The headlines to the article that I just read said that a "crash at a local illegal drag race killed 8 people". What the headlines did not say was that the only part in the accident arttributable to the racers was the burnouts that caused so much smoke on the road that the driver of the white Crown Vic couldn't see the people until he had hit them. Truly a tragic accident, unneccesary loss of life, including a 61 man who was a bystander (death witnessed by his daughter).

I can understand the smoke problem, as I have seen this situation at several local shows when the idiots begin lighting up their tires. Many times you can not see the cars let alone, what's going on around the burn-outs. The hosts of these shows always beg the participants not to do the burn-outs, because the primary result is that the cruise in location is usually lost, due to public complaint snf outrage.

As for the guy in the White Crrown Vic he should have seen the smoke and slowed down, no good excuse to be going that fast in those conditions. No matter if it was smoke from a burn-out or a trash fire, the guy should have seen it before he entered the area. Unless of course he was already driving impaired, which the article did not state. It did say that a passenger in the Crown Vic was amongh the dead. And that says alot.

Truly a tragedy regardless of fault. Also a tragedy due to the media mis-labeling the tragedy and implying that it was a result of drag racing, and not labeling it correctly as a street race. For those who read the entire article and understand the differece between the two, it is a good thing. But those who do not understand and do not read the entire article it will be just be another slight against our hobby. And that in itself is a tragedy of a different sort.