The police are not convinced but they know stopping illegal street racing is virtually impossible.
In a completely different approach from its predecessors The Run is a combination of simulation based gaming along with arcade style street racing.
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Part of the attraction of street-racing is the thrill of getting away with it.
Hacking into automotive microprocessors from the likes of Intel, Bosch, Siemens and Motorola was once the province of engine aficionados and the street-racing set.
And far from escorting the girls into the place, Dean Moriarty was already racing across the street with his huge bandit's thumb in the air yelling, blow, man, blow.
The devastation was so complete, Moore Mayor Glenn Lewis said city officials were racing to print new street signs to help guide rescuers and residents through a suddenly twisted and unfamiliar landscape.
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Tales about bankers racing each other from Wall Street to the beach - with one enterprising weekender beating a helicopter-owning colleague by flying overhead in his Gulfstream business jet and parachuting out at the right moment - are thought to be mostly apocryphal.
Foyt Racing's last win on a street or road course was with Foyt behind the wheel at Silverstone in 1978.
As the light changed at the intersection of Forty-fourth Street and Seventh Avenue, a large truck, racing to beat the red, knocked her down.
In a paper printed in the British Medical Journal, Tim Crayford, Richard Hooper and Sarah Evans reported that the mortality rate for characters in the television soap operas Coronation Street and EastEnders exceeded those of bomb disposal experts and racing drivers.
After racing on a tight, 2.36-mile street course, IndyCar's next race is on an oval at Texas Motor Speedway.
The National Hot Rod Association, which represents professional drag-racing, has also tried to help, encouraging affiliated tracks to open their facilities to street-racers for safe, controlled contests.
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