Famous Street Race Promoter Big Willie Has Passed Away – Fan’s Perspective

The man who started the International Brotherhood of Street Racers Willie Andrew Robinson III - also known as Big Willie - has died after a long illness with vascular disease. His wife Tomiko had died a few years prior and his health faded shortly afterwards.

Big Willie Robinson, street racer and peacemaker was 70

Kevin Roderick: Los Angeles car culture never saw anyone like Big Willie Robinson — or needed anyone quite so much. In the mid 1960s, when baby boomers were racing hot rods and fighting each other and the cops all around town, he created the International Brotherhood of Street Racers and brought some order to the subculture. (Big Willie stood 6'6" and people listened.) I'm guessing he was the ...

Street racers now have a safe outlet

MORRISON - As the temperatures heat up this spring and summer, the engines on our metro-area streets also start to rev-up.

Hutt Valley Police arrest illegal street racers

Police in the Hutt Valley have arrested four men and impounded three vehicles in relation to a dangerous driving incident last month.

Saanich police impound two street racers' cars

Several people called police about 1 p.m. to report two cars driving recklessly on Blanshard Street, said police spokesman Sgt. Dean Jantzen.