Where's here? Do they look for informally organized races or even if they see two people takin off at a light to like 40mph?
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Where's here? Do they look for informally organized races or even if they see two people takin off at a light to like 40mph?
strtrcr50
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Wow. Reading this thread makes me really appreciate the area I live in. 2 tracks within 45 mions(Englishtown and Atco), and if I want to make a ton of runs on a Sunday afternoon, Island Dragway. Philly has a pretty good street scene if you know where to go(if you don't, a lot of ricers), and NJ has it's hot spots.
Ok, yeah I read the rulebook, and basically the only class I can run in is Pro. Obviously wouldn't be competitive, so I would say that would be a waste of my time.
Kurt
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in my area, one night a few months back, at like 3am, right after the start of a street race, a bunch of people were hanging out in the street and a car went through them at full speed. some people died and a bunch were hurt. apparently there was a lot of smoke and the guy didn't have his headlights on, so he didn't see the people. since then, i think it has died down some, but i'm sure people are still doing it.
i wasn't there or anything, i heard it in the news.
i wasn't there or anything, i heard it in the news.
I live in the Tampa Bay Area and, don't get me wrong, but our street scene is good, if you know where to go. I've seen cars get brought off trailers, the road be prepped with VHT and resin, and the cars will shoot off 1/4 mile passes for multiple thousands of dollars. We also have a good scene for basic domestic street warrior cars. There's a lot of 4-500 horsepower f-bodies and Mustangs that have some good local spots around here.
As exciting as the street scene is/has always been, the track is just a lot better IMO. I can't stand the ricers on the streets bitching about who won and who lost. Timeslips and scoreboards don't lie!
We have something called the exact same thing. Its more of a circus than racing. The bad thing is alc. is served/drank and then people who have no idea WTF they are doing go down the track...one guy actually tried to come BACK down the track after a run. They have live bands, drifting, motorcycle stunt riding (gets old every round). At least the track makes money to stay open.
The bad thing is a T&T night you might get 2 runs in a 4-5hr period...if you get in line at 4-4:30pm. Bikes make what seem like 5 hot laps every 2hrs. $20 for 1 maybe 2 passes...sucks
The midnight madness we have is once a month and you can get 2-3 runs in IF you can get a racing ticket as they only give out 250-300 or something...any more and your looking at 1-2 runs like a T&T. Sucks putting up with the circus and have no desire to go.
Friday bracket racing nights are all I care to attend anymore. 3 qualifying runs, and one elim run with the chance to buy back if you want. 20$...for 3 runs guaranteed...less DB's...and some good racing to watch is better money spent IMHO.
That sounds extremely disorganized and not safe at all.
Our local track does not do anything to cater to retarded street racers. We have street nights on Weds-Fri 6PM to 10 PM, Track rentals on Weds 1-5 PM and T&T on sat, sun
The street racing thing is not to big around here its mostly just rice thinking they are fast and running against something they come across on the interstate or from light to light. I dont think its a direct reaction from street racing but we do have a lot of unmarked state police vehicles. Just from what I have seen there is a Maroon F150, Maroon Crown Vic, Black 05 GT Mustang and a light blue 09 GT Mustang and I know there are more.
I live in the Tampa Bay Area and, don't get me wrong, but our street scene is good, if you know where to go. I've seen cars get brought off trailers, the road be prepped with VHT and resin, and the cars will shoot off 1/4 mile passes for multiple thousands of dollars. We also have a good scene for basic domestic street warrior cars. There's a lot of 4-500 horsepower f-bodies and Mustangs that have some good local spots around here.
As exciting as the street scene is/has always been, the track is just a lot better IMO. I can't stand the ricers on the streets bitching about who won and who lost. Timeslips and scoreboards don't lie!
I remember that stuff from back when I lived in Lauderdale. Guys would trailer out these 1500+hp mustangs to the same spot every night for the 3 months, until they could get a high dollar race.
Kurt
Sorry for late reply, been very busy with work lately, those 12 hour days suck. Anyways, it's St. George Utah, terrible place. Never come here lol. There's not much any recognizable races these days, but about 1-2 years ago they would all meet at the smiths parking lot or out in one of the industrial area's and go racing. It's really not hard to tell when you had 30 ricers cruising all together down the boulevard. They even give you tickets for squealing your tires from a stop whether it was intentional or an accident. I got a ticket in my old dodge for peeling out to get away from a car that would have hit me.
I'm going to court to fight a ticket on Tuesday for a ticket I got in a 35mph zone, keeping up with traffic with cars going faster than me in front of me. The cop tried to say I was going 53 in the 35, though he couldn't show me a radar log and he wouldn't even give me his name, he said "I am not required to show you the radar logs and I don't need to give you my name." He saw the red mustang with a younger driver in it at 2am on a Friday night and decided to bother me.
Anyway, not many people street race as far as I have seen since they started impounding and crushing cars.
Sunshine speedway rocks, that fox and that 05+ supercharged roush was hot. the next one is going to be cool too. do you go out on wednesdays for testing and tuning?
Black95GTS
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We used to actually have a hell of a place about 5 miles where I live. It was the entrance to an industrial park, about 1/2 mile long, flat and straight. We used to spray paint 1/4 mile lines across the road blatantly.
My friend Jeff had a cutlass with a 455 in it, and a nitrous bottle in the trunk. He would negotiate the bet with people, and everyone was scared of it, so he'd "un-hook" the nitrous. The thing is, it was never hooked up to begin with. His car was stupid fast, easily a 10 second car with working A/C, full interior, etc. We would trailer it to a spot about a mile from the strip, unload, and limp it to the lanes and claim it was street driven. He made a lot of money with that car.
One week a white mitsubishi eclipse lost control around the 150' mark (I assume the turbo's spooled and the driver couldn't handle it), careened into the woods, and killed the driver and seriously injured a spectator. That effectively ended the scene after that, as cops started cracking down and prosecuting to the full extent.
Adam
My friend Jeff had a cutlass with a 455 in it, and a nitrous bottle in the trunk. He would negotiate the bet with people, and everyone was scared of it, so he'd "un-hook" the nitrous. The thing is, it was never hooked up to begin with. His car was stupid fast, easily a 10 second car with working A/C, full interior, etc. We would trailer it to a spot about a mile from the strip, unload, and limp it to the lanes and claim it was street driven. He made a lot of money with that car.
One week a white mitsubishi eclipse lost control around the 150' mark (I assume the turbo's spooled and the driver couldn't handle it), careened into the woods, and killed the driver and seriously injured a spectator. That effectively ended the scene after that, as cops started cracking down and prosecuting to the full extent.
Adam
I remember the crash where the guy in the mits hit a mustang down there while turning around after a race..
BTW I thought the guy in the mits died in a later crash not at A+M while driving home from a concert..
Either way that whole thing killed a+m
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