Posted By: B1KILLER
When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 02:00 AM
I was to young to drive 
but was always
around Street Racing
but was alwaysaround Street Racing
When racing was fun, NYC
Posted By: B1KILLER
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 02:07 AM
Posted By: hemicop
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 02:08 AM
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......
Posted By: B1KILLER
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 02:09 AM
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Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 02:11 AM
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Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 02:12 AM
Posted By: Dart1031
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 02:17 AM
Nice The first article says someone bought Dick Landy's 70 Pro Stock Challenger to street race it 
The first article says someone bought Dick Landy's 70 Pro Stock Challenger to street race it
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 02:22 AM
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.
sometimes it got pretty ugly with the money.
Posted By: B1KILLER
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 02:27 AM
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 Have also seen much
tragedy
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
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
Have also seen muchtragedy
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
Posted By: MIKECS
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 02:42 AM
Hey FISH no response to my email.
Posted By: fullmetaljacket
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 02:50 AM
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.
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.
Posted By: MIKES_DUSTER
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 02:52 AM
Quote:
Nice
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.
Posted By: B1KILLER
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 02:54 AM
Quote:
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
Posted By: fullmetaljacket
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 02:54 AM
I have two special original stickers from both Connecting and South Conduit.
I will probably fly them on my car this season.
I will probably fly them on my car this season.
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Post deleted by Defbob - 02/05/10 04:06 AM
Posted By: B1KILLER
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 04:29 AM
Posted By: THE GLASS MAN
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 07:58 PM
There's a certain yellow Hemi Cuda,ready for some more street racing in New York City on display at The Ohio Motorsports Expo this weekend, in Columbus, Ohio that says on the trunk " Special Thanks to The Mutt Brothers Racing Team". ummmm 
on display at The Ohio Motorsports Expo this weekend, in Columbus, Ohio that says on the trunk " Special Thanks to The Mutt Brothers Racing Team". ummmm
Posted By: HPMike
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 08:57 PM
Great article. And the Norman Blake photography is top notch as you would expect.
I currently own a car(70 V code Coronet R/T) that was owned by Arnie (Ace Radiator). He is the guy depicted in the article.
MB
I currently own a car(70 V code Coronet R/T) that was owned by Arnie (Ace Radiator). He is the guy depicted in the article.
MB
Posted By: emarine01
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/05/10 09:46 PM
South conduit was a very bumpy place to race in the mid 70s, but it sure drew a fast bunch of heavy hitters 
Posted By: B1KILLER
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/06/10 01:18 AM
When, and if I go back to NYC, I will be
back on the highway again
back on the highway again
Posted By: fullmetaljacket
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/06/10 02:24 AM
South Conduit or as we all knew it "150th St."was as I remember it till the late 90's all old school china rock concrete all the way pass the two underpasses. Now it is repaved with Tar top.
I've escorted many a race car to that front line and it was bumpy getting there, but the strip itself was relatively smooth.
"Connecting" is half way repaved now with new school concrete but just at the front line it is a bit bumpy on the tar top.
I've escorted many a race car to that front line and it was bumpy getting there, but the strip itself was relatively smooth.
"Connecting" is half way repaved now with new school concrete but just at the front line it is a bit bumpy on the tar top.
Posted By: B1KILLER
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/06/10 02:30 AM
Quote:
South Conduit or as we all knew it "150th St."was as I remember it till the late 90's all old school china rock concrete all the way pass the two underpasses. Now it is repaved with Tar top.
I've escorted many a race car to that front line and it was bumpy getting there, but the strip itself was relatively smooth.
"Connecting" is half way repaved now with new school concrete but just at the front line it is a bit bumpy on the tar top.
You know where we go now, the starting line is
nice
Posted By: fullmetaljacket
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/06/10 02:39 AM
Oh yeah.
Sweet spots have either been burnt by idiots in their fart blow torches or neglected by New York's finest department of Highways.
Sweet spots have either been burnt by idiots in their fart blow torches or neglected by New York's finest department of Highways.
Posted By: GoodfellaHenry70
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/06/10 03:35 AM
Quote:
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......
Reminds me of the Berlin Tnpk down in Conn. days many years ago. Probably couldn't get away with that stuff today.
Posted By: hemi-itis
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/06/10 03:39 AM
Quote:It was bumpy in the 70's,80's,90's and into the new millenium
South conduit was a very bumpy place to race in the mid 70s, but it sure drew a fast bunch of heavy hitters
It was 3 wide lanes of hard hookin concrete.It could take hours of 
to set up an 11 second race. 
Posted By: fury62
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/07/10 06:16 PM
I can remember racing in 64,65 on the sprain brook parkway, Yonkers, N.Y. a suburb of NYC. the parkway was not finished at the time, so you could race from the enter ramp south with no traffic.cars came from far away as peekskill, and the bronx. One state trooper had a 65 gto as a chase car!! those were the days!!
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/07/10 06:34 PM
Quote:
I can remember racing in 64,65 on the sprain brook parkway, Yonkers, N.Y. a suburb of NYC. the parkway was not finished at the time, so you could race from the enter ramp south with no traffic.cars came from far away as peekskill, and the bronx. One state trooper had a 65 gto as a chase car!! those were the days!!
i grew up right off the sprain parkway entrance ramp. you could hear the cars at night.
i raced many a night there with my Cuda and 340 duster.yes those were the days.and down on Central Ave. in front of Nathans and Korvettes dept. store we also raced on the weekends.
Posted By: emarine01
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 02/07/10 06:54 PM
Any body remember a place in Rosedale Queens, I think it was named mentone ave, A 1/2 mile 2 lane with a one lane train bridge @ the 1/2 mile mark, it was close to Frances Lewis blvd.
Posted By: cammer427
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 04/08/10 09:57 PM
Quote:
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That was Art Leong and a guy named Vinnie Maida who bought Landy's Challenger in '72. It was to be Art's first NHRA car. He was also going to do a "little street racing" with it, but he never finished the car. He teamed up with Ray "Tex" Cook on a '71 Charger R/T and sold the Challenger before finishing it. After picking up the car from Landy, Art stopped in at Benson Burgers in St Albans to show it off for fun on the way home. It didn't actually have an engine or transmission at the time.
We were just talking about this very thing over at ClassRacer.com... http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=7052&page=8 (it's mentioned on page 8 and 9)
Posted By: hemicop
Re: When racing was fun, NYC - 04/08/10 11:00 PM
I'd guess there was probably a dozen or so quality pro-level built cars streetracing back then...and that was ust in Queens! Brooklyn had therir own groups, so if you were gonna run with the big boys you had to have REAL deep pockets back then.
Today it would literally be like buying Greg Anderson's or Warren Johnson's old P/S & racing it--what would THAT cost??
Today it would literally be like buying Greg Anderson's or Warren Johnson's old P/S & racing it--what would THAT cost??