Thread: why not to street race

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yep we use to street race and maybe lot . some maybe still do .... but there were no cell phones on the roads back then or texing . most all the time it was roads at the end of town or the highway i never let a flag man get in front of my gto out of the hole it took a lane and 1/2 .car in back with head lights or just look at the guy and say go

In the santa Clara Valley back in the late 50's and thru the mid 60's we kids used to race down the orchard lanes after the farmers went to bed. The trouble there was the noise would wake the farmers who would summon the cops. When the orchards started to disappear we would race in the replacing industrial parks after the streets were paved but before the buildings were put up. We were lucky back then and don't recall anyone getting hurt or crashing. Good thing we didn't have the machines the kids are racing now or the traffic. When we really wanted to do it right we would go to the friday night grudge races at Fremont Drag Strip. I'm glad those days are long behind me.

Jack.

It is amazing all of us ole hotrodders are still alive, and I lost some
friends to it both on the road and track. At an early age I raced both
the road and track every week-end...I spent every dime I had to make
sure I had the fastest car in two counties, so every one was gunning for
me including the law...It's a good thing I did not have the blown 496 in
my 57 chev back in the 60's or I would not be typing today...As someone
said, when you are young you think you are bullet proof..

Wow some scary stuff. Since I work swing shifts and everyother weekend, I tend to see some of this stuff on the 101N at midnight. Usually these guys are involved in road rage after a Friday or Saturday night of boozing. It can get real ugly fast. I've had a few close calls because the hiway is only two lanes for an 8 mile stretch. I'd hate to see this stuff on the streets in a city!

Top end racing back in my day. Mostly 55 thru 60 Chev,Ford and Pontiac cars. The cops knew us all and did not try to catch us ,but would come to your house the next day and write you a ticket in front of Mom's and Dad's. I don't think that would hold up in court today. I have seen a lot of my racing buddies injured from road racing. I had one buddy rear end a persons car wide open,killed the person he hit and he survived the fiery crash. It was not a pretty picture. We continued racing after all that. We just felt indestructable. As stated earlier lucky to have made it and glad it's all behind.