Curbing street stunting

A PROPOSED CITY ORDINANCE would allow police to impound cars used in illegal street racing and penalize spectators. If the Dallas City Council approves it, authorities could seize cars suspected of violating the ordinance. If car owners are caught at an illegal event without insurance, their vehicles could also be confiscated. Spectators could be fined up to $500. The proposed ordinance comes after several high-profile street takeovers in Oak Cliff, as well as several deaths caused by street racing in Dallas

Real Heroes Wear Masks

NASCAR chose a nurse from Methodist Dallas Medical Center in Oak Cliff to be a grand marshal in the Real Heroes

400 at Darlington Raceway in North Carolina in May, the first televised sporting event since the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States.

Jake Hopkinson is an emergency room trauma nurse and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. “I don’t even really consider myself a hero. I just consider myself going to a job that I love,” Hopkinson told KDFW. Hopkinson got to ride in the car of Erik Jones, who was the 2019 winner, and Hopkinson even had his own name on the car.