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Sup, im writing a paper for my Psych class and i wanted to use HMT as a Source of information. I want to know why some of you guys would prefer to race on the street rather then a race track as well as the other side why do you run on the track rather then the street. Whether it be drag racing or a road race type stiuation.

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I do it on the track because I've known 2 people who have died from street racing.

On the other hand, if it's out on some abandoned air stip or country road...that's not too bad.

you get time slips at the track...which is a big plus

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i <3 street racing

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I like the both.

I feel a lot safer on a track (duh), and on the street I'm very cautious about when and where I do it... but I'm not against it. There's no doubt that there's side to street racing that is unpredictable, and there's why people get their panties in a bunch and get all defensive about it. Yes, people die street racing. It's something we all know, and it's something that has always happened as long as cars have been around. People also die in every other type of racing out there: Nascar, Rally (definately), Road Race, Drag, etc... you get my drift.

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I think its the rush that makes the street scene so popular. You never know if your going to get caught. They both get your adrenaline going. One the street its worrying about police or what lies ahead, where on the track you still have the worry of catching a good light, miss shifting, all that fun stuff. The street is always unpredictable, you have no idea what the guy next to you is packing, where at the track you've seen him run the the track a million times. The track it more you against yourself, and on the street i think theres alot more pride at stake. but thats just my two cents.

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I used to run people in the mountains here where I live. I was the guy to beat, so people would come looking for me from all over. It was kinda a shot to the ego I guess. That and the rush. Raced guys from San Jose, Santa Cruz, even as far off as Frisco. But then out of town shitheads started crashing left and right and the cops patroll all the time now. Then I lost a couple friends in an accident a few months ago and it just put out that fire. I actually pulled over last night on my way home from school to let an old POS prelude go by. Still love the track, but I think I'm done with the mountain racing. I don't drive slow, don't think I ever will, just don't let myself get pushed into racing anymore.

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Ok travis why do you love it. What reasons.


Yea you do see a certain person run on the track a million times however i dont think that you are really racing aginst yourself. Most of the time on the track there are regulations as far as the car being moddified. That makes the classes even. you are still racing driver to driver. I think on the track it is more abotu skill then what your car is packing.

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track is way better than the street, At the track its not about who can buy the fastest car its about who can drive the best, also you can't get in trouble for doing it,you get timeslips, don't have to drive around looking for racest there guranteed, may win money or a trophy.

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i enjoy both, and am very cautious on the street, especially since I've crashed from just daily driving, and just last week my mom got rear ended.

the reason I do prefer street over track however, is that the track is 1) an hour drive away, 2) costs like $20 (and gas there and back is another 5-10), 3) you have to wait FOREVER between runs

street racing is free, most of the good roads are near me, including a nice curvy downhill, and the wait is none

i do occassionally hit the track, just to get my times, or if there's an event I can participate in, like the High School Drags. I was my school's last hope when a senior gave me a tip and i beat my time by .4 lol

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They both have their good and bad points, at the track you're in a controlled enviroment which is obviously safer. I don't really like organized "street racing" but spur of the moment stoplight drags are the best 8)

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" enjoy both, and am very cautious on the street, especially since I've crashed from just daily driving, and just last week my mom got rear ended. "

I rear ended your Mom, she was fantastic, thanks for that...

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both really. but track more. i don't need any more tickets :)

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i like running up or get runned up by another car on the road that you've never seen before and just race and then never see that person or car again. outta town racing is fun too going to a different city meet new people and race. the track everytime i go i always see the same people and they run with the same setup over and over and it gets boring fast.

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who wants to wait in a 2 hour line at the track and pay money to wait? "if you get 5 runs it thats considered a lot at the track"... man i get 300 runs in on the street and get a reputation thats hard to get at the track cuz there's always someone with them muscle cars running 80mph faster that steal all the attention. daily driven street cars racing is more exciting. its always the same people at the track, on the street you never know whos got what or who's who... i jus hate the drama that comes with street racing. i almost got jumped a few times for beating people who don't like losing...

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:8

:P

I don`t race or anything like that but
STREET all the way coz i don`t like just going stright LOL

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i still love a good night out street racing over a day at the track. 1 reason is its free. its way more exiting
and u can have a good night and get over 10 15 races in. at the track u be lucky to get 5. well track racing is good to because u get time slips and ----. nd its alot safer. but i have gone out street racing almost every satuday night for the past 3 years and have never seen 1 wreck at the road were racing at. and no one has gotten tickets fore street racing the cops always let us go.

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the track. no ricers on the real race day, no legal problems, cash money, traction compound and a better experience for people who dont have 123123123123 dollars to drop into the car.

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well ive never been to the track but i want to. but i think its not as exiting at the track because its controlled. you dont have that x factor thats there in real life. you do but you dont.but the best part about the street is that at any time there could be a race there could b a chance to blow someone away. def the thrill of it all the good and the bad. but the one thing i hate about racing is i always gotta drain the liz b4 hand kinda like a pregame ritual

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I don't street race plain and simple. No one should get hurt because I'm stupid. I LOOOOOVE THE TRACK!!! Time slips rock because I love the proof that speaks instead of a suicide lane drag on the local backroad. Although, a highway pull is always fun to embarass some Mustang owners or jack with some freinds. ;) ;D


JP

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highway pulls are even more dangerous... get ur head straight, you say u dont street race plain and simple? highway pulls on mustangs are a form of street racing and you say is always fun there for you have fun street racing, just admit it u tard

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I think you owned yourself. :P

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I leave a toll booth only to have a fox body 5.0 rev on me. No one around 1130 at night only two on the road. I pull 7 cars and make him feel st00pid. Behind him comes a 4.6 GT 500. No one around, 7-8 cars on him. Street race to me is from a dig at any place. Not from a roll with no one around. If I were to count I can name probably 6 incidents that I have "street raced". I don't do it often. If someone asks me to race or something I ALWAYS say no. Watch/Know to many bad things happen to be dumb enough to street race.


JP

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people that win at the street races gets no respect from me. Sure you could pull 42750847507238472034 cars in your single cam on some Diablo. But the Diablo may have waited and hour to catch up to you.

Basically, reaction time on the street is everything. On the track it's real. If you got a slow foot, at the end the numbers speak for everything.

Oh and highway pulls IS street racing. No matter what you say to make it look better for yourself you are a street racer... sounds cool huh :P

And if no one being around justifies it, you are just calling yourself worthless, cause YOU are around and a simple mistake will end YOU. But that's just my opinion. :)

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I agree, never set up, never with a crowd around, i was with a buddy in his gsr hatch two weeks ago pulling out a a sunoco(94 on tap yo!) and as we pull out an rx8 with giant can on the back grabs a gear and goes flying by, we pull up and by teh top of third have thee lengths on him and still pulling hard, what im agreeing with is that this is all at 10:30 at night, four lanes, no traffic, wasnt pre planned, too much bad ---- happens where people street race near my house, they line up way deep with a crowd a foot from the cars, doesnt take much for someone to get hurt.....just dumb...

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this is dumb n that is dumb. everyone does what they want or prefer n there going to continue doing so no matter what anyone says to them about it. wether u hate street racing for whtever reason... or track racing for whatever reason... this thread was created to start some argueing lol

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I love the track. I tend to stay away from street racing, or hihway pulls on people, but sometimes it happens. We don't have "Flashlight" Drags in my area, and everyone drives pickup anyways.

I enjoy going to the track and showing the hicks in my area that it doesn't need a v8 or tons of money to be fast. Just some skill, time, and creativity.

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yeah definately, or when taht pos domestic ls1 lt1 or mustang pulls next to you and tries to smob off on you thinkin hes some hot ---- and you only drop 4th instead of 3rd cuz ya wanna let him pull a little bit before you pass him at a buck 10 throwing the flashers. ahhhh the first Z, i wish the 2nd one wasnt a bastard child :-\

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heh this thread wasnt to start arguements its jsut to help me out in psych. However it also allows me to see who all in here is more prone to street compaired to track and i dont think someone has really made a thread like this anyways. some dude called me a street racer cause i was haulin ass when i was delivering pizzas. oh well, as far as you guys that "street race" how many of yall are jsut talking about pullin on someone to put them in their place or are actually at organized street races?

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I can't beleive you guys only get 5 runs in at your local tracks, around in my area if you don't get atleast 10 in its cause your car broke, One of the other things that makes me hate the street racing scene in my area is all the ricers driving like retards at the meet up spot before you ever even go to the races, hey lets get the cops on us before we even race. I do like doing runs from a roll though, cause then you can't use a bad launch as an excuse, one time I accidently tried to race a guy with quite a rep in mn his licensce plate is urv8sux, its an eg hatch with over 500whp,( I let off as soon as I heard the turbo on that thing, it looks stock on the outside) I saw a video of him spinning the tires in 4th gear at about 70mph against a cobra, He lost because of wheel spin against the cobra. I'm guessing or that the cobra is making really good power too, I'll try to get the link. The video does kinda suck in quality though.

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i would say track for sure even though you do wait ------- forever between runs, but you have somthing to show for it though.

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i do organized street runs, it just seems more logic. aint gotta wait for track day 2 months from now, aint gotta go through tech inspection n fail cuz ur missing 1 lug or battery tie down... you wait til around 11pm, get the phone call saying "so and so's car is ready" then the ---- talkin sharts, "what's he got cuz i aint goin out there for some bullshit" they "kinda" tell u what he got but u always never know unless its only obvious. we figure out the spot to race otherwise known as the "track" even tho its some industrial road somewhere that is straight as ----... we meet up at a local burger joint, talk, set up who's running who, buy a soda or energy drink (cuz its gonna be a nice long night) n we set off for a track (straight road). we get there, scope it out a bit incase cops are around or what not, check all side streets, parking lots... everyone parks. line em up n go. get a good hour or 2 which is like 10 - 40 runs depending on who's worth racing... the reputation starts n you start gettin more calls in the future. process continues. people get tired of losing so they go out n try some nos or what not... either way they get smoked and go home mad every weekend. and blah blah blah... wether a guy jumps the gun or not or u dont "react" in time, if ur car is as fast as u wish, you'd catch up n pass him anyway. its hard to call a race on the street unfair. only thing that gets annoying is the excuse "i mis-shifted" or "i launched to high"...

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Sounds like a fast and the furious preview.

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funny thing is thats really how it goes around here. they have the regular overpopulated street races around, meet at a gas station n follow them around til they find a track but u already know a cops gonna be there before u start racing.... that ---- got annoying so we jus go by call n meet up now... i can video tape it if u want lol

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When Racing on the street almost every track gets broken up and getting in your car and running from the cops gives you a rush especially the closer the cops get to you.

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I love both. I like the track because you have the tree and reaction times willl pay off. It's also nice to have the slips, although i do have a datalogger in my car that does give all the information you can get at a track it's not as accurate.
I don't do organised street racing but I love racing people off traffic lights. Highway pulls are not my thing, because the car pulls 0.7 G's in first gear, and that is quite a bit of advantage.

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thats basically how it goes down here, theres really only 3 spots to race at but the city is so poor that they cant really send cops over there all the time.

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<movie announcer voice> Street racing is fun and exciting, but also can be deadly and dangerous <movie announcer voice>

I dont speed nearly as much as I used to and pretty much dont drive fast at all, but Im a sucker for a chance freeway race :)