[BigAls87Z28]

I just got this months Car Craft Mag, and they always feature a small 3 page cartoon about Krass and Bernie, two gear heads that involve them getting into some sort of situation involving racing or cars or both.
This month, they have the idea of adopting a section of highway that doesnt get much use, and is a dead end. Its about a mile long, and they adopt it. It ends up to be a place where they and others race on. The highway is still new, and there is a story about that, but what are the chances this could happen in real life? Could someone adopt a part of highway that dosent get any use, and race on it? If you are adopting it, it is yours, and wouldnt that mean that you could do what you want?
Only thing I can think of agains tthis is that street racing is illegal, i just figured that would the highway be considerd private property?