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Street racing blamed for six car collision SPOKANE -- A five-car collision along southbound Division at Cleveland has shut down the major arterial with broken cars strewn across the roadway. Authorities say two drivers - a 19-year-old and a juvenile - that were street racing are to blame for the accident. Six-car crash closes Division Street Two drivers apparently racing up North Ruby collided Friday, causing a six-car wreck that closed both directions of North Division Street for about seven hours. Man sentenced in fatal street-racing accident A 20-year-old Port Orchard man who pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide for a street racing accident that killed his friend has been sentenced to 12 months in work release and 240 hours of community service. Growing concern for street racing SPOKANE -- After Friday’s severe accident along Division Street, many people are concerned with the growing number of accidents that are thought to be caused by street racing. Drag racing leads to six-car collision, closes Spokanes busiest street 5:30 p.m. SPOKANE, Wash. - Witnesses say a Ford Probe and a Dodge Durango were racing on Ruby when they made contact, causing both cars to jump the median and cross into the southbound lanes. >> INSIDE: Details | Video Law Enforcement Cracks Down On Street Racing California Highway Patrol officers spent Friday night patrolling-- in cars, on motorcycles, and even by plane-- looking for reckless drivers and street racers. Spokane cops blame racing for multi-car wreck SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- A six-vehicle accident apparently sparked by an illegal road race closed busy North Division Street, the citys main north-south arterial, for some seven hours on Friday, police said. Street Racing Suspected in Fatal Tracy January Crash Tracy police investigators are now saying street racing may have played a part in a crash that killed a West High School student in January. Theres a place for street racing, but its not Division Street SPOKANE -- Its exciting, its fast, and the cars look cool, but on Friday racing turned dangerous and local racing enthusiasts say the billion dollar racing industry gets a bad name when people make bad decisions. Toyota Releases First TRD Branded Performance Car Toyota Racing Development has been prepping Toyota’s race cars as well as its street cars for years. Designing and building TRD branded go-fast bits for cars such as the Supra or Celica. However, Toyota has never officially released a vehicle branded under the TRD label. | |||