Street Racing Articles

[ZiggyL78]

I heard about those "flying mile" races.I have a twin turbo C5 that makes 716RWHP and runs high 9s.It's a damn fast street car but nothing compared to some of my friends cars which make 1000+RWHP.Some of these guys are from Texas and they race from a roll on some local highway.They run from 80-200MPH.They own blown C5s,twin turbo Lambos and Ford GT40s.Crazy money.Imagine buying a new Lambo and then dropping another $100,000 into the car for a built twin turbo motor.The only legal racing they do is the Texas Mile.On the forum that the Texas C5 guys hang out in they always talk about racing in Mexico.I live in Canada and I figured these guys are close to the border and they go to Mexico because there is no cops on the highway.Doh.Turns out the forum rules do not allow any posts about street racing.To get around that rule they say they were racing in Mexico last night.LOL.Man did I feel stupid once I found out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y2FtGtnVWY

[Pulnaway]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave Rifkin</div><div class="ubbcode-body">One article that I can't forget was in an issue of Car Craft (I think). I detailed an arranged high dollar street race that was supposed to take place late one night in the Chicago area.
One car was a 1969 Camaro Z28 RS that was owned by a guy named Scotty Brown. The car had a nasty tunnel rammed big block, narrowed rear and a Lenco transmission. His opponent was Steve Lisk and his 1971 Hemi Challenger, also tunnel ram equipped, narrowed Dana 60 and a Lenco.

The article starts describing the cars unloading and prepping for the race when the cops show up, or something like that. Whatever happened the story ends without the race taking place.

</div></div>The Steve Lisk Hemi Challenger was in the Hot Rod Sept 77 issue. It was also in the Sept 2010 issue (Where are they now? )

[markinnaples]

I think I have that Hot Rod in my archives.

[Ironarms]

I remember cruising to and hanging out on high st. In pottstown,pa. Then heading to philly around midnight to watch the street racing near the stadium

[ZiggyL78]

Great!Thanks for the link.I just ordered 2 articles from Ebay.It would be cool if we could set up some kind of online librairy.
&quot;Big Willie&quot;.I remember him.I think he was in the beginning of &quot;2 lane blacktop&quot;.That and Bullet are my 2 favorite movies for fast cars.I still get a chill everytime I watch Bullet and the Charger first hits it.
If anyone wanted to swap/sell a copy of an article,I would be into that.
Thanks for all the replys. <span style="font-style: italic"> </span>

[ZiggyL78]

Here is the book I was looking for.It's not cheap but some great stories.

http://www.amazon.ca/Muscle-Car-Conf.../dp/0760328315

[flyingn]

here is the where are they now article.

http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicl...re_cover_cars/

[MagicRatt]

I was 13 when that November '78 issue of CC came out featuring that Scott Brown article. I was so hooked on that mag that I remember waiting by the mail box for the mail man to arrive!! Do these mags today even send out writers to do stories like that anymore?? That article turned me into the menace I am today.....LOL!

[mockingbird812]

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[C1SS396]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Fast67VelleN2O</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Check old Philly Inquirer newspapers. There used to be TONS of articles relating to street racing. </div></div>
Friday Sept 19 1997 Philadelphia Daily News Cover .. This is the poster size cover i made my self that night(I work for the paper then ) Had it hanging in my garage since ...