You're lucky with something like that for only $5. They started a
street legal drag program here several years ago. I think it now costs
over $20 to get in and you're lucky to get many runs at all.

For the $5 program, do they just run the lights and forget about the
ET's? Or is it a full test-n-tune style setup?

I guess you need the ET's to determine safety equipment, to comply with
insurance, NHRA/IHRA rules for associated tracks, etc...

But it seems that it could still be stripped down to the minimum cost
for the track while keeping things within safety standards.

Unfortunately, when something like this gets popular, they immediately
start to jack up prices to turn profits. Thus it's back to the streets
where the price is free, but the risks are higher.

Steve
72 Skylark Custom455

SVTKate wrote:
> I think you're gettin' old Patrick.
>
> Give them a place to do it, and let them have some fun.
>
> We were going to do it anyway, they will too.
>
> Here, there is a strip in Jackson that anyone can run anything as many times
> as they want for $5.00 for the whole evening.
> Last Friday night we saw Quads racing, a motorcycle that was doing some
> amazing times with nitros, Hot Rods, and a dork in a PT Cruiser that had
> everyone laughing but he never gave up and did better each time and so so
> much more.
>
> They get a shot at racing, get their time slips and they are in a controlled
> environment. Meaning NOT on the street.
>
> Some of the cars were pro quality, others were pretty sad, all had fun and
> there were several groups having a beer along side the track and watching.
> Families (like mine) everyone had fun. There was even a mom, her hubby and a
> couple of her teenagers in a BMW that was not fast, but she ran about three
> times and had a grin all over her face.
>
> Something should be available to people who like to play with their cars all
> across the country. If someone had the capital to make it a nationwide
> thing, I think it would be as hot as Sonic.
>
> Kate
>
>
> > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> : Listen to the article and then check out the video link below the
> : picture.
> :
> : http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=4791099
> :
> : Here are my thoughts... this coming from a 40+ year old guy who has
> : done his fair share of illegal street racing, cruising and hanging out.
> : In my opinion, in *this* video these guys are completely out of
> : control. With all the tire smoke, the drivers have no idea how close
> : the crowd is to their car. And members of the crowd have to be either
> : drunk and/or high to have the ass-end of 3,000 pound vehicles flinging
> : around to within feet of where they are standing. These people are
> : truly stupid! And in the article where they are molesting women,
> : getting in fights, etc... they're criminals. We (cruisers) would
> : distance ourselves from people like that, and they'd **** us [the
> : cruisers] off because they'd spoil a good thing. The "good thing"
> : being hanging out with friends, trying to meet girls, and... every once
> : in a while... occasionally... okay every night, there'd be a little
> : street racing going on. But we were always cool about what we did.
> : Here were our rules:
> :
> : "Hanging out" meant we'd meet on the main drag in town usually in the
> : parking lot of a local business where we'd talk, bull****, listen to
> : music, and watch the other cruisers drive my. But we never vandalized
> : anything, or left garbage or beer bottles (hey, it was the 70s/very
> : early 80s - driving and driving was okay if you only had a couple.) in
> : the parking lots.
> :
> : "Meeting girls" meant being on the constant lookout for cute girls or a
> : car load of girls who were cruising looking for guys. We'd beep,
> : they'd beep, we'd motion for them to stop somewhere, and from there it
> : was the usual teenage trying to get to know you better thing. Guys
> : harassing girls was frowned on, and any guy hurting girl was a reason
> : for that guy to get his ass kicked (beat up, not killed).
> :
> : "Street racing" usually meant a progression of "are you interested"
> : signs. The blip of a throttle, a drop of a gear before you cruised by,
> : a little scratch on a gear change, a quick punch, after which, if the
> : other guy had returned the signs, the search for some clear pavement
> : quickly ensued. The race was on! Sometimes the race was a quick light
> : to light job. But most times any serious stuff/speed was done on the
> : far end of town where the road was wide and the traffic was really
> : spread out. Or we'd head out to the highway and organize a quarter
> : mile run. Yeah, it was a little stupid and dangerous, but we tried to
> : keep it "controlled". Nothing like the guys in the video who are doing
> : donuts in a crowd of people. IMO, these guys are taking what we did to
> : a *much* higher level. Our stuff, for the most part, was misdemeanor;
> : their's is mostly criminal. The cops would only give us the bump once
> : in a while if we stayed in one place too long or the crowd got too big.
> : For the most part, we policed ourselves... stupid people got yelled
> : at/ridiculed. On the other hand, IMO, the guys in this video should be
> : arrested.
> :
> : However, arresting kids is the not the complete answer though.
> : Cities/urban areas need to offer the kids some outlets. Drag
> : strips/race tracks need to be available. That way when "exhibitions"
> : get busted up the cops can say, dude, next time drive 30-60 minutes to
> : the track instead of paying a fine/ticket.
> :
> : Does anyone agree with me, or am I just being a hypocrite? What are
> : your thoughts?
> :
> : Patrick
> : '93 Cobra
> :
>
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