Law Enforcement + Illegal Street Racing = Destruction of Motorsports Culture?

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Law Enforcement + Illegal Street Racing = Destruction of Automotive and Motorsports Culture?

Source: Joint Project: Research and Communications Department
Release Date: April 16, 2010
Update / Revision: N/A

The Evo organization through our mission of evolving illegal street racers into motorsports racers is positioned in a unique Police Law Enforcement setting. We converse with those whom are: currently participating in the illegal street racing, automotive and motorsports enthusiasts/participants, and sworn to reduce the illegal activity. In consequence we act as mediator to each party as we reach a compromise that acts a viable long term solution for every reasonable individual...and by reasonable we are referring to the basic concept that the public streets will never be an open illegal race track nor will vehicles be equipped with de-tuned engines that issue a police citation each time the speed limit is exceeded. Progress is measured by reaching an understanding and respect for the motorsports and automotive culture, the law, and civility of a community. Evo Street Racers refers to our process as “Perfection through Compromise.”

Evo Street Racers often receives correspondence from motorsports enthusiasts indicating that local law enforcement and government is harassing them without cause and reason. These same law abiding automotive enthusiasts will indicate that they are against illegal street racing yet as a result of the type of vehicle and legal modifications installed they are profiled to the point of annoyance. Many people across the globe including California USA, Australian Capital Territory, Ontario Canada, and the entire country of New Zealand have reported to Evo Street Racers that their government is utilizing law enforcement to destroy the automotive lifestyle.

A quick Google of “California Drag Net” reveals posts on “So Cal Euro Forum” to a recent Drag Net sting: Illegal Street Racing

NEWS EXCERPT: “Police wrote 94 citations Friday night, including two for racing”

Daygo wrote: “VR6 nice to see how our state is wasting dollars ...get ready for more BS fix it tickets”

“getting pulled over and being told your exhaust system is too loud with no proper test...being told to lift your hood because the car "looks" a certian way ....absolute b*llshit ...and im tired of these p*ssy a*s cops and city offocials pulling this crap.....what are they going to do….start going into shops again like they did before and interrogating sales people / legimate shop owners....one thing you wont see - people that own lifted trucks getting harrassed....people with hot rods /muscle cars getting harrassed .....if they are really training as many officers as they say they are training then why wasnt there any police presence at the hot rod sho…”

Ncttrnl wrote: “So only 2% of the tickets they wrote to stop street racing were for street racing. That's just great. Here we go with getting pulled over for no reason other than looking like our cars might be modified. For you stock people out there, they'll get you too. The first time I got pulled over in PB when dragnet was around I was told my car looked low and it was totally stock at the time. This is seriously such a waste of time and energy and money...The cops know where they are. All they need to do is sit at those places and wait.”

Agent Orange wrote: “When LA County Sheriff Dept went on a similar campaign, I would get stopped all the time. I don't typically speed or rev simply... But that didn't stop them from lighting me up and wasting my time.”

In the last century the automotive (and motorsports) industry has been the most significant evolution of mechanical advancement. In the United States alone one out of seven jobs is related to the automotive industry indicating a deep connection to the economic health of the nation. In consequence the automotive culture is deeply engrained in the very being of any modern nation. Motorsports has defined the automotive culture as it has been utilized to showcase and develop ground breaking technologies, provided entertainment to the masses, and acted as a venue to display national pride. Discussion of a large agency or body with the intent to minimize and/or “destroy” the automotive culture is very disturbing to Evo Street Racers. The Evo organization has lobbied for nearly a decade to expand the motorsports industry as a solution to not only illegal street racing but as a method to ensure the monetary health and expansion of the economy and ensure the peace of communities across the world.

It is for these aforementioned reasons why Evo’s president, Mr. Bryan Harrison, went directly to the source in an effort to separate fact from fiction. Mr. Harrison recently contacted arguably the most controversial law enforcement program in the world that has been attributed to starting the “destruction of the automotive lifestyle” California’s “Drag Net” program. The Drag Net program is/was made available to law enforcement through a grant, paid with tax payer’s money, from the California Office of Traffic Safety. One agency that received funding was the Chula Vista Police Department under the coordination of Officer Voshell. Officer Voshell was kind enough to spend time with Evo’s president and answered a variety of questions.

Look for the interview to be released shortly!

Interview released on April 30, 2010: Click here: Chula Vista Police Drag Net Program Seperates Fact from Fiction

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