I love the arrogance of some on this site. Laughing at some 'p.o.s' that wants to race you. Some of those pieces are very quick and would rape you off a light. They want to notch a new vette on their belt. So maybe it's better that you make up excuses not to race, that way you won't get your feelings hurt.

I've done tons of street racing over the years. Some of it for money. I guess I have won a couple of thousand in that time span. Most of it wasn't with my cammed '03 vette, it is with my '93. I guess most see a stock looking C4 and assume they have an easy win :nonod:. I've run guys with turbo Miata's that run low 12s, along with Evo's and Subs that are masters at the 4k dump. There are really quick imports out there and their owners have a lot of pride in their cars. They put blood, sweat and tears into modifying these machines, not buying something expensive and go about thinking they are king of the hill :rolleyes:.

Usually, I'll race up to the end of second gear(80mph). If I'm pulling, the race ends there. If it was close, I ask the competition if they want a run in a more secluded place. Nothing like street racing that gets the heart pumping.

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wait a minute here. i never said i street raced, i never have.
I take my car to tracks to grip and sometimes to drift events. Drag racing is not my thing.

I asked what's the point of all that hp if you never going to use it, since the original guy, who i was replying to, said he was too scared to take his car to the track.

Most of corvette owners have no guts to push the car.

So no idea what you are talking about buddy.. and the rest of you who thought i street race

Two words.... Paul Walker.

As long as I've been here I never realized that nobody ever exceeded the speed limit, made a turn without an indicator on or followed every law of the road ....... congrates...... including the officers who text while driving, although that's a no-no here, or the parent talking on the cell phone while driving and setting a bad example for their children or the business man who had a drink before driving home.... good job, we're all proud of you. Sounds like a bunch of Baptists or tolerant democrats

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When I'm on a deserted stretch.... I'm on it. If a guy is also next to me on a deserted stretch....I'm still on it.

I didn't build it to be a p***y.
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?? He wasn't the one driving and they weren't racing anyone..Lost on this

Two more words.... Princess Diana.

Life is good until something bad happens. Use common sense, know your limitations. The only thing you can control is yourself...not the next guy (driving on bald tires in freezing weather), not the mother with five kids in an SUV that runs a stop sign (yes she T boned me and drove me up on the sidewalk), not the road (ever hit black ice or standing water just as you hit the sweet spot of the torque curve), not the dog running into the street after a ball (sure do miss Duke), and not even your own car (parts do fail when least expected). Have fun...but be smart and be safe out there.

What's wrong with Ak 47's user name? Are you goody two shoes gun hat'n liberal democrats too? Sheesh, you can die walking down the street of a heart attack why not live life instead of being scared to live it. I never feel more alive then when I am traveling triple digits on a bike or a car. To the cop on the board would you rather go out rapped around the poll having fun or dying a slow death of cancer?

I doubt if anyone here has a problem with someone just risking their own life but that isn't what happens with street racing. Wrapping yourself around a pole is one thing, crossing a line of traffic and taking out a normal motorist is something entirely different. In other words, take it to the track.

I see what your saying and agree and if I don't feel it's a good place to go I don't do it.

Hopefully!

hasn't happen to me yet and I am turning 50 in April. :rock:

Outstanding post. You captured the street racing situation perfectly.

In the very few times I have been in this situation with a Shelby Cobra replica years ago I just smiled at them and didn't take the bait! Not only would I risk paying a heavy fine, maybe losing my drivers license, hurting or killing someone (including myself), or going to jail, I could also lose my career! I would just be satisfied knowing that the C7 has it in it to out run most cars on the road today! That would be enough for me!

In my situation, I'd say it wasn't arrogance because I would have loved to run 'em, regardless of win, lose, or draw. I'd call it more common sense given the location. Believe me, I enjoy my moments of wasting resources, but, it was the wrong time and place. Besides - my GF doesn't like that, so she was my Angel on the right that I know would have said "Don't" as soon as I started. :lol: :crazy:

Sometimes - it's not about the clown in the POS next to you, but the people you care about most sitting in the car right beside you, and those innocent pedestrians walking about. :blueangel:


(By the way - I lose gracefully). :yesnod:

Only race on public back roads where no one lives on that planet...No sorry that is illegal to.Plan B,:woohoo: zero to sixty in 4 seconds in a sixty/w trac control on , speed limiter on and anti sidways skid plates on. Maybe on the Autobahn not sure. driving fast is very dangerous ..Oh no Sell the sports car!!! NOT.:cheers:

Oh, those are my only two choices? How about neither one of those? How about a long happy life? Feel free to behave as you wish in any manner that shortens yours. Just don't be so arrogant as to make that decision for others who may suffer from your poor life decisions.
If you never feel more alive when traveling triple digits, enjoy it while you can before that happiness is either cut short suddenly or you end up explaining to your cellmate how much fun your wheels were before you lost your license.

And by the way, 3 weeks ago I helped scrape the remains of a "Gixxer" off of Interstate 35. Estimates are that he was going about 130 MPH in a 70 zone. Luckily he didn't hit anyone else as he dodged in and out of traffic; he just didn't see that piece of truck tire laying in the road during that last dodge. We found his helmet almost half a mile down the road with his iPod in it, still playing tunes. You gotta hand it to Apple, they sure can make a durable product.

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: Hahaha. Funny closing comments.

Believe me when I was younger (and less wise) I did some stupid stuff as most of us did. Unlike some of my close friends I was lucky and nothing bad happened. A close high school friend died the night before graduation from a broken neck when he lost it during a street race and went over the seawall onto the beach and the flipping car stopped faster than his head.

Although things can go wrong on the track (and spectators have been injured and killed) the environment is much more controlled. The real problem is that most areas of the country don't really have suitable/accessible tracks for "fun races" and liability concerns work against more of these facilities being built. This is typical of our risk environment where concern about one bad risk (liability) drives the probability of much more serious risk (death/injury to others) far higher. I remember watching one of the old 50s movies last year and one of the scenes has a police officer and city councilman deciding to create a place where the teens could race safely to control that "juvenile delinquency" problem. Too bad that sentiment didn't really take hold.

Racing is a huge adrenaline surge but on the street the possible cost of that "hit" is way too high for most of us.