BRISTOL, Tenn. – By day, Dennis Arnold works a fast-paced and stressful job in the trucking industry. On Thursday nights, the 44-year-old Meadowview resident finds his release through fast cars.

Brandon Scarberry, left, and Jonathan Hurley, both from Hurley, Virginia, talk motors as they wait their turn to run during the season opener of the Bristol Dragway Street Fights.

Two men were arrested by Bristol police Friday morning after allegedly engaging in a street fight fueled by their political differences. The police department reports that 36-year-old Tomek Paluch, of ...