Hey all. Just wanted to see what kind of cars you guys have beaten on the street and some embarrassing stories on what you've been beaten by. I myself haven't raced anyone.... Yet!

 

My 91 is modded just enough to beat a stock c5-Z06 in a straight line, but I have bitten off more than I could chew before. The other month some guy in a supercharged V8 M3 wiped the floor with me, but those things are like 500 whp on the dyno.

 

I don't know where you live or what the traffic is like where you live but be smart and keep it that way. It's just too easy for things to go terribly wrong.

 

I race my 95 at Atco 12.6 @ 107 MPH and there I win and lose but have fun doing it legally and safely.

 

 

don't street race, espically in here.. wonder how long it will be b4 this gets locked down. compare your tract times with the published tract times of other cars..that might tell you where you stand.

 

Everything from old beater buicks, toyotas etc that try to race me on the only passing zone on highway 181 where I live (after they were doing 35 in a 45 no less), to 240sxs cobalt ss.. Hemi pickups...

Bit off more than I could chew..

Getting my *** Stomped by a suped up 2500 Duramax Diesel.
We were turning left at the intersection, and I knew what he was doing the right lane terminates and I knew he was going to try and cut me off and dart in... so I got on it straight away made the left, and made him eat dust. Or so I thought....

Then he stomps on it after making the turn, and I've already got about a fifty or sixty foot head start on him at this point and gaining... blew right by my *** like I was standing still on the right side... flicks the signal gets into the left lane and leaves my ***.

With as fast as he hit 100+ mph and in short of a distance as he did it in, I'd say he was pushing at least 700 horses. Was about like what would happen if I raced a ZX14 who decided to give me a head start I swear.

Sure enough on his backglass there was a bullydog, and gale banks sticker, and I knew I got suckered...HARD.

 

This is where racing is done. This thread is stupid.

 

 

I thought you finally got rid of the "wrinkles" in the tires haha

or have they come back to haunt your pictures

 

Few weeks ago a Mustang Boss 302 lined up with me on the freeway near Portland, OR. I thought about it, but what if he was an undercover cop?, what if a cop would see me?. Car would had been impounded, I'd go to jail, have to lawyer up, pay fines etc etc etc.

I'm not going to jail because most of the time a punk wants to race me.

I agree with *****, this thread is stupid.

 

With the guys above.....Also, Removing the "no street racing storys" from the Forum Rules was one of the dumbest things ever done on this forum......Well ,that and letting guys dig up old threads and post on them wasn't the best move either.....WW

 

Posting street racing videos and stories on this forum will get you alot of hassles from some of the older, maybe wiser, but where once young and did the same stuff back then members!

 

Kill post. IBTL

 

Me too. Us Vette guys NEVER street race, we just use our hi-performance sports cars to go to shows and get groceries...

That said, I love to accelerate from a traffic signal, sometimes there is another driver next to me who has a similar urge...

 

The very best "street racing" I ever did was at the drag strip in Saginaw MI on the east side of the Freeland airport. Wednesday night was grudge night and the best part was you got to take a passenger along. Sometimes your girl friend - sometimes your buddy.

After completing a run, the driver got a time slip but there were no MPH/ET signs - they were blank so only the driver knew what he ran.

Well, money talks and someone always would say, "I got 20 bucks and I'll spot you three-tenths" – or whatever. It was always a gamble since one never knew if the other guys were sand bagging or not. Well, in all honesty, everyone was sand bagging a little - LOL. Anyway, the starter would dial in the three-tenths difference on the tree and then the race was on. Who won the race got the twenty bucks. That was about a day’s wages back then.

Try that on any track today.

Like others have said above – race enough and you will get hosed – sooner or later you will get whooped! One of the best was a guy who had a W-30 Olds – 350 cubic inches and he took home a lot of money. Seems they also had another Olds – same burgundy color but that one had a 455 in it – they just switched identical cars. LOL!

My advice – don’t race on the streets. You are looking for serious trouble, legally and personally. Lot of younger guys never made it to becoming an older guy.

383vette – I’ll comment once more – one hellva launch bud!

Jake - -

 

I once was young and used to race on the street and then I grew up. I would hate to think that my loosing control and hit some innocent person causing them great harm would haunt me the rest of my years. If you want to burn tires and really race-save if for the track and compare time sheets. This is advise from a crusty old man!
Tommy

 

Tommy I am leaving for Los Angeles Wednesday morning. I am really looking forward to the long drive. I guess it will take me 10 hours since speeding is illegal and extremely dangerous. You take care buddy and let's get together when you get back from your CA trip. I am going to miss the Corvette meeting this upcoming Saturday.

 

 

I myself am I young kid, and I thought the idea of street racing people would be fun, that was until I posted this. I'm not going to lie about it you guys definitely changed my opinion on street racing completely and now that I think about it there really is too much risk to do it. Thank you all you may have just saved peoples lives now that I won't be doing it.