Event Brief
I-75 Street Race Tops 120 mph; Two Men Arrested
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 06, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET
Summary: Florida Highway Patrol troopers stopped a Dodge Charger and Dodge Challenger after a street-race countdown on northbound I-75 in Manatee County. The vehicles accelerated to more than 120 mph; a 2-year-old and 4-year-old were found in the Charger’s back seat. Tomas Valencia Ortega and Joshua Alan York were arrested and booked on street racing and dangerous excessive speed charges.
WHO: Tomas Valencia Ortega (27, Wesley Chapel) and Joshua Alan York (27, Brandon), arrested by Florida Highway Patrol; children were in the Charger’s back seat.
WHAT: Two drivers were arrested after an alleged I-75 street race that reached over 120 mph, with toddlers in the back seat of one vehicle.
WHEN: Sep 06, 2026
WHERE: Manatee County, Florida (northbound I-75)
WHY: The arrests were tied to the alleged street racing and dangerous excessive speed during the interstate race.
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