Re: When racing was fun, NYC
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OHHHHHHHHHHH where top begin? There's bveen threads about NYC streetracing & many on the site have contibuted. IMO, the fact is, while Detroit was undoubtedly the center of it all (naturally!) NYC had, I think, more character & more "professional" streetracers than most anyplace else.If there was a trafficlight somewhere & 2 musclecars were stopped, you'd have a race- and the big boys knew how to safely setup some high-dollar runs without all the risks you see nowadays......
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Re: When racing was fun, NYC
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i was in the middle of it all back starting in 69 and then in the early to mid 70's. sometimes it got pretty ugly with the money.
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Re: When racing was fun, NYC
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When I was growing up my friends were heavy into the street racing seen in NYC, it was krazy, I would see them renting motors, switching bodies, changing the color of their primer on the cars to catch another victim ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/apimp.gif) Have also seen much tragedy ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbs.gif) All in All, it was some great time. My friend till this day still has a Sox and Martin Challenger in the BX, in pieces, and wont let it go for nothing, I'm hoping to inherit it one day ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif)
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Re: When racing was fun, NYC
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Nice The first article says someone bought Dick Landy's 70 Pro Stock Challenger to street race it
I just read an article in a magazine about that car. I think the car is in HAWAII now. I think the story went something like ,this guy street raced alot and wanted to go faster and bought a HEMI challenger and sent it to Landy so he could set the car all up. I think thats how it went.
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Re: When racing was fun, NYC
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Dick Landy challenger. I know the car and the owner also. I will also keep him private. He windowed the dual distributor motor years ago. The Cuda he had the engine in was a special invited guest of mine at my Art show in 1994.
Yeah, the stories are long, can't even start now.
By the way, the Maverick in the picture belonged to a friend of mines that was running a Rat for some time, can not remember for sure if it was at that particular run.
The motor is @ a well known hemi builders shop ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/Twocents.gif)
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Re: When racing was fun, NYC
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