I bet there will be some heavy hitters at this thing.
strreet drag racing at city airport.


http://motorcityshowdown.com

I grew-up three blocks south of the airport...

When I worked downtown, that neighborhood was thee most dangerous in the city...

Uniformed police officers did not go in there unless it was due to a call...

And never alone...


I was down there a coupla' weeks ago...

French road is solid rubber...


We'll be there...

On the ready...

I'll be coming to this one. My boy there made it happen and I was so anxious to break the story a couple of months back, but had to keep it under wraps because of press privileges first.

That might be fun, I'm interested

All ready had some hitters tuning their stuff on my dyno. It will be fun to see.

I was thinking of flying back to Detroit to watch this race, but the schedule states, racing from 5-8pm, not worth the trouble for me. But if I still lived there, I would be at race. The video of the police chief starting a car was hilarious. He was realllll happy.

It will be cool to see videos of this event.

Seems to be an already pre selected group or invitational type thing for racers. I signed up to the do car show. Seems like a cool event. I hope it takes off and they can make a good event out of it.

That's it? Three hours for all the on-track activities? How much can they do in only three hours, unless they've limited it to about a dozen cars total?

Ever wonder why they quit at 8.. I wouldnt be
in that area after dark.. and I went to welding
school at the airport years ago.. its a waste of
time for me

Same here...It wasn't much more to enter the show than it would be to pay for a ticket and "secure" parking

Then start the event earlier before the 'hood-ites come out after sundown.

Well, that's just an OPINION from someone who has never been to Detroit, but lived and/or worked in LA & Washington, D.C., both of which have their "off limits" areas, too.

I hope the event goes well, just seems like there isn't enough time to do it right.

Start it earlier.. come on.. people are working..
this will be a flop.. JMO.. if people know the area

So it's not even being held on a weekend when people might actually have time to attend & participate?

Never mind...

I see areas of Detroit getting better all the time. Is it a quick turn around, no. But can tell you the last few years are remarkable. My bet it won't be any different than grudge night at Milan. We go to Detroit frequently. Are there some bad spots, yes. I've gone over and done some post production debug at nights at JNAP assembly not far from there, never had an issue
Doug

I agree with this completely. I moved here in 2002, and what the city is now compared to when I moved here is incredibly impressive.

Even in the mid 2000's when you still could see fires burning on devil's night, and it had a terrible reputation, I always was able to explore without issue. Spent lots of time in Hamtramck and have been to many shows at Harpos, never have had issues.

The 3 roughest blocks of Detroit are on the west side if I remember correctly, too.

Guys, this event, probably the first of its kind in Detroit is not tailor made for everyone. It is the first year and if it gets great reception and turnout even with 20 cars, then they'll do again either next year or when warm months allow for a weekly thing. I'm going to try my best to go as a spectator at the very least just to see first hand what this becomes, rough neighborhood or not.
This is a great thing for y'all in the (D)
I mean, back in the day most of us city dwellers did not expect go to the street races on Park Avenue or Madison Avenue here in New York or Boston Edison or Jefferson Avenue in Grosse Pointe in Michigan, No, we went to the roughest, blighted neighborhoods where the real action was. Could it be shady in those parts, yes, but the Police are involved and most of the bad boy cars are well known in the rough parts of town anyways, that's why they are considered outlaws in the first place. Just be careful and smart on how you navigate these areas for any occasion.
Let this be in the spirit of the late great Big Willies dream; "For creeds of all kinds to bring the cars and breath.
I say, give this one a good pulse in the arm for the sake of having the Cities Mayor, Police Chief on your side of the table while having some respectable fun.

Here's your chance to get those grudges off and runnin'

I wish they could do the same here at Floyd Bennett field or out on Long Islands Grumman facility. Time and participation will tell. Perhaps, you Detroiters will give notion to other cities to try and dip their toes in the VHT.

Bring 'em boys and gals.

Flashlight drags at local airports was very popular and well attended here back in the mid-2000s. Very fun event that brought out a lot of people that would not go to the drag strip (racers and spectators). The format for the Detroit event seems different than the Flashlight drags, but I would go if I lived in the area. Why not?

I have only been here since 2012, but visited often in the early/mid 2000's.

Even in the last 5 years there have been drastic improvements, but they are limited to certain areas...I hope to be moving down there soon, the toys might have an offsite residents in the sticks though...

I hope the event is a success, and they will open it up to more cars in the future.

I guess as a first TIME TRIAL basis, they were limited in car count invitation based on the limited time to make it happen. $ hours from what I hear. I mean, you can wait that long at some tracks here just between rounds or time trials, so it should be a packed schedule and run off to get it all in within the time frame providing no one has an engine/drive train abortion on the runway.
I guess they want to get their feelers out there to see what logistics need to be introduced or improved upon. This should be fun and interesting.