Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.626a (2026)

Drag races; prohibition on public highways; definition; prima facie evidence; applicability within Silver Lake State Park; "drag race" defined.

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MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE

Act 300 of 1949

257.626a Drag races; prohibition on public highways; definition; prima facie evidence; applicability within Silver Lake State Park; "drag race" defined.

Sec. 626a.

(1) A person shall not do either of the following:

(a) Operate a vehicle upon a highway, or any other place open to the general public, including an area designated for the parking of motor vehicles, in a speed or acceleration contest or drag race or to make a speed record.

(b) Assist in a violation of subdivision (a).

(2) The operation of 2 or more vehicles either at speeds in excess of the prima facie lawfully established speed or rapidly accelerating from a common starting point to a speed in excess of the prima facie lawful speed is prima facie evidence of a drag race.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply within the Silver Lake State Park scramble area.

(4) As used in this section, "drag race" means the operation of 2 or more vehicles from a point side by side at accelerating speeds in a competitive attempt to out-distance each other over a common selected course or where timing is involved or where timing devices are used in competitive accelerations of speeds by participating vehicles.

History: Add. 1964, Act 206, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 159, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967 ;-- Am. 2021, Act 75, Imd. Eff. July 29, 2021

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2005–2015 · leading case: Hashem v. Les Stanford Oldsmobile, Inc, 697 N.W.2d 558 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005).

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Hashem v. Les Stanford Oldsmobile, Inc, 697 N.W.2d 558 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005). “1703(1) and MCL 257.626a. However, that a plaintiff was engaged in illegal conduct at the time of his injury does not automatically bar his claim.”

People of Michigan v. Leo Evans Jr III (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “Attached to his motion for remand before this Court, defendant provided a letter from Hall, in which Hall stated that he “was able to render an opinion as to causation and [whether defendant] violated” MCL 257.626a, Michigan’s drag racing statute.”

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