Shooting at Great Lakes Dragaway

[Bobby DiDomenico]

Not sure what event was going on.

http://fox6now.com/2017/08/13/breaki...n-union-grove/

[Super Sport]

For info about the event go to;

www.larrysfunfest.com/

[Jason Fuller]

This was very unfortunate

The shooter was not speeding in a vehicle at this time so I do not see this case ever being solved

[FED 387]

OK guys this is what happened without sounding RACIST ---Larry's Fun Fest is a weekend event held yearly at Great Lakes Dragaway. This event caters to or is geared
to MOSTLY BLACKS/African Americans/Negroes what ever is politically correct here ---It is mostly a car show with some drag racing thrown in-usually mostly street cars but a few "drag" cars too-- it has lotsa music- women dressed suggestively/provocatively to appeal to the males in attendance and cruising around the pits(display area)- visiting etc.---The typical vehicle you all see here will be what some might call Ghetto cruisers-low riders- pimp mobiles etc. 20-24 inch wheels, outrageous colors of paint jobs tons of chrome or gold plating everything you could imagine done to, in, or on a vehicle thrown in too. All the while alcohol is being served adjacent even into the pit area so lots of people are pretty liquored up by the time nightfall comes some might be "stoned" because some brought their own chemicals/grass whatever. This event would kinda remind some of when NHRA had the compact car races a few years back. Kind of the same scenario.

It has gotten a bad reputation in the last few years because some "problems" required law enforcement intervention. There was even talk because of the problems of either scaling back the event or cancelling it altogether. Now the "shooter" supposedly was a gang member and the victims were according to police reports known gang members. It was supposedly a gang retaliation. Some of the people involved either the shooter or the victims were according to police reports from Aurora, Illinois which has a "large " black population and is known to have a large gang presence also. The media in the area Chicago/Milwaukee metropolitan have been very careful in their reporting and has basically said that 3 people were shot at an automotive event or at an automotive race nothing about a drag strip in the headlines. Which I guess is great no bad publicity for drag racing
So thats what's going on don't know who the victims are or if they have apprehended the shooter at last report. As I said I'm not trying to be RACIST just trying to give you a picture of the crowd, vehicles, atmosphere etc of the event--THIS EVENT IS PROMOTED PRIMARILY AND GEARED TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY.---Although I imagine anyone can attend as I said it is mainly blacks that will be in attendence--- FED 387

[Jason Fuller]

Originally Posted by FED 387

OK guys this is what happened without sounding RACIST ---Larry's Fun Fest is a weekend event held yearly at Great Lakes Dragaway. This event caters to or is geared
to MOSTLY BLACKS/African Americans/Negroes what ever is politically correct here ---It is mostly a car show with some drag racing thrown in-usually mostly street cars but a few "drag" cars too-- it has lotsa music- women dressed suggestively/provocatively to appeal to the males in attendance and cruising around the pits(display area)- visiting etc.---The typical vehicle you all see here will be what some might call Ghetto cruisers-low riders- pimp mobiles etc. 20-24 inch wheels, outrageous colors of paint jobs tons of chrome or gold plating everything you could imagine done to, in, or on a vehicle thrown in too. All the while alcohol is being served adjacent even into the pit area so lots of people are pretty liquored up by the time nightfall comes some might be "stoned" because some brought their own chemicals/grass whatever. This event would kinda remind some of when NHRA had the compact car races a few years back. Kind of the same scenario.

It has gotten a bad reputation in the last few years because some "problems" required law enforcement intervention. There was even talk because of the problems of either scaling back the event or cancelling it altogether. Now the "shooter" supposedly was a gang member and the victims were according to police reports known gang members. It was supposedly a gang retaliation. Some of the people involved either the shooter or the victims were according to police reports from Aurora, Illinois which has a "large " black population and is known to have a large gang presence also. The media in the area Chicago/Milwaukee metropolitan have been very careful in their reporting and has basically said that 3 people were shot at an automotive event or at an automotive race nothing about a drag strip in the headlines. Which I guess is great no bad publicity for drag racing
So thats what's going on don't know who the victims are or if they have apprehended the shooter at last report. As I said I'm not trying to be RACIST just trying to give you a picture of the crowd, vehicles, atmosphere etc of the event--THIS EVENT IS PROMOTED PRIMARILY AND GEARED TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY.---Although I imagine anyone can attend as I said it is mainly blacks that will be in attendence--- FED 387

I agree, this news report is being reported because it's just so novel of a crime. I do hope this doesn't give the community over there any tarnishment.

Can't remember when anything like this has ever occurred.

I'm sure the local authorities will be hard at work and get to the bottom of this.

[MR DERBY CITY]

No surprise here, that place was rough back in the eighties.....one of the few tracks I visited back then with a beer garden.....

[Greg Hill]

Originally Posted by FED 387

OK guys this is what happened without sounding RACIST ---Larry's Fun Fest is a weekend event held yearly at Great Lakes Dragaway. This event caters to or is geared
to MOSTLY BLACKS/African Americans/Negroes what ever is politically correct here ---It is mostly a car show with some drag racing thrown in-usually mostly street cars but a few "drag" cars too-- it has lotsa music- women dressed suggestively/provocatively to appeal to the males in attendance and cruising around the pits(display area)- visiting etc.---The typical vehicle you all see here will be what some might call Ghetto cruisers-low riders- pimp mobiles etc. 20-24 inch wheels, outrageous colors of paint jobs tons of chrome or gold plating everything you could imagine done to, in, or on a vehicle thrown in too. All the while alcohol is being served adjacent even into the pit area so lots of people are pretty liquored up by the time nightfall comes some might be "stoned" because some brought their own chemicals/grass whatever. This event would kinda remind some of when NHRA had the compact car races a few years back. Kind of the same scenario.

It has gotten a bad reputation in the last few years because some "problems" required law enforcement intervention. There was even talk because of the problems of either scaling back the event or cancelling it altogether. Now the "shooter" supposedly was a gang member and the victims were according to police reports known gang members. It was supposedly a gang retaliation. Some of the people involved either the shooter or the victims were according to police reports from Aurora, Illinois which has a "large " black population and is known to have a large gang presence also. The media in the area Chicago/Milwaukee metropolitan have been very careful in their reporting and has basically said that 3 people were shot at an automotive event or at an automotive race nothing about a drag strip in the headlines. Which I guess is great no bad publicity for drag racing
So thats what's going on don't know who the victims are or if they have apprehended the shooter at last report. As I said I'm not trying to be RACIST just trying to give you a picture of the crowd, vehicles, atmosphere etc of the event--THIS EVENT IS PROMOTED PRIMARILY AND GEARED TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY.---Although I imagine anyone can attend as I said it is mainly blacks that will be in attendence--- FED 387

This whole post is racist.

[FED 387]

Latest update ---the 3 victims were known gang members and on BOND for felonies according to the police---the shooter has not been identified nor captured at this point still at large----The victims families have been very hesitant to offer any info nor cooperate with the police in the investigation. It was definitely a gang assassination according to law enforcement--- But he was "such a good boy wonderful father to his kids"--I cannot imagine why anybody would do something like this!!!!!-- FED 387

[BRINK]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

This whole post is racist.

I don't agree. The true facts are there for all to see. There's nothing racist about it. For those of you who don't know about the gang wars in Chicago, this is just a small taste of the weekly activity by these poor misunderstood young people.

[SStockDart]

Black gangs from Chicago and Milwaukee??????? Who would have thunk it.