wow, i got a ticket for almost the exact same situation.
I was the idiot tho, i spun my tires at the light, just for fun. I was next to my friend in his mom's honda pilot...needless to say, we weren't racing. We had the windows down and were talking to each other while we were going home. We both got drag racing tickets, no speeds or anything.
We had to go to court 3 times for it because we chose to fight it. However, he couldn't keep getting time off work and he ended up just pleading guilty, which was stupid. I think we would have gotten out of it. I had court after he did that and they still reduced my ticket to reckless op. I only had a $90 fine in addition to the 4 points on my license, and insurance going way up.
Did they get the other guy too?