... siren chirping. within minutes, only skidmarks and the smell of burned rubber remain. You have just attended an average friday or Saturday night of street racing. To me and my friends this just my normal weekend ritual. to others its a swarming vehicular free for all that's as dangerous as it ... illegal street racer (me) and also some background information on its history, and dangers. This is an opportunity to educate those uneducated on illegal street racing. For me weekends begin on a long strip of road in down town Hartford. Rather than browsing the mall or going to the movies like ...

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... or 40 cars running two-,three- and even four-wide for laps on end, the Big One is guaranteed to happen somewhere, sometime" (Auto Week 1) Racing should not be a sport of anticipation, spectators should not pay big money to go and see a race with the anticipation of a big wreck that would ... usually involve at least one forth of the cars in the field. This was not the original intention of racing legends when racing was first started in the Carolinas. The restrictor plates are hurting the sport overall and also endangering drivers. Jerry Bonkowski, who writes for ESPN ... This was why s...

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... airplanes, this would lead people to believe that this engine is extremely versatile and powerful. I think the main role for this engine has been in cars for several types of racing events. I guess my favorite role for the engine would be in an old muscle car going down the quarter mile in drag ... racing. Anyways, the many different uses for this engine has kinda signed its existence in stone for a while since it's a pretty good bang for the buck. It has so many properties ... interchangeability of the small block. The engine has acquired many aftermarket manufacturers that produce p...

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... famous of the Junior sixes was the 2.3 Litre which had an electronic fuel injection and 120BHP. The larger senior sixes where designed to pull heavier model cars and cars with a racing application. They ranged from 3.0 to 3.6 litre("BMW Early History"). In 1954 BMW made its first 8-cylinder engine. It was 2.6 litre V8 and had about 50% more power than the six ... V8 also set the BMW 501 as the fastest saloon made in Germany and one of the fastest in the world. After this BMW has always been a competitor in Euro racing. It won almost all races against Ford in the early 1970s through earl...

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... in today's society whatsoever. This way of having fun is also seen in the song GTO. "C"mon turn it on, wind it out, blow it up- relates to the drag racing that was quite common during this time. Another song that relates to this is Drag City by Jan and Dean. "Goin" to Drag City, what"ll she do now- again ... shows society's love for pushing their automobiles to the limit by racing. Notice how the word "she" is used in the song bringing a sense of romantic nature to the machine. Female names were often given to people's cars. For example, Mustang Sally ... ...

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