Posted on 03/07/2015 3:09:20 PM PST by BenLurkin
More information is being released about one of the men charged with murder in last week’s illegal street racing crash that killed two people in Chatsworth.
HotRod.com is reporting that Israel “Izzy” Valenzuela has been charged for his alleged role in Thursday’s collision.
Valenzuela has appeared as a driver in the popular Discovery Channel street racing show “Street Outlaws.”
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Link has him as a ‘star’. Don’t recall seeing him on the show.
He’s not a star. I think he was in one race on one episode.
That show was always suspicious. A bunch of guys spend major money and time to get ranked on a list. But they have to race on the street in the middle of the night. There drag strips designed for these races.
I saw this show about a week ago. It is the most irresponsible thing I have ever seen on TV.
Street racing in south LA is a huge problem. I used to work in Compton and there was so much rubber on the street at 135th and Compton, it looked like a real race track. National Geographic did a special on street racing at that location, and showed the cars hitting 200 MPH on Compton, with residential on the left and commercial on the right. If I remember right, their excuse for racing on the street is they didn’t meet the requirements to race cars that powerful at a drag strip. I always thought I would see one of those cars wrapped around a semi, one day.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/galleries/la-street-racers/at/ready-set-race-678914/
cbs whataya expect right? I follow that show fairly close and have seen every episode, that name rings no bells. Apparently Bobby Kaple (whoever the hell that is) is trying to make a name for himself.
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