Street Racing Surges Across US Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Street Racing Surges Across US Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
A racer waits to speed down the quarter-mile track at Bandimere Speedway west of Denver, Colo., on May 5, 2021. Thomas Peipert/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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Jaye Sanford, a 52-year-old mother of two, was driving home in suburban Atlanta on Nov. 21 when a man in a Dodge Challenger muscle car who was allegedly street racing crashed into her head-on, killing her.

She is one of the many victims of a surge in street racing that has taken root across America during the coronavirus pandemic, prompting police crackdowns and bills aimed at harsher punishments.