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Motor City Showdown is Detroit’s first legal drag racing event held in the city limits, organized by Olatunji with assistance from the Detroit police. Illegal street racing has become a safety issue in Detroit for the past few years and Brian Olatunji has a solution that could make everyone happy. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.DETROIT – Detroit’s first legal drag racing event will be held Saturday at Coleman A. Potential sites for the sanctioned drag racing is open land near City Airport or the old Chrysler Plant on Lynch Road.Ĭopyright 2015 by. It would cut down on any injuries, or the danger of people actually losing their lives and property," Hall said. "We would think that if we encourage safety that we would do away with the illegal drag racing and people would do it for sport. Hall said the idea is still very new and nothing has been set in stone, but that Police Chief James Craig has talked to Mayor Mike Duggan about it. "If we create areas within the city that they can legally drag race, that we could pad it and put the necessary protectors in place, that we would save lives." He looks at it as that this is a sport," Hall said. "The chief has an idea that he thinks will curtail this effort, and that is to create some sanctioned drag racing strips. In addition to setting up surveillance crews at known drag racing locations, DPD is working on a new way to combat it. We've forfeited four vehicles for individuals who were drag racing," Hall said. "Year to date we've taken about 25 vehicles, impounding those spectators who are watching the drag racing. Hall said there are "consistent enforcement efforts" targeting several drag racing sites between her department, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office and Michigan State Police. "We usually see it about March and deal with it throughout the summer to the end of September, beginning of November, as long as it's warm." We've been dealing with drag racing for years," said Deputy Chief Lt. The Defenders contacted the Detroit Police Department for an answer. There's nothing we can do about it because this is a main street,'" Leonard said. They drive down here racing all the time. "The policeman said, ‘Oh, yeah, he know about Epworth. She said she's talked to police about the problem, but nothing has changed.