what do you love about streetracing?

[m3thod21]

Hey ya'll something similar has probably been posted but I can't find anything so here i go.

Well this might seem corny but im doing a speech on you guessed it, streetracing. "Illegal Streetracing" i should say. Anyway my teacher said i need to get some experiences from real streetracers and what they find passionate about the whole thing. So why do u guys streetrace? what is it that attracts you to it? Any funny/sad/happy/thrilling stories out there during a night out at the races?

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[Mickee]

The stupid idiots that get pulled over and told to go home but deicde to stay and hang around for a lil bit and get towed....

and jsut to see the looks on people when you bring crazy shit to the runs... like an rx7 with a mustang motor... a 94 that look like a 99 civic.... a stock looking Integra automatic with Nitrous fully exposed...

that looks that you get from people are priceless and it makes you laugh that people are so clueless and dont know what they are up against....

i guess i just love the looks/expression that people have when we roll by

[Street Guy]

Don't tell me that your that student from Home-Stead High School & who I heard that wrote that article about street racing in their monthly newsletter.

[CAMARO383]

Bragging rights....and its always fun to watch the import guys jaws drop when you rev your healthy v8 with flows and turndowns. I get a kick out of intimidating them....

[ErikDaGenErik]

i like rolling up in my stock civic and giving the hazards to those wacky bodykitted, altezza integras with VTEC stickers:D

[TypeIII]

When you're giving it all you've got, and you're still not quite quick enough...
Then the next day you go back with a different set of cams and ECU setup, and that very same car that you couldn't beat is just a pair of headlights in your rear view mirror. ;)

[esc]

Why Race? because baseball, baskettball, and football only require one ball.

Oh yea, nothing like bragging rights when my little ole I-6 has to beat up on some V8s ;)

[HellKnight]

Originally posted by esc
Oh yea, nothing like bragging rights when my little ole I-6 has to beat up on some V8s ;)

I hear ya man! :)

Try running anti-lag and let it just idle and just before you run, give it a little rev and scare the shit out of the civic next to you or the camry ;) that really confuses the ricers :)

-Martin.

[BLAH BLA]

i like the real race cars not the rice.
1. primered domestic muscle on slicks or drag radials
2. anything with a big block, especially a station wagon
3. the look on a ricer's face when the fast cars roll by
4. the shocked look of the kids as the cops roll up check out my dragbike, while the ricers are hauling ass out of the parking lot.
5. any real race car,import domestic, on slicks
6. any car that is old school, and does not look like a wings west or sparco catalog(early z's and 510's,anything with a rotary and just about anything made before 1980's)

actually the best part is sticking around,until all the kids and rice go home. talking and hanging with the real racers, waiting to get a race off.

[Angel5]

I love smelling the gas, hearing the engines purr like kittens one second and then growl like wolves the next. The feel of gliding that thing into gear and knowing the guy beside me better be packing some heat or he'll be going home with a lighter wallet.

[Mickee]

Originally posted by BLAH BLA
i like the real race cars not the rice.

2. anything with a big block, especially a station wagon

just about anything made before 1980's)

actually the best part is sticking around,until all the kids and rice go home. talking and hanging with the real racers, waiting to get a race off.

oooh you will drool if you see this wagon that has a 350 and 300 shot of NOS yeah NOS... and it is fully built... jsut waiting it to blow so it can be replaced with a 454 that is lying around next to it....

man i need to hit you guys up when we race and take out some fast cars.... hey blah blah remember that shop i told you that owuld open a few months... well that shop have a few cars like that.... the like to put domestic engines on import bodeis.....

[Asad]

I <3 SRO.

[BLAH BLA]

it trips me out man, some of these kids think that the honda racers invented the engine swap in the 80's. dude i like all that funky stuff, the stuff that you don't see all the time. i also like early mazda rotaries. the last time i was at wilow springs there was this old guy (65 yrs old) driving this this early eighties accord 4-door. this thing had a full cage and slicks. it was not real fast, but he was having fun. i think that was the coolest car there that day.......what was irwindale like last night?

[Mickee]

i didnt go i was too tired checking up a rice mobile with my brother... its still in the shop and i was doing HW... i have midterms again next week....

you like rotaries you say... man is everything you like going to reelate to someone i know hahaha... well again the shop that will be open soon LOVES rotaries... he has turbo IIs and a first gen at his house....maybe this friday we will go out and have fun hit me up wit ur number so i can call you up and CAMARO383 and Manuel and u guys can see the rx7 with a 5.0

[U got Moeded]

just seeing those lil hatches kill them RX-7's and Supra's

[Angel5]

5.0 hatches. :)

[LT WHAT?]

Originally posted by Angel5
5.0 hatches. :)

:flip: why do i streetrace. taking peples money. grabbing 4th gear and hanging the ass end out at 90 mph. the smell of VHT at a money race, hanging the front end in the air, on the street. watching 1500 hp "street cars" being trailered to a remote spot, and dragging the way it's meant to be. why do i streetrace, because it's fucking fun.

[333racer]

Originally posted by DiaVolo
I hate streetracing because of all the bopper kids that only go out there because its the "cool thing to do"
They have no car knowledge and no driving skills. Theyre making it dangerous and unorganized.

You wont see me out in one of those spots ever again.
I avoid them and no longer risk myself.

If anyone is gonna kill me, its gonna be me.

Streetracing used to be about a couple people getting together to have a friendly race to test how their knowledge and skills came together to create a car.

When those elements are present again, so will i be.
-Diavolo

amen brotha!

this is the way i always pictured streetracing. it's a shame i got into it too late. i've only done a few races but what draws me to it is the test of my car VS the other guys car. just having that faith and knowledge in your car, to know exactly when you can or can't win a race.

[entix]

i only street race because there is no track within 2 hours of my house.

[MistaFosta]

Originally posted by blindarrow

The gift of putting shit talkers, wannabes, and other useless wastes of human flesh in their place when they step outta line in a world which I can control ...

God yes. Just for that, its worth it.

[dero84]

i like a nice freeway battle between two heated cars, i love seeing who can pull harder

[Mickee]

Originally posted by dero84
i like a nice freeway battle between two heated cars, i love seeing who can pull harder

i get disappointed when i win .... and i know i was the under dog....

although i get happy knowing that i was on the front.. heheheh

WRX has no top end.... they lose after 120ish.....mph

[Tragedy]

Not really answering your question, but..

Everything that was fun and sacred about Street Racing in the Bay Area died about 6 or 7 years ago. Anybody who got into the game (in the Bay Area) after that never knew and will never know what it meant to street race in the Bay.

[EskimoBob]

the smell of tire smoke...ahhhhh, i can't belive i used to hate it

also 5K launches :)

[333racer]

hmmm i'm startin to realize i don't like racing, once i get above 100 i start gettin so unnerved, i don't think it's a good idea for me to be racing, but i've now had the greatest feeling in the world, now that my break in is done, i decided to let my dad drive the supra to have a little fun with it. i realized how great it feels to know that all the hard work i put in on that car that it's all been worth it. personally i'd rather build up cars and watch them race than race it myself.

[nismo skyline]

i pretty much love everything about streetracing, except for the shit talkers and popo's.

[333racer]

exactly, i think if you get even the slightest uneasiness, then you prolly shouldn't be racing, i get more joy outta fixing up cars rather than driving them.

[XxCiviCxX]

engines, engines are toight like a tiger, and of course bragging rights.

[EskimoBob]

i love that above 100 feeling, its so calming and peacefull....

ever drive car and just think about all that happens when you press the throttle? Now thats a cool feeling.

[BlueFlash]

Why do i like streetracing? Hmmm well its probably the rush you get when you do it... Its exciting and something you can't with many other things... besides one other thing i can think of ;)