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Car racing Coverage

The three people arrested for racing on two highways over the past weekend face more than just jail time. They are charged with "pre-arranged speeding." The penalty can include seizure, even sale, of the vehicles involved.

NUMBERS ARE UP. 21% FROM WEEK TO WEEK. >> THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REVEALED MORE INFORMATION AFTER 3 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOR RACING ONTO LOCAL HIGHWAYS. THEY'RE FACING WHAT'S CALLED PRE RAIN, SPEEDING. THE BUREAU'S JULIAN GRACE EXPLAINS WHY THE PENALTIES INCLUDE MORE THAN JUST JAIL TIME. >> ONE CAUGHT THE SUSPECTS ARE NOT JUST ARRESTED AND CHARGED A FINE, BUT THEIR VEHICLE COULD BE SEIZED. AND THERE'S A POSSIBILITY. >> THEY MAY NOT GET BACK. SOMETIMES YOU SEE IT AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T RAISE. IT IS >> IT'S SOMETHING WE SEE OFTEN IS A MEMBER OF THE MOTORING PUBLIC. YOU PROBABLY SAY IT IS. WELL, DEPUTIES ON THE WAKE COUNTY CRASH REDUCTION AND IMPACT UNITS CLOCKED A CAMARO AND A BMW RACING AT 115 MILES PER HOUR AND A MUSTANG AT MOTORCYCLE GOING AT 118 MILES PER HOUR. >> ALL OF THE SAME WEEKEND AND ALL OF THE HIGHWAY. I FEEL REALLY THERE IS OF SOME STRIVING THAT E 3 SUSPECTS WERE CHARGED WITH PREARRANGED SPEED COMPETITION. THE CHARGES INCLUDE SPEEDING AND RECKLESS DRIVING. DON'T DO IT, NOT WORTH IT. NOT WORTH YOUR LIFE IS NOT WORTH GOING OUT. HIS LIFE, BUT THE PREARRANGED CHARGES USED WHEN THE SUSPECTS PREPLANNED THE RACE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OR THROUGH OTHER COMMUNICATION. AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THE SUSPECTS CHARGED COULD HAVE THEIR VEHICLE SEIZED OR EVEN SO YOU DON'T GET IT BACK. SAME DAY. YOU MAY NOT GET IT AT ALL. WE CHECKED THE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DOESN'T USE THE PREARRANGED CHARGE OFTEN IN WAS USED 4 TIMES AND JUST 30 DAYS INTO THE NEW YEAR, THEY'VE ALREADY CHARGE FOR PEOPLE WITH PRE ARRANGE SPEEDY. I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT THE POLICE ARE DOING THEIR JOB DONE AGAIN. THOSE CARS UP THROUGH

Plan to race? Lose your car

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Street racing

Three people were arrested Friday as law enforcement in Wake and Durham counties crack down on street racing.



3 people arrested for street racing in Wake County as Durham cracks down on racing in parking decks

Durham leaders are working with police to help crackdown on street racing in city-run parking decks. The crackdown comes after footage of street racing inside the Morgan Rigsbee Parking Deck was posted on social media.

<p>BUT DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS. WE'RE TOLD THE STORM DID REOPEN. THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING. &gt;&gt; TONIGHT, DURHAM CITY LEADERS ARE CRACKING DOWN ON STREET RACING INSIDE PARKING DECKS. THIS COMES AFTER VIDEOS OF PEOPLE STREET RACING IN THE MORGAN AND RIGSBY PARKING DECK WERE POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA CITY LEADERS AND POLICE SAY THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO MONITOR THE CITY PARKING DECKS, USING SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, PRIVATE SECURITY PATROLS AND LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION. SOFTWARE THAT'S FAR 14 LICENSE PLATES CAPTURED ON CAMERA ON JANUARY. 28 ARE NOW BLACKLISTED AND ARE NOT ALLOWED IN ANY CITY OWNED PARKING FACILITIES. WARNING LETTERS WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE OWNERS OF EACH OF THOSE VEHICLES AND ANYONE WHO DRIVES THROUGH OR PARKING</p>

Durham leaders and police crack down on street racing in parking decks

The bill would make street racing a Class 1-A misdemeanor. Some are praising the move, while others say some of the penalties are too far reaching

REOPENED. THE AMAZINGLY NO ONE WAS HURT. >> PUNISHMENTS FOR STREET RACING AND OTHER SO-CALLED STREET TAKEOVERS COULD BECOME A LOT STRONGER IN NORTH CAROLINA. AND NEW TONIGHT, A BILL PASSED IN THE STATE HOUSE THAT WOULD MAKE SUCH DRIVING AND A ONE MISDEMEANOR. THAT'S THE MOST SERIOUS MISDEMEANOR IN THE STATE POSSIBLE BY $1000. IN TERMS FIND WRAL'S. AARON THOMAS JOINING US LIVE IN RALEIGH TONIGHT. WE'RE SUPPORTERS AND CRITICS ARE WEIGHING IN AARON. >> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. AND IN FACT, SO SUPPORTERS, THEY SAY THAT THE STIFFER PUNISHMENTS ARE NECESSARY TO CRACK DOWN ON THE STREET RACING. IN FACT, IT WAS ACTUALLY HEAR THIS INTERSECTION OF ATLANTIC AVENUE WITH 6 FORKS ROAD THAT A STREET RACING INCIDENT TURNED DEADLY BACK IN MARCH. YOU HAVE OPPONENTS WHO WORRY THAT THIS LEGISLATION WILL LEAD TO OVERPOLICING. >> IT >> WAS A NIGHTMARE. THE STREET TAKEOVERS BECAME UNBEARABLE FOR BILL POWELL. HE MOVED OUT OF DURHAM AND OVER TO TENNESSEE FOR PEACE OF MIND. >> EVERY FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHT, LINES OF CARS UP AND DOWN TO STREET. RACING FROM LAKE TO LAKE TONIGHT, A NEW EFFORT TO CRACK DOWN ON SUCH ACTIVITY ON NORTH CAROLINA STREETS. >> STATE LAWMAKERS IN THE HOUSE PASSED SENATE BILL. 91, IF THIS BILL BECAME LAW, DRIVERS WOULD BE HIT WITH THE MOST SERIOUS MISDEMEANOR IN THE STATE AND A MANDATORY $1000 FINE. THE SECOND OFFENSE BUMPS UP TO A FELONY AND THE 5 BECOMES DOUBLE THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE USED PROMOTING AN EVENT WOULD BE A CLASS, A ONE MISDEMEANOR. HOPEFULLY. >> THESE PENALTIES WILL DISCOURAGE THIS ACTIVITY. ANY CALDWELL SAYS THE NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION CONSIDERS THE LEGISLATION HIGH PRIORITY, BUT FOR KERWIN PITTMAN WITH EMANCIPATE NC. HE SAYS THE BILL IS OVERREACHING BY TARGETING PROMOTERS. IT IS ONE THING TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE >> IN THE VERSUS SHARING SOMETHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. PEOPLE SHARED THOUSANDS OF THINGS EVERY DAY. PEOPLE WHO'VE WITNESSED THE ZACKS FOR FAR TOO LONG SAY THE BILL IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. STIFFER PENALTIES. >> BUT ENFORCEMENT IS THE ISSUE. >> SO HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. BUT THE BILL AND THEN GOES ON TO STATE SENATE. ONE THING WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE LANGUAGE IS IF IT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE DIRT, BIKES AND 4 WHEELERS AND OUT.

Bill cracking down on street racing advances in state legislature

Brenda Gregory was killed in a crash along US 15 near Creedmoor on Friday night. A man was charged with racing and careless and reckless driving in connection with the crash.

STILL AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. MONICA CASEY, WRAL, NEWS IN DURHAM. >> AND BREAKING AT NOON TROOPERS SAY A STREET RACING WAS A FACTOR IN A CRASH THAT KILLED A 66 YEAR-OLD DURHAM WOMAN. TROOPERS SAY 2 CARS WERE RACING ON US 15 IN GRANVILLE COUNTY FRIDAY NIGHT. ONE OF THEM CROSSED THE CENTERLINE AND HIT AN ONCOMING CAR HEAD ON BRENDA GREGORY WAS KILLED. TERRELL CURRY IS CHARGED IN HER DEATH. FRIENDS OF GREGORY TELL WRAL SHE WAS A KAREN WOMAN

NCSHP: Street racing led to fatal crash in Granville County

According to the state Highway Patrol, Brenda Gregory was driving on U.S. Highway 15 near Munns Road when a vehicle crossed the center line and hit her car. She died on impact.

Man charged with street racing in crash that caused Durham woman's death

According to Raleigh police, Jocelynn Morrison, 24, and Jada Ballen, 25, were racing on Centennial Parkway early Friday. Police said Morrison lost control of her car and sideswiped Ballen. Both cars went through a grass median.

FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT IN THIS CRASH, EITHER ONE OF THE CRASHES WE SHOWED YOU THIS MORNING WAS ACTUALLY CAUSED BY STREET RACING. OUR BREAKING NEWS TRACKER WAS AT THE CRASH AT LAKE WHEELER AND CENTENNIAL ROADS EARLY THIS MORNING. >> WRAL'S ERIC MILLER HAS MORE. >> THE DAMAGE HERE OFF LAKE WHEELER ROAD IS UNMISTAKABLE. CAR PARTS LEFT SCATTERED ON THE GROUND ALONGSIDE THE BARK, BLOWN OFF THE STREET WITH CRIME SCENE TAPE STILL TIED AROUND THE TRUCK. THE HALLMARKS OF DANGEROUS DRIVING ON CITY STREETS LIKE RALEIGH WOULD RALLY OR A HAND FROM OVER. THE COALS CAME IN RIGHT AROUND 2.20 THIS MORNING WOMAN TRAPPED IN A CAR OR INJURIES SERIES. HE WOULD HAND IN THE U.S.. >> EXTRICATED. HE'S EVEN AWAITED AT THE TIME. RALEIGH POLICE SAY BAEZA THE CONSEQUENCES OF STREET RACING IN A RELEASE. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS 2 CARS WERE WEAVING BACK AND FORTH AND HIGH-SPEED EASTBOUND ON CENTENNIAL PARKWAY HEADING TOWARDS LAKE WHEELER. ROAD ONE DRIVER THEN LOST CONTROL AND SLAMMED INTO 2 DIFFERENT TREES. THAT DRIVER 24 YEAR-OLD JUSTIN MORRISON WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. ONE PATIENT COMES TIME TO WAKE MED BY, IN FACT, THE OTHER DRIVER. 25 YEAR-OLD JACOB ALLEN WAS ARRESTED. SHE'S NOW CHARGED WITH FELONY SERIOUS INJURY BY VEHICLE. ISRAELI POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THIS CRASH. HERE IS JUST THE LATEST CONSEQUENCE OF STREET RACING IN THE CITY OF RALEIGH JUST 3 WEEKS GARNER MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR CAUSING A DEADLY 3 CAR

1 woman arrested, another in hospital after morning street racing crash

A driver was arrested early Friday morning following a crash caused by racing near the State Farmers Market. 




1 driver killed; other driver arrested, charged with felony after racing, crashing near State Farmers Market

Settle in for races every Friday of the summer at a speedway 60 years old.

<p>SCOTT MASON AT THE WAKE COUNTY SPEEDWAY. FAST HERE YOU GO FAST. A LOT OF PLACES. WAKE COUNTY SPEEDWAY, JUST THE CARS AND THE NOISE AND THE LIGHTS. IT'S A SHORT TRACK. &gt;&gt; I USE A SPACE TRIED TO STAY OUT AND JUST HER NAME. &gt;&gt; THIS TRACK HAS BEEN OFF THE &gt;&gt; IT STOOD THE TEST OF TIME SINCE 1962. I WAS DATING DELAND CENT GUNS AND 62 BLEND SIMPKINS AND HIS COUSIN BUILT A TRACK ON FAMILY LANE. MY DADDY TOLD ME SAID THAT IF YOU MADE HIM AND THEN YOU GO IN THE RACE AND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, THAT'S G GRAINY PICTURE SPLATTERED CAR. SO THEY WENT ON AND ON A DIRT TRACK A LONG TIME. IT WAS READ TODAY. IT WON'T MATTER. IT WAS READ TO A MONTH IN ST MISS ITS 2 DIRTY. &gt;&gt; IT'S BEEN A KEY TRACKS SINCE 88 BEING A LITTLE 50 YEARS IS HOME TO MAINE. &gt;&gt; HOLMES WORKING OUT. THEN WE I'M HERE FOR NUMBER IT. &gt;&gt; AND HE'S HAD ME OUT OF THIS TRACK SINCE 1986. MODEL BY FOURS. MANY STOPS. WE STARTED WITH A CAR THAT YOU CHAINED THE DOOR ALL THE WAY TO NOW HE'S AT LITE MODEL. SO HE'S RIGHT AND &gt;&gt; THE DRIVERS ARE CHECK AND WHO'S TO SAY HOW THEY'LL DO IT TO MASS WANT TO CLEAN UP BEFORE BEFORE IT GETS. &gt;&gt; TOO BAD. THEY LOOK AT ALL HAS BEEN THE FOOD. IT'S REALLY A FAIR ATMOSPHERE AFFAIR WITH THE RISE. JUST 5 MILES FROM THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. WELL, I ENJOYED SEEING THE AND DRIVE IN FOR A LONG TIME. CLINTON HAS PASSED AWAY, BUT THE TRACK HE BUILD IS STILL GOING STRONG. WE HAVE TO HAVE IN A LONG TIME. &gt;&gt; I HOPE SO TO SOME TIME TO COME HOME AFTER A TRIP OR MORE BEFORE. AND I I'D BE WAITING AT THE DOOR AND EGO EVER JUST FOR SHOW AND HOG THE CAR FOR. &gt;&gt; AND KEEP THE TRADITION GOING. AND THE RACING GOING FOR FAMILIES THAT</p>

Wake County Speedway offers sights, sounds of hot summer nights

Complaints from Durham residents and a crackdown by law enforcement have groups of car enthusiasts pushing for a compromise to allow them to continue holding their loud, late-night gatherings.

ANOTHER BUMP. HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE SMALL. >> I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. >> ANY TIME. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >>> SOME OF THESE CAR MEET UPS IN DURHAM HAVE COME TO A SCREECHING HALT AFTER DOZENS OF PEOPLE WERE CHARGED IN A LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN. TODAY ONE OF THE PEOPLE CHARGED IS PUSHING FOR A COMPROMISE. SARAH KRUEGER EXPLAINS WHY HE SAYS THE MEET UPS SERVE AN IMPORTANT PURPOSE. >> Reporter: RIGHT NOW THESE GROUPS MEET UP IN PARKING LOTS LIKE THIS ONE BUTTON ORGANIZERS SAID WHAT THEY REALLY WANT IS A SPACE OF THEIR OWN . THESE SOUNDS HAVE FRUSTRATED PEOPLE ALL OVER DURHAM . WRAL WAS THE FIRST TO TELL YOU  ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR. NICHOLAS CLARK, THE ORGANIZER FOR THE CAR GROUP SAID HIS GROUP IS MISUNDERSTOOD. >> WE ARE REALLY NOT BAD PEOPLE. >> Reporter: HE SAY THESE ROGUE DRIVERS ARE THE PROBLEM AND HE IS ASKING THE CITY, COUNTY , OR A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER TO GIVE THEM SPACE TO HOLD THE EVENT. CLARK SAID IN A RECENT EVERETT AT LEAST TWO DOZEN DRIVERS WERE CHARGED, INCLUDING HIMSELF. YOU GOT ONE YEAR PROBATION AND 100 HOURS COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR TWO MISDEMEANOR CHARGES AND HE BELIEVES THE EVENT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE. >> WE ALSO WANT A SAFE HAVEN. >> IT WOULD BE A RIDICULOUS AND A LOUD TIME. >> Reporter:  HE SAYS THE RACING TO AND FROM PROMPTED HIM TO MOVE HIS FAMILY OUT OF STATE. >> IT WAS THE COMING TO AND FROM AND DURING ON THE STREETS THAT WERE THE PROBLEM. >> Reporter: HE SUPPORTS THE EFFORT TO GET A DESIGNATED AREA AS LONG AS OFFICERS CONTINUE TO CRACKDOWN. >> IT IS LOUD AND IT BREAKS LONG'S.

Former Durham resident says street racing occurs before, after late-night car club gatherings

Car clubs seek isolated spot in Durham for loud, late-night meet-ups

drifting, doing donuts

The roadway was partially blocked for almost five  hours.

Two teens hospitalized after crashing while racing 

Night traffic

The Durham County Sheriff's Office on Friday sent out a warning about racing on public streets and highways.

