Street drag racing for money

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MrCab

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Is their any street racing for money, betting, going on in your area?
If so would you please let me know on here or whichever way you want to share that information with me.
I started building my old 1971 BB stroker motor Duster for racing the black guys (anyone who wanted to race me, not just black guys and gals) in Los Angels in 2001 before I found out that I had prostrate cancer and had to have that taken care before finishing that car. We were in the process of trying to figure where to move to out of CA and we ended up moving to Bend, OR to be nearer to our Sons kids, he was going through a divorce and their moms people were drug addicts, alcoholics and welfare. We wanted to show them that they can become anyone they want to be, which has worked really well. Two of his three kids are doing very well and having kids of their own now:thumbsup:
Back to the street racing for money, that car ended up running a best of 9.996 at 134.7 MPH cork up with the air cleaner on using straight 91 octane Oregon pump swill weighing 3450 Lbs. with me in it. I really miss that carbut it was time to move on after maxing it out, I like building and racing them until I get the urge to do another one :realcrazy:
I have an early (1965) Valeant with a BB in it that I might end up making it so it can be driven on the streets legally, I bought it originally to let my grandkids try racing it with the power out way back (mid 14.? to maybe mid 13.s to start with) so they don't get scared or hurt by driving something with some power in it.
 
Problem today is there are some hyper fast cars out there . Our old Mopars just can’t compete unless you have a Gen III hemi that is super/turboed . AND the speeds are so high that cataclysmic results are likely .
My brother bought a 68 Firebird with 850 hp N/A and 1150 on NOS …. Street car ! Gonna take a hell of a Mopar motor to compete with that ! Better off taking a vacation once per year or legitimate racing .
 

Is their any street racing for money, betting, going on in your area?
Nothing in my area I know about. I still remember though in the late 1970s or so my buddy with a 67 Buick GS with big block street raced a 1965 Barracuda with a supposed 273 on the highway of choice for street drag racing at the time. My buddy lost $25. I was there.
 
In case anybody missed it Cab is referencing Big Willie Robinson & the brotherhood of street racers.... They had no problem being known a "Black/Colored" they mostly were known as racers... Race wasn't their focus... So chill...



:rofl:

But, yeah. Not the same fun people that it was back in the day...
 
In case anybody missed it Cab is referencing Big Willie Robinson & the brotherhood of street racers.... They had no problem being known a "Black/Colored" they mostly were known as racers... Race wasn't their focus... So chill...



:rofl:

But, yeah. Not the same fun people that it was back in the day...

Nobody is unchilled on this thread
 
Cab, your time has past for street racing, stay at the track or on the porch. A 9.99 will lose you lots of money these days. Turbo nitrous and traction control.
 
The penalty for street racing today is worse than just about anything short of murder.

Crash a car and get someone killed in the process and you'll be lucky if you don't get at least 20 years.

I drag raced all the time out on Hwy 43 many decades ago, but I have no intentions of bunking with Bubba, so I behave nowadays.

Tom
 
Nothing in my area I know about. I still remember though in the late 1970s or so my buddy with a 67 Buick GS with big block street raced a 1965 Barracuda with a supposed 273 on the highway of choice for street drag racing at the time. My buddy lost $25. I was there.

hehehe supposed 273... i know a guy that made a lot of money with "it's just a small block with headers and a 4bbl"...

did the GS have the vaunted nail head or the bigger-er rivvy & 'lectra 430? or by then 455? a formidable foe with any of those, tbh.
 
*cuts eyes*

is he though?
Honestly, I don't know Cab, other than through his years of posting on various sites.. I do know he use to race in the LA area...

But I know a few guys from the LA Area back in the day that raced with/against Willie & the brotherhood...

IMO It was a much better time & I wish we could turn back the clock...
 
The penalty for street racing today is worse than just about anything short of murder.

Crash a car and get someone killed in the process and you'll be lucky if you don't get at least 20 years.

look up scott erickson (former dodger player) and Rebecca Grossman (wealthy socialite)... they were "street racing" each other, when she hit and killed an 11yr old and his 8yr old brother.

she's doing 15 to life, and owes 1.7mil, he owes 1.7mil and together they owe 176mil in joint compensatory damages.
 
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