Warning! Street racing content inside!!!

Posted By: gsmopar

Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 03:26 PM

Does anyone here own the Purple '70 Challenger? This car is Awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icWxFsaYMb8&feature=related

Posted By: go green

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 04:05 PM

What a bunch of retards . Street racing meatballs are douchebags no matter what car they drive.

Posted By: MIKES_DUSTER

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 04:11 PM

SWEET!!!!!!

Posted By: Thumperdart

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 04:14 PM

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What a bunch of retards . Street racing meatballs are douchebags no matter what car they drive.

WOW, that`s a pretty heavy statement considering most of the racing greats started out street racing and I guess that makes me a retard too.

Much better than "gang bangin" but, to each his own.

Posted By: Mr.Yuck

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 04:19 PM

well one thing I can tell you is if i was in that traffic behind those a s $ hats I'd be plenty p-o'd and they'd either let me thru or I'd start kicking tail.

Posted By: Cab_Burge

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 04:20 PM

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What a bunch of retards . Street racing meatballs are douchebags no matter what car they drive.

I thank that this annual once a year "street race" is with the local Swedish police indorsements and includes escorting of the participating cars back the the staging area

Maybe one of the local participants will chime in later today, its past midnight there now.

Posted By: bwdst6

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 04:22 PM

Looks like one of the participants missed the sign!

Posted By: B1Fish540

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 04:30 PM

I know its crazy, dangerous, against the law..and yes, stupid, but its the most exciting form of drag racing there is. At least around here its done at 2 AM on deserted streets. Were those guys actually holding up traffic..now that is insane.

Posted By: sixpackgut

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 04:31 PM

best street racing video i have ever seen

Posted By: MrNormsTA

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 04:32 PM

Interesting.

Saw a few cops, don't they carry guns to break that sort of thing up over there. Wouldn't last too long here, especially on an interstate.

Posted By: Boosted

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 04:35 PM

cool video...

Posted By: fullmetaljacket

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 04:41 PM

Holding up traffic? that's been the norm here in New York for decades. The only way to get it off with out any innocence being in harms way, only the players hug the guard rails.
8-9-10 seconds cars being the stars.

Posted By: B1Fish540

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 04:55 PM

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Holding up traffic? that's been the norm here in New York for decades. The only way to get it off with out any innocence being in harms way, only the players hug the guard rails.
8-9-10 seconds cars being the stars.

agreed, just cant believe the cops would'nt get involved that way.

Posted By: fullmetaljacket

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 05:16 PM

I've witnessed cops on the take if the stake was a good piece of the cake.
Now, when it comes to these %&$@# heads that aimlessly drive their whack fart carts in and out and around traffic at insane speeds, they should be put on the firing line first thing in the morning. Their cars are fugly and their antics are for another planet.

Posted By: Thumperdart

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 05:20 PM

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I've witnessed cops on the take if the stake was a good piece of the cake.
Now, when it comes to these %&$@# heads that aimlessly drive their whack fart carts in and out and around traffic at insane speeds, they should be put on the firing line first thing in the morning. Their cars are fugly and their antics are for another planet.

Couldn`t agree more...........I never get harrassed by the cops but see PLENTY of ricers pulled over. Go figure.

Posted By: Moparteacher

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 05:51 PM

What a CLUSTERF*#K! People running around in the tire smoke. Car fire and smoke drifting into oncoming traffic. Complete disregard for the safety of oncoming traffic. Do's anybody think that little guardrail would keep one of those cars from traveling over into oncoming traffic? Complete disregard for the traffic behind them.

And, if the cops sanctioned this then they're just as stupid.

Complete disregard for life and limb of the spectators and innocent commuters. Families travel on that highway. Women and children are in the cars traveling on that highway. For those who glorify this crap here's a reality check...Innocent men, woman, and children die everyday because some dumbass felt the need for speed. Grow up.

Illegal streetracing is soooo amatuerish.

And for the record, I've been known to streetrace and I'll be the first to tell the world I was a dumbass when I did. It's not that "I was lucky", but everybody else on those streets was lucky because streetracing is about being stupid with the lives of others.

Posted By: MIKES_DUSTER

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 06:16 PM

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well one thing I can tell you is if i was in that traffic behind those a s $ hats I'd be plenty p-o'd and they'd either let me thru or I'd start kicking tail.

Out of all due respect,you wouldnt be kicking their tail with 200-500 people there watching the races!!!!

Posted By: Thumperdart

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 07:14 PM

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well one thing I can tell you is if i was in that traffic behind those a s $ hats I'd be plenty p-o'd and they'd either let me thru or I'd start kicking tail.

Out of all due respect,you wouldnt be kicking their tail with 200-500 people there watching the races!!!!

I was thinking the same thing.....

Oh, hey moparteacher why don`t you tell us how you REALLY feel.......too funny. So you street raced and it was ok but they do it and there idiots?

I agree that was some cluster stuff but what the hell I don`t live in a bubble and take TOTAL responsability for whatever happens that I`m involved with or around.

Posted By: TomsCharger70

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 07:38 PM

If my memory serves me correct, that Chally was initially powered by a LA Hemi untill that engine blew up, after that, it was powered by a Chevy BB..

It was sold some years ago, I actually thought about buying it, it was sold as a roller.. Any ways, no idea where it rolls these days...

It came in a good second in the Stockholm Open race and also came second in the Birka Cup, lost the SO race and the cup to the same car..

/Tom

Posted By: TomsCharger70

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 07:43 PM

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What a bunch of retards . Street racing meatballs are douchebags no matter what car they drive.

I thank that this annual once a year "street race" is with the local Swedish police indorsements and includes escorting of the participating cars back the the staging area Maybe one of the local participants will chime in later today, its past midnight there now.

Not really... The Police are actually trying to stop it and have tried to come down heavy "American" style on the racers.. but then again this is Sweden, so even the best try only comes out as a joke...

The "problem" the law has over here is that the Police officer must with out a doubt identify the driver during the offence. This makes it hard to really do anything.. For example, in Finland(neighbouring country), if the police see an traffic offence, but cant catch the offender, it does not matter, if the police just id the car license plate, the car owner gets the shake up and pays the fine, even if he/she is innocent... so untill there is a change in the legislation or what ever its called in english, not much the cops can do, if they dont catch you in the act... and it will end up with probably no more than a about 200 dollar fine for a traffic offence...

Posted By: tubtar

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 07:54 PM

There is a time and place for everything.
Even street racing.
A couple years back at Back to the 50's in St. Paul , I made one lap against a buddy who needed quieting down.
No cross streets and a good margin between cars and lawn chairs ( We were in front of the Mickey D's on Snelling in Roseville )
When we got back to our seats , a guy came up to my buddy and told him that there was a swap meet the next day if he wanted to replace the doors that just got blown off.
It was a ton of fun.
I am old enough to remember when it was at it's peak on Lake street in Minneapolis and the loop and Layfayette bridge in St. Paul.
Red Rock road ?
Guys used to trailer down there.........picture it.
A mile long straight away with no cross streets.
Northstar steel on one side and rail road tracks on the other that usually had a line of covered hopper cars sided there which made for early luxury boxes.
The Police would let it go until someone got hurt , then clamp down for the rest of the summer.
I never raced there , but used it as my test facility on early Sunday mornings.
Once , a cop did appear just as I was heating them up for my last lap.
He threatened me with about a dozen tickets , but after talking to him a while , it boiled down to the fact that he was pissed about the litter.
There were many thousands of empty beer cans lining the sides of the road.
Once I assured him that they weren't mine , he told me to go home.

He did say that " It's too bad you guys don't have a place to do this around here . "
I told him " I did till you showed up " and he was almost amused.

I say if you are going to do it , at least take a few steps to avoid the headlines.

Posted By: B1KILLER

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 09:51 PM

Call me waat ever, I will con't to $treet race.
Nothing can compare, I can't think of much worst
things that are going on in this world that can
can use some police attention.

Posted By: Thumperdart

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 11:00 PM

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Call me waat ever, I will con't to $treet race.
Nothing can compare, I can't think of much worst
things that are going on in this world that can
can use some police attention.

We have a spot in the middle of the desert where my friend and myself did a street race scene in a movie called "High desert way 420" and guys meet there early in the morning and it`s a blast. I agree about the idiots who litter and I even told some punk kids to pick up their trash and they did.........no biggie. Things can go bad that`s for sure but I havn`t seen it myself although have heard of deaths because of the location and cross streets.......plain stupid in my opinion. Last time we did this the Highway Patroll showed up and just sat on the side of the road till everyone cleared out......no fines or tickets he just made his presence known and we rolled out.

Posted By: Anonymous

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Posted By: fullmetaljacket

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 11:28 PM

There was an art to street racing back when, where 0ne; you made it safe for you, the other driver and the spectator.
Two; you made and left no tracks in the snow, in other words, don't dump or hump where you play or work if you are talking $treet racing.
Sooner or later, when things really get to conservative and sterile in politics and life, the $street will be back especially as THEY get rid of the legal facilities.

Posted By: Thumperdart

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 11:30 PM

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Eventually someone will die

Eventually someone will die driving to the store too..........more people die in sanctioned racing than street racing. Not saying street racing is right/legal but it does exhist and I personally love it although it`s been a while for me.

Posted By: moparniac

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 11:36 PM

The top said *warning* and the people who don't like it come in and cry...

Posted By: fullmetaljacket

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/14/10 11:39 PM

More people die or are badly injured in Taxi accidents alone, not counting RED light thugs and STOP sign gobblers.
Yeah, these days most people involved on the street are totally blind that they are being watched by BIG TV, BIG BROTHER and BIG NEWS, why make smoke signals to where you at.
Street racing has gotten intensively dangerous now because cars are faster and people are slower in moving and thinking.
I have seen my fair share of horrible accidents at the haunts, but it was almost always because of stupidity and disrespect for logic.
There are more accidents now with air bags and crash bars and all because the factories are making cars with incredible braking power, so people think that they can over extend there luck by speeding more.

Posted By: CHAPPER

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 12:38 AM

I don't know about this video, as to where and such, but they did seem to have a pretty good crowd of spectators...lots of cars in competition...maybe some local tracks could learn a thing or two by watching. Didn't see Big Willy in the video,,but I'm sure his presence was felt!!

Posted By: fullmetaljacket

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 12:56 AM

Man, my spelling gets lazy when I'm vexed.

Posted By: Mr.Yuck

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 01:26 AM

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well one thing I can tell you is if i was in that traffic behind those a s $ hats I'd be plenty p-o'd and they'd either let me thru or I'd start kicking tail.

Out of all due respect,you wouldnt be kicking their tail with 200-500 people there watching the races!!!!

umm yeah I would or I'd run some POS car off the road.

Posted By: Michael

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 01:35 AM

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best street racing video i have ever seen

I've done my share of it.

Posted By: 300by500

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 01:37 AM

Springsteen video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epNKCnlVxAQ

"Now some guys, they just give up livin'
And start dyin' little by little piece by piece
Some guys come home from work and wash up
And go racin' in the street"

-Bruce Springsteen

Posted By: dodgeboy11

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 03:29 AM

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Eventually someone will die

Nobody lives forever... Not saying it's ok.. Wish there was a track around here close by. And I had a fast car...

Posted By: 8secDart

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 03:37 AM

Hell yeah!!!!!!Get it on.Put up or shut up.Put that turd in the road and race.
Street racer FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted By: slantzilla

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 04:19 AM

Anyone check the date on that video? It's been posted here a few times before.

Posted By: Cab_Burge

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 04:23 AM

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What a bunch of retards . Street racing meatballs are douchebags no matter what car they drive.

I thank that this annual once a year "street race" is with the local Swedish police indorsements and includes escorting of the participating cars back the the staging area Maybe one of the local participants will chime in later today, its past midnight there now.

Not really... The Police are actually trying to stop it and have tried to come down heavy "American" style on the racers.. but then again this is Sweden, so even the best try only comes out as a joke...

The "problem" the law has over here is that the Police officer must with out a doubt identify the driver during the offence. This makes it hard to really do anything.. For example, in Finland(neighbouring country), if the police see an traffic offence, but cant catch the offender, it does not matter, if the police just id the car license plate, the car owner gets the shake up and pays the fine, even if he/she is innocent... so untill there is a change in the legislation or what ever its called in english, not much the cops can do, if they dont catch you in the act... and it will end up with probably no more than a about 200 dollar fine for a traffic offence...

Isn't that race a street leagal once a year occasion? I've seen other videos on the same stretch of hiway and was under the impression it was a once a year street legal sanction race for the drag racers in Sweden as well as all who showed up. Yes or No as far as legal?

I have participated in many legal street races that where put on by one of the local clubs like the Lions. Elks or even a local police officers assocation, maybe Brain (Indio Machine)or his dad remember racing on thr streets of Indio,CA back in 1968 and 1969. Winnemucka(SP?), NV has street legal( time only) racing every August is what I have been told by some of the former participants along with a big car show and criuse, Christmas tree, ET and MPH clocks, fastest street legal car gets a trophy

Posted By: ksj

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 04:27 AM

Apparently they need a dragstrip.I'll take my retirement and build one for them.Later guys!

Posted By: DaytonaTurbo

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 04:41 AM

Why would you want to do it on a busy highway? Apparently they have no quiet, low-use areas they can block off isntead of plugging a major thoroughfare? I would be downright pissed if I was late for work because of that!

The one really lame thing with an event like this is you have all these cool cars getting together for some racing, but have nothing to judge your car and your driving ability against other than the guy beside you.

Posted By: Darryls-Demon

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 05:38 AM

Many Years ago I to street raced, the drag strip was a 220 mile drive one way.
There was about ten guys that would street race out on spruce road. We would spend hours out there on a Saterday night, every one would stay behind the cars exept the starter course and there was no drinking. Now these where 11 and 12 second cars, the biggest thing we had to watch for was deer.
I know street racing is not safe but I sure had alot of fun doing it.

Posted By: Satanized_68

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 05:41 AM

To answer the legal question, no these races are in no way legal.

This video is from Birka Cup which is held 5-6times/year during the summernights in Stockholm.
There is a once a year event called Stockholm Open, but that race isn't legal either so I think that you might have misunderstood that if you've heard about it.

Also, I have some pics of the Challenger in the video with a overly refreshed girl posing in front of it, but I don't think that I can post it here? (no shirt on

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Posted By: Jeepmon

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 06:06 AM

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Also, I have some pics of the Challenger in the video with a overly refreshed girl posing in front of it, but I don't think that I can post it here? (no shirt on )

You can post it in my PM's...

Posted By: dOc !

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 06:59 AM

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There was an art to street racing back when

THERE you go !

After 11pm(until 6am sometimes) ...out on the interstate .... NO traffic(to speak of) .....

And the cops KNEW what was going on .. but they never did anything about it.

I have YET to see this YOUtube thing ... my dial-up service SUX

Posted By: 1Fast340

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 12:27 PM

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To answer the legal question, no these races are in no way legal.

This video is from Birka Cup which is held 5-6times/year during the summernights in Stockholm.
There is a once a year event called Stockholm Open, but that race isn't legal either so I think that you might have misunderstood that if you've heard about it.

Also, I have some pics of the Challenger in the video with a overly refreshed girl posing in front of it, but I don't think that I can post it here? (no shirt on )

yep thats some good pics

and like you say these races are in no way legal, i think geting a localtrack with alot of time open would take most fast cars of the street in this area pretty quickly but the old traditional stockholm open will probably not disaper nomather what, its for the guys that are serious about proving they have the fastest streetdriven and somewhat reliable car around

Posted By: SRT6776

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 02:22 PM

There is a better vid of when the black Camaro catches fire after doing its burnout. All the people block the cop car on the shoulder so they can hook the car to a truck and get it out of there.

Race is called the Birka Cup...its a race that takes the entire summer to do because of the obvious challenges...

Posted By: ThermoQuad

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 05:33 PM

Children children anything risky done without respect will get you hurt.

A famous drag racing person was still involved in $treet racing last I knew, making good $$$$. If course he is older now so there is a paid driver driving his $treet race vehicle.

My famous friend has told me lots of interesting tidbits about the racing days of the 60-70-80s including back in the 60's when he supported his family off of $treet racing while racing professionally.

Real $treet racing is done quietly and cautiously with few witnesses.

Posted By: sshemi

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 06:24 PM

Not a hundred tracks nearby would stop people from racing in Stockholm open or Birca cup. Theres more prestice (sp) in winning one of these races than going 6 sec in the 1/4.
Aldough for me its just as exiting going to the track.

Posted By: deaks

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 08:35 PM

How many tracks are there in Sweden.
Mick

Posted By: 1Fast340

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 09:24 PM

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Not a hundred tracks nearby would stop people from racing in Stockholm open or Birca cup. Theres more prestice (sp) in winning one of these races than going 6 sec in the 1/4.
Aldough for me its just as exiting going to the track.

you have a pretty good point there actualy

to be honest i think its very exciting stuff to watch but i still think that most of the smaller end streetraces would go away with someting like malm�s meca raceway being open alot here around stockholm but for sure birka and stockholm open would probably not go away even if there is not alot of money in it,its mostly about braging rights..

Posted By: 1Fast340

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/15/10 09:28 PM

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How many tracks are there in Sweden.
Mick

not sure about that but they are not very comon, stockholm used to have one tullinge raceway and birkacup kind of started out as a protest when it got closed down the first time, then it opened again for a few years and got closed down for the reason that there was going to be apartments built there, but that still havent happend..
as is right now the closest one is kjula i think wish is open about 5-6times in one year and its about 100-120km from stockholm, notexactly sure but its an estimate on how far away it is.

Posted By: dOc !

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/16/10 01:55 AM

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A famous drag racing person was still involved in $treet racing last I knew, making good $$$$. If course he is older now so there is a paid driver driving his $treet race vehicle.

My famous friend has told me lots of interesting tidbits about the racing days of the 60-70-80s including back in the 60's when he supported his family off of $treet racing while racing professionally.

Ahhhh ...would this person's name have the initials of T C ?

Posted By: racerx

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/16/10 02:23 AM

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best street racing video i have ever seen

x2 in along time

Posted By: Pale_Roader

Re: Warning! Street racing content inside!!! - 05/17/10 11:14 AM

Well thats an interesting way to do it, but whatever works. Simply awesome. Sure is a whole lotta crazy american muscle overseas...

Its probably a good thing that the street racing around here got so insane it got shut down just a few years ago, if it started up again next weekend it'd pretty much derail my whole life again. Ah who the hell am i kidding, i'd start it up myself tomorrow night if my car was running.