Six men, including a father and son, were arrested in three separate incidents over the weekend on charges of racing on the highway. All were issued traffic citations.
Officials say the arrests are an attempt to curb the year-round racing that goes on in Pinellas.

The first group of arrests occurred Saturday at 11:38 p.m. on the Bayside Bridge. Three motorcycles - including a black Suzuki GSXR 1000 and a Honda CBR 1000 RR - got onto the southbound portion of the bridge from Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard and began traveling faster than 110 mph, said Sgt. Richard Nalven, supervisor of selective traffic control for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

Traffic eventually slowed the motorcyclists down, giving deputies patrolling the bridge a chance to make the arrests, sheriff's spokesman Mac McMullen said.

Arrested were Brian Haakinson, 41, and his son Jonathan Haakinson, 22, both of St. Petersburg, and Wolman Pacheco, 23, of Pinellas Park. All three were released from Pinellas County Jail on Sunday morning on $250 bail.