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Friday Night Street Races When I Was Growing Up...I Can't Remember Anyone Getting Killed
Feb 10, 2023 12:37:48   #
woodguru
 
I grew up in Vacaville that Hiway 80 goes through between Sacramento and SF, it seemed like there were an inordinate number of seriously built hotrods the kids in our high school had with transplanted built 427's and other highly built engines.

The main drag got cruised back and forth, and there were a few parking lots of closed stores where kids congregated and looked at cars. every once in awhile a challenge from someone talking smack was accepted and they went out to sit at the light and it was on. The best and longest drag went right by the police station, so that was discouraged at some point, so an alternate place got set up on the edge of town where there was a straight rural road, all the kids started going out there and it became the Friday night race hangout.

I had friends that had a big shop out in the country where their dad helped them put engines in things that were not normal, one of their monsters was a built 426 Hemi in a 60's Dodge van, it was impressive, but a dud at the drag races. His brother bought a Plymouth GTX with a 440 with two 4 barrel carbs and a 4 speed, we thought that was going to dominate but it had huge power but no traction off the line.

Growing up in the 60's and 70's the car street racing thing was different, it didn't seem like the kinds of stupidity we see now that kills people was a thing...but then another factor is that common cars and motorcycles are way faster now, which may be getting people into trouble that are in over their heads.

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Feb 10, 2023 13:29:51   #
liberalhunter Loc: Your mom's house
 
woodguru wrote:
I grew up in Vacaville that Hiway 80 goes through between Sacramento and SF, it seemed like there were an inordinate number of seriously built hotrods the kids in our high school had with transplanted built 427's and other highly built engines.

The main drag got cruised back and forth, and there were a few parking lots of closed stores where kids congregated and looked at cars. every once in awhile a challenge from someone talking smack was accepted and they went out to sit at the light and it was on. The best and longest drag went right by the police station, so that was discouraged at some point, so an alternate place got set up on the edge of town where there was a straight rural road, all the kids started going out there and it became the Friday night race hangout.

I had friends that had a big shop out in the country where their dad helped them put engines in things that were not normal, one of their monsters was a built 426 Hemi in a 60's Dodge van, it was impressive, but a dud at the drag races. His brother bought a Plymouth GTX with a 440 with two 4 barrel carbs and a 4 speed, we thought that was going to dominate but it had huge power but no traction off the line.

Growing up in the 60's and 70's the car street racing thing was different, it didn't seem like the kinds of stupidity we see now that kills people was a thing...but then another factor is that common cars and motorcycles are way faster now, which may be getting people into trouble that are in over their heads.
I grew up in Vacaville that Hiway 80 goes through ... (show quote)




People don't really die in made up stories.... ya know, cuz it's not real .

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Feb 10, 2023 13:33:36   #
CarolBinkley Loc: Somewhere in Time
 
woodguru wrote:
I grew up in Vacaville that Hiway 80 goes through between Sacramento and SF, it seemed like there were an inordinate number of seriously built hotrods the kids in our high school had with transplanted built 427's and other highly built engines.

The main drag got cruised back and forth, and there were a few parking lots of closed stores where kids congregated and looked at cars. every once in awhile a challenge from someone talking smack was accepted and they went out to sit at the light and it was on. The best and longest drag went right by the police station, so that was discouraged at some point, so an alternate place got set up on the edge of town where there was a straight rural road, all the kids started going out there and it became the Friday night race hangout.

I had friends that had a big shop out in the country where their dad helped them put engines in things that were not normal, one of their monsters was a built 426 Hemi in a 60's Dodge van, it was impressive, but a dud at the drag races. His brother bought a Plymouth GTX with a 440 with two 4 barrel carbs and a 4 speed, we thought that was going to dominate but it had huge power but no traction off the line.

Growing up in the 60's and 70's the car street racing thing was different, it didn't seem like the kinds of stupidity we see now that kills people was a thing...but then another factor is that common cars and motorcycles are way faster now, which may be getting people into trouble that are in over their heads.
I grew up in Vacaville that Hiway 80 goes through ... (show quote)


Those are lies, woodguru. You grew up "somewhere else." Telling lies makes you a dirty person. How can you make all the bad things about yourself go away?

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Feb 10, 2023 13:37:17   #
CarolBinkley Loc: Somewhere in Time
 
liberalhunter wrote:
People don't really die in made up stories.... ya know, cuz it's not real .





I'm not sure woodguru is able to tell the difference between reality and fantasy. No, I'm sure he is not able to tell the difference. He just isn't that intelligent. And he, and other NWB's, aren't that intelligent compared to African blacks, where I'm sure a "punctuated evolutionary event" took place, increasing their intelligence astronomically. But woodguru doesn't believe in science and/or evolution. He just goes over to Africa trying to intimidate the locals with his super intelligence. It doesn't work.

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Feb 10, 2023 14:30:04   #
vernon
 
woodguru wrote:
I grew up in Vacaville that Hiway 80 goes through between Sacramento and SF, it seemed like there were an inordinate number of seriously built hotrods the kids in our high school had with transplanted built 427's and other highly built engines.

The main drag got cruised back and forth, and there were a few parking lots of closed stores where kids congregated and looked at cars. every once in awhile a challenge from someone talking smack was accepted and they went out to sit at the light and it was on. The best and longest drag went right by the police station, so that was discouraged at some point, so an alternate place got set up on the edge of town where there was a straight rural road, all the kids started going out there and it became the Friday night race hangout.

I had friends that had a big shop out in the country where their dad helped them put engines in things that were not normal, one of their monsters was a built 426 Hemi in a 60's Dodge van, it was impressive, but a dud at the drag races. His brother bought a Plymouth GTX with a 440 with two 4 barrel carbs and a 4 speed, we thought that was going to dominate but it had huge power but no traction off the line.

Growing up in the 60's and 70's the car street racing thing was different, it didn't seem like the kinds of stupidity we see now that kills people was a thing...but then another factor is that common cars and motorcycles are way faster now, which may be getting people into trouble that are in over their heads.
I grew up in Vacaville that Hiway 80 goes through ... (show quote)


Back in your day the Model A was it and it couldn't out run a HORSE.

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Feb 10, 2023 16:58:35   #
BIRDMAN
 
woodguru wrote:
I grew up in Vacaville that Hiway 80 goes through between Sacramento and SF, it seemed like there were an inordinate number of seriously built hotrods the kids in our high school had with transplanted built 427's and other highly built engines.

The main drag got cruised back and forth, and there were a few parking lots of closed stores where kids congregated and looked at cars. every once in awhile a challenge from someone talking smack was accepted and they went out to sit at the light and it was on. The best and longest drag went right by the police station, so that was discouraged at some point, so an alternate place got set up on the edge of town where there was a straight rural road, all the kids started going out there and it became the Friday night race hangout.

I had friends that had a big shop out in the country where their dad helped them put engines in things that were not normal, one of their monsters was a built 426 Hemi in a 60's Dodge van, it was impressive, but a dud at the drag races. His brother bought a Plymouth GTX with a 440 with two 4 barrel carbs and a 4 speed, we thought that was going to dominate but it had huge power but no traction off the line.

Growing up in the 60's and 70's the car street racing thing was different, it didn't seem like the kinds of stupidity we see now that kills people was a thing...but then another factor is that common cars and motorcycles are way faster now, which may be getting people into trouble that are in over their heads.
I grew up in Vacaville that Hiway 80 goes through ... (show quote)


We know where you grew up



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Feb 10, 2023 17:16:17   #
liberalhunter Loc: Your mom's house
 
CarolBinkley wrote:



I'm not sure woodguru is able to tell the difference between reality and fantasy. No, I'm sure he is not able to tell the difference. He just isn't that intelligent. And he, and other NWB's, aren't that intelligent compared to African blacks, where I'm sure a "punctuated evolutionary event" took place, increasing their intelligence astronomically. But woodguru doesn't believe in science and/or evolution. He just goes over to Africa trying to intimidate the locals with his super intelligence. It doesn't work.
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Compulsive liar.... narrative driven everytime.

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