I could see this taking off, fast forward 25yrs there will be plenty of folks to defend it on the grounds of "less maintenance and less fuel and faster programs" just like with 1/8 mile now.

That would have moved most of the "street" racing that took place in my home town back when I was 18 from off the streets to someplace much safer.
There would have been an endless stream of challengers competing on most Fri & Sat nights through out the summer months.

Have no idea if that would work these days or not, not so sure the current street racing is block to block. Judging from the marks on some streets around here, it appears the "new" track should look more like an intersection where they can see how many doughnuts they can do before they exceed the car's power level, or they exceed the driver's abilities, or some moron hanging out the window recording the event falls out.

in the milwaukee wisconsin area.
they do this at the milwaukee mile a couple of times a year.

they also do a organized "street racing" every Thursday' night ', I THINK, at the Washington county fail grounds . the "TRACK" is supposed to be about 1 block long. no trailered cars allowed and the cars must be 100% street legal.

So true. There will still be a large percentage who will continue their ways of causing mayhem & chaos.

Ah, memories. Some enterprising souls actually measured off a quarter mile and painted start/finish lines on a good straight road next to our local Metro Airport. People would monitor the stop sign and shut down activity if there was traffic there. Area has since been built up as an industrial park.

And also memories in Florida as of 2021 and as of 2023 now includes even recording via cell phone as participation as an included infraction, briefly:

"DEFINITION OF ‘RACING ON HIGHWAYS’
The offense of Racing on Highways, or ‘Street Racing,’ is defined in Section 316.191, Florida Statutes. Broadly speaking, ‘Racing’ can include four categories of conduct:

Racing, Competitions, and Exhibitions– driving any vehicle (including motorcycles) in any race, speed competition, speed contest, drag race, acceleration contest, speed exhibition, acceleration exhibition, or speed record;
Coordination and Facilitation– participating in, coordinating, facilitating, or collecting moneys at any location for any race, competition, contest, test, or exhibition;
Passenger Participation– knowingly riding as a passenger in a race, competition, contest, test, or exhibition; and
Traffic Interference– purposefully causing the movement of traffic to slow or stop for any race, competition, contest, test, or exhibition.

REQUIRED PROOF AT TRIAL
To prove the crime of Racing on Highways at trial, the prosecution must establish the following factual elements beyond a reasonable doubt:

The defendant:
drove a motor vehicle in; [or]
participated, coordinated, facilitated, collected monies at the location of; [or]
knowingly rode as a passenger in; [or]
purposefully caused moving traffic to slow or stop for
A race, drag race, an acceleration contest, a speed competition, a test of physical endurance, a speed exhibition, or an attempt to make a speed record on a highway, road, or parking lot."

"Paradise Road"......................

Here in Illinois, the state used to require that guardrails be installed for 1/4 mile each side of a bridge. And most bridges were concrete. We had a bridge or two that were our favorite 'tracks'. Good starting line traction and the quarter was already marked, courtesy of the state of Illinois.

Come to think about it, that was the last thing that libtard run Illinois has done for us.

My thoughts exactly looking at the second pic.

Actually Powerline Road in Sacramento. Red circle is the intersection in the first pic.