Well, if you were up around 11am you got to see the Channel 4 special on "South Florida: Fast & Furious". Download it at
www.wfor.com They went in depth on the issue of Street Racing in Miami, they centered on the Friday night street races on Okeechobee Road (SR 27). They snuck a guy with a camera in to watch the races & show how the cops show up & bust people & all that stuff. Couple of guys showed off their cars, nitro tanks, turbos, talked about "racing being their drug". All that. It was great! They interviewed a FHP who said that "They should give them a place to go" instead of racing on the street.
Same episode, they had a channel 4 anchor w/ I believe it was Mayor Ralph Sanchez talking with a dude named Alex, who was dubbed "Drag Racing Advocate". (You guys may know Alex from other forums, he's got the SC300 with twin turbos). Anyways the debate was going back & forth about the penalties of drag racing going up in Miami. Alex argued that the closest place for Miami racers to go is Moroso, which is 2 hours away, thus not local. Then, like a gift from heaven, the Mayor & Alex seemed to be clicking on an idea of making a place closer to home for us to go... say Homestead (was mentioned several times).
Apparently there's more to it that it seems. We all know the idea of a local track has been brought up & rejected a million times. But "sources" say that the reason the gov't is opening up a little bit is that several key legislative members had children who were busted at the races on Okeechobee a few weeks back. Remember the huge 172 person bust that was in the news? Nice wake up call huh. Keep your fingers crossed people, we may get our own strip finally.
