To stop drag racing, rev up the arrests

A man climbs onto a Chicago Police Department vehicle as officers try to break up a street takeover at West 119th and South Halsted streets on the Far South Side Friday night, Aug. 26. Other such takeovers happened late Saturday into Sunday. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

There are no “Fast & Furious” movies being filmed in Chicago right now, and there have been no amateur tryouts for next year’s NASCAR event that we know of.

But a red flag was raised this past weekend when stunt drivers and a throng of onlookers flocked to the streets, creating a chaotic and dangerous scene in several parts of the city.