red9450

I'm not that responsible. I did turn down a race to an ******* in a stock srt4 on the way from the track last night though. he wanted to know why I wouldnt race him, and I told him that it wasn't worth a ticket for me to race something that i knew i could beat. lol. the look on his face was priceless. Tried to hang with a RUF RGT porsche from a stoplight once. He put it up on the limiter, and burned all 4 on the launch. needless to say, it was far from close. Street racing is no doubt one of the biggest adrenaline rushes i've experienced, but only when there is no traffic. I'll race anything that I think is faster than me, but almost always turn down a race with something that is stock and runs 14s or slower. When I go down to the street races and we're all hanging out, if someone comes up to me, and the first thing that they say is that they'll give me "the hit" my eyes light up like a kid on christmas. I'm game.

blue89vert

i used to sometimes. just for fun with my friends. not really with just people next to me at stop lights. this is kind of ironic b/c just last night i was thinking really hard about all the stupid **** i have done in cars....i got away with a hell of a lot but totalling my car and getting the ranger impounded put an end to my wreckless driving. ill still have fun once in a while but nothing really crazy. ive been wanting to race my friends eclipse but i dont really wanna risk it now. so im just gonna have him race my other friend who i have beaten numerous times and if he wins then ill have to give him a run. if not then i know i dont have to prove anything.

sman

I did, one time, against my buddies decked out sonoma, beat him, but it wasn't a real "race" . I dont want anything to do with racing, I too know someone was killed in an accident racing. Totally not worth it, take it to the track and let er loose there.

00formula

just recently went up to a cobalt ss with some mods but it was just a pull on a highway for a bit not an actual street race with all the hype

108Dragon

I'm going to be totally honest since not many others here are:
When I was a kid there was a road just outside of town in Kansas where I grew up where EVERYONE who was ANYONE in the high performance community came and raced for money and prestige. I watched some of the hardest hitting American iron roar.. HemiCudas, Superbirds, OLD LS6 powered Chevelle SS, REAL Split Window Corvette Fuelies, GTOs, an always hated but REAL 429 side oiler Cobra, and my Dad's '66 Impalla SS 409 Convertible. Those were the days when "racing was dangerous and sex was safe". I was 6 then. I'm 41 now and nothing has changed but the year of my street machine.
It is really aggrevating when people go around trying to make everything safe. Being a policeman has NEVER been a safe occupation. All the new laws in the world aren't going to make it safer. Want safe? Get a job at McDonalds. But you'll probably get shot up by some nutjob on a "get famous" mission. What IS safe anymore. Think you're ANY safer racing on a track. Think again. All racing on the track means is there are no turns to slide off of (unless you're autocross or slolom), you managed to configure your car to the "rules", and the SPECTATORS are relatively safer. You're STILL at the mercy of your skill, that of the guy next to you, and the mechanic who built your car. If you're scared that you'll wreck your car, then you either lack the money, skill, or experience to play the game-on the track or the street.
If you don't street race because you're afraid of "legal" implications, then you are lying to yourself. Why did you buy your car? Why did you put the money and time into it to make it what it is? Bragging rights? You might as well have bought a VW Bug and save yourself the hassle and save some gas at the same time.
Maybe I'm mistaken, but this is a site for Street and Pro High Performance F-Bodies.. am I right? I really don't think we all signed up here to lie to each other about what great responsible citizens we are. Save that for the judge when you get to court for doing what you're lying to the rest of us about not doing. Grow some nuts and retain a good lawyer to cover your **** when you get caught doing what you were born to do. lol
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm here to compare notes with my peers and learn how to be faster, hit harder, and build a better machine. My ride is complete with rock chips, chrome chipped rims, and cracked windshield, semitrashed front spoiler and groundeffects. And I didn't lower it because I don't drive like I'm "drivin Miss Daisy". And it looks the way it does because I don't baby it. When I street race, its for $100 or more per shot, and it either helps feed my family or replace the parts I tear up playing the game. Sometimes I win, sometimes I get my **** handed to me. But I have the nuts, money, and experience to play in that arena.
Oh..and if you race in any neighborhood where you KNOW there will be people wandering around, you're a moron anyway. Sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings.

diz

i raced a ford thunderbird awhile back in my old v6 camaro, got my *** kicked but nobody really wants to mess with my ls1 now. plus if its just some kid and his girlfriend in his moms accord im not gonna waste my time

GixxerSteph

I don't waste my time in my v6 Camaro. I have never street raced either and don't plan on it.

Smokingss

Back in the day i used to mess around quite a bit, now that ive grown up some, lol, i try to keep it on the track. Occasionally, i'll take the car out for a night drive and just cruise the highways enjoying the car(since i only get to drive it a day or 2 every month or 2).

And if during that drive i come across a car that thinks it can hang with me, i ususally play around a little. I wont mess around in traffic though. Keep in mind its usually after midnight i'd be out so the roads here are pretty dead. With my original motor, i used to get people reving at me all the time, especially at traffic lights. Now, ill roll up next to just about anything, from a riced out civic to a worked evo9... and they wont even look twice at me now, its quite saddening, lol.

The most recent "run-in" on a highway i had was with a 2007 BMW M6. that thing is insane. i barely managed to put a car length on him. I ended up talking to him and he was claiming 600hp(stock is about 500+) and he obviously had a full exhaust since his car was just as loud as mine. He was impressed a "camaro" was a good match for him.

As for other cars, most i just spin my tires for and scare them away. I guess for some reason when the car next to you, which barely idles, can light up the tires at 55mph... you dont wanna try anymore... haha

97z2801ss

pretty good read. and alot of what your saying is true. But some of us just dont. Id be lying if i say i didnt but i dont much anymore. I just love my car and with that its plain n simple.
I did enjoy reading that for the argument of the other side of the law. you do bring valid points.

paarman97maro

agreed. I mess around time to time, but usually the roads im on around here are busy, so Ill stray away. I do have a good time on the backroads of my hometown though... Gotta love the open road country.

91z 2 8

wow u guys all have good stories mines bad it wasnt even a fair race it was me in my 91 z28 with the 305 tpi bone stock against my freinds 95 jeep cherrokee it was really scary casue i was a moron an did it were there was traffic an stuff plus my brakes make the car go left if u hit them hard or lightly over 50 mph so i dont plan on racing unless its between me an a freind an theres noo cars around its kinda scary goin 90 around cars that could move over anytime ya know

Zippo

Street racing is just stupid.

I have never done it , i wouldn't risk it.

I have seen some guys racing and dam lucky nothing happened.