What happened to having a 3rd party hold the $$$ in advance so nobody can pull that sh!t if they lose?
You wanna volunteer to be the neutral guy and hold the 20, 30, 50k or whatever, in the middle of a crowd of people who typically attend an illicit, big bucks, street race? Not me.
So much for honor among thieves...
When I held the $$$ in the past (yes, MANY years ago) there wasn't an expectation that you needed to carry a loaded weapon to get out alive. And it sure as He11 wasn't just a bunch of white boys from the burbs there, either.
But things change, for better or worse. And I ain't been part of that scene for decades.