Shooting at Great Lakes Dragaway

[Jason Fuller]

Originally Posted by 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

I am glad he has kids to carry on his legacy...That's what most important and we can all be optimistic and encouraged about..

[BRINK]

None of this would've happened if Broadway Bob was still alive!!!

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by SStockDart

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

Gary, I guess it's racist if you know about them. Most certainly if you talk about them.

[Lew Silverman]

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

WOW - you mention -TWICE - that you're not trying to sound RACIST and then what do you do...BAM - you make comments that sure do sound like just that! Methinks you protest too much!

Did ANYTHING that you you shared make this tragedy any easier to understand? The website link in the first post did a much better job. Bottom line is that three HUMAN BEINGS were killed at Great Lakes Dragaway. The rest of the information you included was unnecessary.

[Bunkster]

Originally Posted by 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.....

Div 3 points meet....1987 or 88....later rounds on Sunday and drunks everywhere, including the staging lanes.

A couple of them were messing with cars, leaning on them or some such nonsense. Al Provost chased them away and stood guard till we got back with our water jugs.

[BRINK]

Originally Posted by Lew Silverman

WOW - you mention -TWICE - that you're not trying to sound RACIST and then what do you do...BAM - you make comments that sure do sound like just that! Methinks you protest too much!

Did ANYTHING that you you shared make this tragedy any easier to understand? The website link in the first post did a much better job. Bottom line is that three HUMAN BEINGS were killed at Great Lakes Dragaway. The rest of the information you included was unnecessary.

Well spoken by a true liberal southern gentleman. Debbie Wasserman Shultz would be proud.

[FireSale]

Just woke up. Where am I, Class Racer or Breitbart News comments?

[BRINK]

Originally Posted by FireSale

Just woke up. Where am I, Class Racer or Breitbart News comments?

Go back to bed.

[joespanova]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

This whole post is racist.

Its not "racist" if he's expressing the facts...................YOU just don't like the facts. Reality is a bitch isn't it?

[Mike Jones]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

This whole post is racist.

Greg
I was going to ask you to explain your position.
instead I`m going to pass
I have many more important things to do
including shopping for a windshield for my dually
so I can go to E-town in peace
Have a great day

Mike A114
P/SA