Do u guys have a problem with street racing

[DHolmes]

We dont have a track around here so we meet up ever friday and go race on some backroads Sorry the closest track is 3 hours away

['STANGETR]

Yes. I think you mentioned that you are 16 (correct me if I'm wrong), so I would assume your mentality. Back roads or main roads, organized street racing is extremely dangerous. You are putting others' lives as well as your own at risk. There is a time and place for that, go to the track. Be responsible. That is the problem with young teenagers these days. I might be 24, but have more sense as well as the others on this board. I'm sure you and your friends don't think about who just might be driving on that back road when you and your bud want to be cool and race. Or how about you lose control (because we all know your not Jeff Gordon here) and go head on into a tree, or better yet lose a friend because of your immaturity and ignorance. You will not understand until this happens to you. But take some advice and think ahead of your situation.
You mentioned you just bought your 'bird. Go to the track and learn about it. Learn to drive it....you weren't even sure how to get good take-offs in it. Again, go to the track and do what you feel you need to do....not on the streets. It's not worth it when you lose your license becuase of pure stupidity, or your life.
And if there are more posts to this thread, please take the advice of others here. They won't steer you wrong, especially if you want to become a respected f-bod owner. Be responsible.

[DHolmes]

for one im 21 not 16 have my own 5 bedroom house and work all day dont live off momy and dady and when i say backroads i mean in the middle off no where 30 miles from town wheres nothin but cow's we block off both sides of the road too, ive been racing and watching racing there since i was 13 there has never been a accident or has a car ever went on the road while someone was racing ,im not going to drive 3hrs evertime i want to race (to go the track)the only reason I asked 4 launch tips cause the formula is alot different than my old 95 honda accord lx(h22 200hp engine intake headers exhuast chip greddy turbo kit) (i have not one ticket on my driving record clean as a whistle)

['STANGETR]

Nobody is putting you down but yourself. So, your 21....like I said, "correct me if I'm wrong". But your attitude really is coming across very ignorant. And so you don't live off mommy and daddy, and you work all day.....guess I would've thought you'd be more responsible and know better about street racing.
You don't seem to understand either that "accidents" do happen. Just cause nothing has happened on that back country road that you've watched since you're 13, doesn't mean it won't, and that it won't happen to you. The "It won't happen to me" mentality doesn't work in the real world. Ya know it might take one thing to happen to your car, such as a blow-out and you lose control. The thing is that you just don't know. That's why I say be responsible and think about the outcomes of what you're doing.

[Roger in Kensington]

In 1979, just after Christmas and six months before he would have graduated from Lehigh University, my wife's brother was killed in an automobile accident. He wasn't racing. Just fell asleep at the wheel.

He was a big, strong, handsome guy. Just about the age you are now, Mr. Holmes. All the girls drooled over him. An All-American football player at the Bullis School. A discus thrower at Lehigh. Good one, too. Was going to try for the 1980 Olympics (that was before Carter canceled our participation).

But strong as he was, he was no match for a car sliding sideways into a tree.

Fortunately, there was a car behind him whose driver was able to summon help quickly (though there were no such things as cell phones at that time). My in-laws' next-door neighbor was a cardiac surgeon at Suburban Hospital and was able to assemble a crack team of surgeons and specialists to meet the ambulance when it pulled in.

But David's aorta had ruptured in the crash.

Amazingly, the surgical team was able to keep him alive. I was there when my in-laws' neighbor came out from surgery. He broke down and cried. He knew what he could not tell.

For one month, my wife and I had to watch as her big, strong, handsome brother faded. Mercifully, he never awoke. His brain had been deprived of oxygen for too long. Just took his body a while to catch on. When he went into cardiac arrest for the third time, his mother had to make the decision to halt resuscitation efforts.

Think about that for just a minute if you would: Your mother having to make the decision that your life should end.

We buried him at Parklawn Cemetery in Rockville.

My wife's father never fully recovered from this loss. None of us has. I was 29 at the time. As others on this Board who have experienced similar losses will tell you, you never fully recover from such a loss.

And there is probably nothing quite so devastating to a parent as the death of a child.

From a purely personal point of view, I shouldn't discourage your street racing. The fewer 4th-gen F-bodies there are, the more valuable mine becomes. So, you're doing me a favor. Thanks.

From your previous thread, you're to get new tires so you can race a ricer with the possible reward being $100. You're willing to bet your life (or, worse, someone else's) for a hundred stinkin' dollars? Would you bet your life for a dollar? How about $100,000? As the joke goes, we already know what you are, just trying to determine a price.

If you can't afford tires, I wonder what you pay for insurance. Ever think what your insurance rates will be if the police catch you racing on the street (and they'd be doing you a favor if they did) or if you wreck?

Ever think what happens if you hurt yourself? Hurt someone else? Kill someone? You're not even 22 yet. You may live for another 70 years with the thought (not to mention the legal ramifications) that you killed someone just because you wanted to stroke your own ego. You must be a pretty strong fellow to be able to live with that on your conscience. Not something I'd want to do.

You used a "cool" icon for your message. Too bad there isn't one for a fool.

I wish for you a long, healthy and happy life with many children who themselves live long, healthy and happy lives.

What are the chances that my wish for you will come true?

[Joe 1320]

Yes, people have a problem with street racing. You've been told that in various threads that you started. I really don't think you have to ask this again. There are no safety guidelines or inspections, there are no safety crew standing by and no paramedics. Street racing risks the lives of others that aren't even involved in the race and causes the rest of us to endure higher insurance costs. Regarless of age or experience, racing belongs on the track and not on the street. That's why it is against the law and leads to jail time and impounding of the vehicle. If it weren't such an offence, there wouldn't be laws against it.

It sounds to me like all you crave is respect or admiration from peers. That is a term the younger generation seem to crave yet have no idea how to earn it...... it is something that erroneously demanded by that same generation. I seriously doubt you'll take any of this advice, you'll do your street racing anyway. The way that you post shows that is your intention anyway, why even ask the question.


And yes, I've had to attend funerals of idiots who decided to street race and got themselves killed. Even worse, when you attend a funeral of a friend who wasn't racing that got killed by some moron who was racing. That's a story that many on here can relate to, that is the final reason why we don't go for it.

[Dave M]

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.d...NEWS/702230329

http://grandprairiepaper.com/?story_...airie_storycat

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/14/Hi...__blame_.shtml

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...home-headlines

http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NAS...=1112188062581

http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_050175943.html

http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=6125307&nav=9qrx

http://fox40.trb.com/news/ktxl-02120...ll=ktxl-news-1

http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-an...-tree-14271427

need I go on....?

['STANGETR]

We dont have a track around here so we meet up ever friday and go race on some backroads Sorry the closest track is 3 hours away

Ya know what I find interesting? Here in your statement you said "sorry" about the closest track being 3 hours away. What are you apologizing for? Seems like you already know you shouldn't be street racing and that it is irresponsible.

Don't let something tragic happen to change your attitude about street racing.

[78formula78]

I used to go to the races all the time, no real serious acciednets. Just a friends dunking his GT stang into a river, another his 92 Camaro into a guard rail, then there was a baseball bat to someone else window.... all in all the term street "racing" is the wrong term. It's usually more of a large group of people hanging out with cars and everyone trying to show off and thats just a horrible idea.

So, in case It wasn't clear I don't go anymore.

[Jeff_in_Atl]

Yes .

[Trash man]

i use to street race all the time, but it was highway but still dont make it right, the track is bout 2 hrs from me but once i went, i was like hell, its much more fun, meet new ppl, get some insight from the pros and what not. im hooked, the track opens apirl 15th(LVD) im going with a bunch of guys, and the best part of the track, ITS SAFE!!!! and legal

[86FireBird]

Im 18 and i used to do alot of dumb racing stuff i will admit but im over that now....we used to get our friends to hold up traffic on route 22 where there is 2 lanes and then we would race (very stupid)

and there was this one factory road that is dead at night...when u race there ur supposed to remeber to start braking once u hit this big bump near then end of the stretch....start any later and ur gonna hit a guard rail and end up on 287!!! (even dumber)

and once we were racing on that road and i almost got hit by a mack truck because he didnt back off to let me over like we planned!!

its all out of my system now so the only racing i do is on the tracks

[wolfdogs]

yes. it kills people.

and you know what? you might want to listen to me and some folks here about it. hell, i had a muscle car when you were just an itch in your dads pants.........

been there done that.

[MarkFL]

another vote for yes.

you guys need to come together as a group and see about getting a track built locally.

[DHolmes]

( i had a muscle car before u were a itch in ur dads pants)(wolfdog)thats the kinda stuff that really makes me mad,u dont see me sayin stuff like that!isnt that against ur guyz rules if i said that it would be eraced or flamed (whatever u guys call it?)i havent raced for about 5 months i just asked a simple question(can i beat my friends civic)and look wut its turned into ( the new guys 16 imature ignorant , i had a muscle car before u were a itch in ur dads pants and more) when i race its with close friends that ive Known since grade school,my dad and uncle u guyz are acting like its(the fast and the furious) and so what if i race, u guys arent my dad and hey he even races,and dont sit here and act like u guyz have never raced on the street tell me how far u guyz drive to get to track bet u its not 3 hours , all i wanted was some advice from some peaple that drive the same type of car i have now( nothin more) and i dont do it for respect i already have that when im in the ring (taekwondo blackbelt) Californa champion ,all valley champion, i do it cause its funnnnnnnnn i dont need respect from my famly and best friends