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    In LA's street-racing scene, 'likes' and followers can be just as important as engines and tires

    by James Queally and Nicole Santa Cruz, Los Angeles Times Jul 31, 2018 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Two at a time, the vehicles blasted down a Compton roadway scarred by skid marks from past races. Drivers playfully mocked each other, placing small bets on each contest. Then, someone shouted.

    "Cops!"

    Drivers and onlookers scurried into the nearest car, tearing away from the area as the blue and red flashes of a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department cruiser reflected off their back windows.

    Inside one of the fleeing vehicles, the driver barked a new location. In the back seat, another man typed on his cellphone, alerting a Facebook group.

    Minutes later, most of the racers reassembled on the other side of Compton. The police were nowhere to be seen.

    Popular Instagram accounts, YouTube channels and other forms of social media have served as a bullhorn for Los Angeles' street-racing community in recent years, said

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