia teenagers allegedly killed a bicyclist in an illegal street race, police said. Anthony Francis Tempesco, 19, and Hallam Alexander Guiler, 18, both of Virginia Beach, have been charged...

Liberals on a dose of lunacy to protect Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat: Devine

The mouth-frothing rage of Democrats over the possible filling of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court before Inauguration Day is shocking, but predictable, after the “Summer of Love”...

What a drag: Racing complaints in NYC are soaring

Complaints about scofflaws drag racing in New York City have increased five-fold amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to public data crunched by a state senator.

Drag-racing disaster: Two teens, boy, killed in Brooklyn wreck

An 11-year-old boy was one of three young people killed late Saturday when they wrecked while drag racing in Brooklyn, according to a report.