A Winter Garden man discovered the hard way that Interstate 4 is not a racetrack early Saturday morning. Deputies ended a dangerous high-speed race near Lake Alfred shortly after midnight on January 24, 2026.
It happened around 12:47 a.m.
An officer with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office saw a group of cars tearing down the eastbound lanes of the highway. According to the complaint, the automobiles seemed to be racing near mile marker 54…