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?
Around here they just impound your car, cite you with a $5k fine and keep your car to crush it. About 4 years ago we had the old airport that was way out of town to go to. But they decided to tear that up and force everyone on the streets. Personally I never liked street racing, but I did enjoy watching. Now the cops have cracked down on it so much there is hardly any racing here anymore.
they should have something for you to run in. IT IS 1/8th MILE on pit road.
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http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com/documents/fnd_rulebook_2009.pdf
shoot me a pm before you head down, and I'll try to meet you there. I'm about 5 miles from the track.
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.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.
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.
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!
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.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?
Just curious to know if anyone's local areas were doing anything to keep racing off the streets. Around my area, a month or 2 back we had a decently large raid on one of the hot spots, hundreds of people were cited for spectating, the road was blocked for hours, so it was pretty big. As a result, one of our local tracks has decided to open from 10pm to 2am starting tonight. Armdrop starts, and no track prep. They also won't display times on the score boards, but you will get a slip on the return road. I think the idea's great, and was wondering if any other tracks were doing the same sort of thing?
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
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