<body><div>HOUSTON - Usually, police officers are stopping street racers, but these officers are getting in on the action.A street racing arrest led to Houston Police Department officers taking part in a street race themselves, planned for Saturday evening at 11 p.m. at Highway 105 Speedway in Cleveland.<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3ihDnB_0lVnlG3H00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3ihDnB_0lVnlG3H00" width="932" height="524" >A few weeks ago, Houston was hosting the Y2K 2023 racers at a local drag strip, but many took the races took the races to the streets instead. Local Houston police became so busy a task force was put together to try and stop any street races.STREET RACING: Street racing spectator run over by 200 mph car, survivedReports say one of the racers, Randy Seals, is well-known in the area and went out racing with some other people in North Houston. The group didn't know a Houston police officer infiltrated the group and there were drones overhead belonging to HPD.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=40Gy6i_0lVnlG3H00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=40Gy6i_0lVnlG3H00" width="932" height="524" ></figure>Seals was arrested and spent 22 hours in Harris County Jail, says officials.<div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHPOUTX%2Fposts%2F10159209256901027" style="width:100%; height:100%; position:relative; border:none; overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe></div>After his release, he reportedly challenged the Houston Police Officers Union to a race on Facebook. "What better way to see if they wanna race with us than inviting them," said Seals. "Thirty minutes after I sent them a message they responded and said hey we accept. And they called me in about two hours and we talked for a good while and we worked it out. Built them a car in three days."The conversation went on for several hours and a race was agreed on and planned for Saturday night at the Highway 105 Speedway, a dirt track.Officials say they got twelve Crown Victorias, stripped them down, and equipped them with roll cages. One of the officers said he has never been in a race before but feels his Houston police experience with pursuits will give him an edge.The race was so highly anticipated, people began arriving at the gates at 7:30 p.m. With the extra cars from the other races and the crowd, it was pushed back to around 11 p.m.</div></body>

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HOUSTON - Usually, police officers are stopping street racers, but these officers are getting in on the action. A street racing arrest led to Houston Police Department officers taking part in a street race themselves, planned for Saturday evening at 11 p.m. at Highway 105 Speedway in Cleveland. A few...