[Sargin]

Actually Im guilty of street racing. Alot of my friends cruise up about 1/2 hour and there is some new housing going in. It is a gated area, and just long streets, no cars, no houses, no people. We just do it because sac raceway is $15 for maybe 3 runs and you gotta wait like 2hrs between. I dunno im gonna stop as soon as construction starts. But it is the safest street racing I know.

[Tominator]

Originally posted by Saleen Owner
I've got a tad bit of experience with "common folk" on the road- one million plus safe miles in a 40 ton transfer truck. I have seen some of the
most unexplainable, unexpected, and down right unbelievable things
they attempt. Your only as good as the least common denominator in
a street race. The problem is that might be the nice old guy down the street or your own mother. Think about it.

Your 'tad bit of experience' mirrors my own. Twelve years driving a 'big rig' from coast to coast and Canada. I've got 1.25 million miles in without a DOT preventable accident.

Like you, I've seen nearly every kind of wreck. NEVER think it cannot happen to you! That, in my opinion, is the secret of driving safely!

I street raced 30 years ago. Less traffic and few people were out after dark in those long ago days. There are several of my friends that I'll never see again that did not survive those years.

I learned the hard way to take it to the track. Boxes of trophies are in my garage thanks to a 1969 Road Runner 383 and a 1968 Cougar with a 428.

I had more fun every Wednesday nigh, Grudge Night, bracket racing than I ever did on the street!

Later, I raced motorcycles and had a 9 second Kaw 3cyl.....a long time ago to be sure.

You young guys have got it so good compared to back when. Parts are CHEAP! Cars are CHEAP! Most of the experimentation to see what works has already been done. Cars are safer and handle like the true race cars of old. This combines to give you over confidence and that leads to disaster.

Enjoy your car, but PLEASE take it to the track to wring it out!

[Riddic116]

i had my share of this till i had my first wreck. I was accelerating to get on the highway and it was wet. I drive a 2000 GT and it acceleratewd i little faster then i wanted it too. . i started to slide and i through it into N and turned into it. This only threw me into a spinn at about 55. while i was spinning i was hit by a 2004 Nissan Maxima. The cop said it wasnt my fault because i was the guy that got hit. The fact of the matter is i got hit at over 50, and hat LESS then $1000 worth of damage that i didnt have to pay. Now my friends that is not luck that was God. Getting hit at 50 + and all that needed fixing was the bumper. Not even the cop understood. He said i should be dead. Then 3 days later my friends mom was killed in an accident at 30. I didnt understand.
50 is > 30 by 20. Y im not dead... I dont know. Guess im just blessed.

[HEMIDUDE]

PLEASE EXPLAIN TO THESE IDIOTICS WHY WE HAVE RACETRACKS & WHAT THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THEM IS FOR ...YOU PUNKS GOTTA LITTLE MONEY TO DUMP INTO SOMETHING SOMEONE ELSE BUILT OR YOU GO W/BOLT ON CRAP JUST TO GO OUT AND ENDANGER OR WORSE GOD FORBID KILL SOMEONE...A TRUE HOTRODDER/GEARHEAD/GREASEMONKEY OR WHATEVER YOU CALL US WILL BE RESPONSIBLE IT JUST LIKE A GUN ...ITS ALLWAYS LOADED BELIEVE IT OR NOT YOU LITTLE "STREET RACERS"BUY THE WAY MOST OF WHAT I'VE SEEN ARE IN SOME LITTLE RICEBURNER CAUSE YOU'RE TO SCARED OF "THE REAL DEAL" DETROIT IRON!!! WAKE UP MAN BE RESPONSIBLE ,YOU HAVE TO LIVE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE KNOWING SOMEONE INNOCENT WAS HURT/KILLED CAUSE" YALL WUZ JUST HAVIN A LIL FUN"I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW ,ONE OF YOU CAUSE ANY SORT OF INJURY TO ME OR MINE," YOU BETTER GIVE YOUR HEART TO GOD CAUSE YOUR ASS IS MINE!!!...STREETS ARE FOR THE SHOW,THE STRIP IS FOR THE GO! I LOVE WHAT I AM AND DO WITH A PASSION SO STOP TRYING TO GIVE US A BAD RAP,WHAT IF IT WAS YOU OR YOURS.........BUT WE ALL KNOW......IT ONLY HAPPENS TO OTHER PEOPLE ..GOD BLESS AND WATCH OVER EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU .....OVER & OUT ........THE HEMIDUDE

[79cobra502lx0]

theres a track down in ohio that opens up every day (weather permiting) and your car cannot run faster than 13 seconds or so...and if you do you cant race on the special event caused by a few deaths of someone the track owner knows because of a street race so he opened up the track to street racers so they could run their cars there and get off the streets so they cant kill someone......i do street race every once in a great while....but i keep it safe(security blanket.....haha i do know something could always happen)...i stay under 50...no matter what.....and when i cruise i stay at 30 so that way if i want to play a tiny bit i accelerate if they beat me there i dont care....i dont go any faster....ppl only get killed in access of120 when they roll their car or go barrleing into another car or wall pole etc when they are more concerned of what if i miss a shift....is it time to shift....they sit there and watch the tach i see if often.....thats why most die....they dont pay attention or they are going 120 down a city street with 1000s of ppl and 100s of cars thats like takeing a car down a sidewalk...people just dont understand....i know somemany other kids who fly through parking lots...top their car out on city streets....cars from 60-0 take 120-200 ft to stop and from 100+ they can take 2-4 times farther....what if there is a person joging and you are flying down the street and see them from 30 feet ahead...can you stop nope....you could only do it if you where going 30....i know if you can keep your car under 50 you can spare someones life......you have more time to react....its fun to race ppl who think they are fast with a car that does run under 11 and needs a cage...its just dumb though....alot of ppl look down on it but sometimes its judgemental....if they are respectable to you the track runner then show them the ropes take them under your wing and show them the way....i try to promote other kids to go to the strip and besides......theres less ppl to kill or hurt.....theres a ambulence and a fire truck right there and there is NO SAND DIRT WATER OR MUD.......better traction...so your car will run faster! then you can really prove to them that you are fast because you could hit that pot hole and end up on the top of their head.......or infront of a semi getting run over and haveing a corvette barrle into you at 120 miles per hour.........ya never know when you are street racing what could happen.....but ya do know what will happen when you pass the towerrs....the man in the little shack will hand you your time slip and you return to the pits....in a street race you just may not return to the "pits"

[79cobra502lx0]

oh and let me add this to the part about the 120....people can lose control and die at 45 also......that reminded me of a girl on prom night.....a year ago last saterday. i would ahve been out that night but my stang blew up....the guy that killed her was going around 130-150 the car he hit disintigrated on impact and he didnt get hurt half as bad as the passangers of the car.....and a grand am....and a sunfire....raced and killed one of my dads friends also.....grand ams and sunfires are not going to be able to take a corner that they did at there speeds.....obviously cause one kept going straight and the crack addict drunk one flew into grants truck.....which he just washed up and was going home about 1 mile from his house on a street which was abandoned...or was thoguth to be.....i completely forgot about those too.....

[Thunder122]

totally with staying on the track I did my fair share of street racing.... but like they say the bs stop's at the track hell half the people I use to race wont even go to the drags now there is no bs at the drags either you put up or shut up .... good luck on the car and I hope you enjoy the drags.

[Riddic116]

Listen kids just dont do it. a week ago i was arrested for competion of speed and over acceleration ( aka street racing). I was racing a lancer evo and a toyota tt supra of all three i was the guy that was pulled over because i was going the fastest. They took me out of my was cuffed my and tossed me on the back of my car. They officer later realized that he knew my father and tald me to call him so he could talk to him. I turned out that i wasnt taken to jail that night even though i should have been, but i am grounded from my car for a month. Lesson learned and i wont do it again.

[MustangGt89]

i agree with everyone take it to the track there is a track it's IRP it's about 15 minutes west of indy i live in greenfield and i go to IRP all the time..it's every tuesday for street cars but for you you'd go on saturdays i believe since you'd be running 9 seconds there's also the muncie track not sure how to get there only been there once but you could research it or something to get directions to IRP go to www.irponline.com well hope to see you up there doing it legally

[Ga-Pony]

My suspension really sux for street racing...My car is lowered..a bump in my big diesel truck is a canyon in that mustang...Kepp it on the track.

[blck281]

hi everyone, i live in san francisco ca. does anybody know where is the nearest track in here?
thanks.

[JUSTNLX]

Infineon Raceway has had a few drag events

http://www.infineonraceway.com/

[truuble]

Here's how much fun it is on the track . . . I'm only going this slow because I don't have my nine second license yet.

You CANNOT do this on the STREET!! The laws of physics prevent it.

http://media.putfile.com/Lazy-10

[Gumpper]

yo, im looking to do the exact same except with a new mustang. trust me, check out bad ass engines, you think of it and they can build it. they'll make you a 9 sec. normally aspirated engine.

[automach03]

If your in Ft Wayne IN. you are close to Muncie, there is a drag strip there. Also check out Bunker Hill close to Perue.
Any one wanting to find a drag strip should check out 1320.com.
And nobody mentioned the best part of the track, witnesses and a time slip.