I turned 16 in 68 and really didn't get involved in street racing until the early 70's. I guess I was what would be considered a "hard core" street racer (race my friends for bragging rights and strangers for money) wrench on the cars during the week and out almost every weekend looking for a race. I was involved in 2 accidents (riding shotgun both times in imprompto streetraces) thank god no injuries.

Hall Street in St Louis and the "Ones" (one way streets) in Davenport were pretty impressive, but I always managed to find find racing where ever I was stationed.

I went through a 63 Falcon Furtura 2dr HT (289 4 spd), a 62 Chevy II rag top (327 tri-power), a V8 Vega, and 2 V8 Pintos, which I pretty much paid for by racing them. There was even a short time I was street racing and running at a local strip at the same time.

I never got caught racing, but the cops knew who the racers were and I would usually get nailed for equiptment violations on a real regular basis. I got told get 1 car (my 351 powered 71 Pinto) out of Iowa, and another (my 74 302 powered Pinto) out of Wisconsin (running out of state tags both times).

I've been watching the crack downs on street racing on the news and saw a 1 hour special about street racing on TV about a year ago. Except for the cars, nothing has really changed over the years (hell, it hasn't changed since the 30's). It's something that I survived and pretty much out grew.