If you want to race the track is the only place to do it. I admit to street racing in the past, but the track is much better.
1. There are many cars who will race you at the track. You can drive a 100 miles and not get a street race.
2. You get a timeslip which gives you something to compare your car with others, and something to improve on.
3. A fair start system and win loss indicator.
4. Spectators who appreciate what you are doing, not ones who will call the cops on you.
5. John law will not be chasing you, unless hes in the other lane, there are police officers who drag race.
6. You will not have to pay fines, get your insurance hiked, or your car impounded.
7. The safety factor is worlds better, there are no cross streets or other traffic at a drag strip.
This reminds me of a story that was told to me by the person that sold this car:
It was the late 1960s, he had purchased one of the Hemi Plymouths with the aluminum front end, stripped interior
etc. It was the factory race car they put out in the mid 60s. I beleive he said it was a 1964. It was quick for its
day and he had alot of fun with it but it was rough going out on a date with it. So he decided to sell it and a well
to do parent decided to buy it for his young son. The seller warned him that this was not a good choice of cars
for a young inexperienced driver. The father said his son would not do anything wrong. The story ends tragically
as the seller sees his car in the headlines. The young man was racing at very high speeds on a road that had a
dip under a RR bridge. He was going fast enough to fly into the bridge and kill himself.
I do beleive those of us who
buy/build our own cars have more respect for the cars we drive.
1. There are many cars who will race you at the track. You can drive a 100 miles and not get a street race.
2. You get a timeslip which gives you something to compare your car with others, and something to improve on.
3. A fair start system and win loss indicator.
4. Spectators who appreciate what you are doing, not ones who will call the cops on you.
5. John law will not be chasing you, unless hes in the other lane, there are police officers who drag race.
6. You will not have to pay fines, get your insurance hiked, or your car impounded.
7. The safety factor is worlds better, there are no cross streets or other traffic at a drag strip.
This reminds me of a story that was told to me by the person that sold this car:
It was the late 1960s, he had purchased one of the Hemi Plymouths with the aluminum front end, stripped interior
etc. It was the factory race car they put out in the mid 60s. I beleive he said it was a 1964. It was quick for its
day and he had alot of fun with it but it was rough going out on a date with it. So he decided to sell it and a well
to do parent decided to buy it for his young son. The seller warned him that this was not a good choice of cars
for a young inexperienced driver. The father said his son would not do anything wrong. The story ends tragically
as the seller sees his car in the headlines. The young man was racing at very high speeds on a road that had a
dip under a RR bridge. He was going fast enough to fly into the bridge and kill himself.
I do beleive those of us who
buy/build our own cars have more respect for the cars we drive.
I absolutely hated the brakes. Very much like when riding in my best friend's Charger. I remember one time when he got on the brakes hard due to another moron driver and did a few side to side Dukes of Hazzard style fishtails and came to a perfect stop in a turn lane, right where he should be if he had intended to indeed turn. A few seconds after coming to a stop, these large white clouds of tire smoke drifted by..... 
Funny thing is that about 15 seconds later, a member of the local PD drove up in the opposite turn lane, he never saw a thing. Probably good and bad. And in typical fashion, the blue haired lady in the Mercury never even noticed this large red aircraft carrier sized Dodge sliding past, she was long on her merry way cruising safely at 25 mph in a 55 mph zone. 
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