"Sometimes there are 15-20 cars here, and a big crowd," said Jim Weber, whose Ohio Mulch offices are not far from the starting line near Universal Road and Progress Avenue. May 17, 2024 A year after a deadly car crash that police believe is linked to drag racing, a southeast Columbus business park is again seeing dangerous street racing return.
All it would take is for a car to get out of control, just a little bit, and hit one of those utility poles. Somebody is going to get hurt," Weber said. Just bad news," said Curtis Shine, a neighbor who lives nearby. "It's illegal to street race, that's all they do is street race." Tire tracks on the roadway are not the only mess left behind by racers and their fans. ABC 6/FOX 28 found beer cans and busted tires scattered by the road.