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When German street racers try to go legit.

November 22, 2009

I will classify this article under “Odd automotive news from around the world.” Police in Baden-Württemburg raided the famous Hockenheim race track Saturday night.
Around 100 individuals with 43 cars slipped into the famous F1 track to hold some nighttime racing when they were confronted by German police.
The illegal participants were fined said a police [...]

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I Rest My Case

November 4, 2009

I have seen so many blogs and websites that blatantly brag about street racing and if that isn’t idiotic as it is, trying to tell them how dumb it is is more akin to preaching to the Choir.

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Shutter Speed: Tragedy strikes again and again!

November 3, 2009

During the next two summers we hit the race tracks when we could afford it, but mostly we just hung out and partied. There were three events that hit us all very hard over this period of time. The first involved one of my co-conspirators in the ‘blue movie’ caper in high school. Of the [...]

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The Road Runners 1952

May 11, 2009

Think street racing is a new problem? Think again. The youth of today have been ripping up the streets since they were the youth of yesterday. Your parent’s parents terrorized their towns in their beaters just as the neighbor’s kid in a clapped out Civic blasts down your street. Coffee can tailpipes? Grandpa did it [...]

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Best street race ever. Don’t try this at home.

April 5, 2009

For years and years, people have been stuffing American muscle in Volvos. This must be the absolute king of the Volvo conversion.
Volvette beats R1.
190 mph!

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Win tickets to see Fast & Furious preview in San Francisco

March 11, 2009

The first Fast & Furious movie brought together action, cars and girls in a way never done before. Whether it was the wicked car scenes or the the hot girls, the move brought tuner culture to the mainstream and even crusty old car guys like me got into it. Heck, even Mrs. Grant got into [...]

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Where oh Where is that new Corolla?

August 6, 2007

Well, its no secret that the current clad Corolla is well over-due for its model year makeover. Toyota has now hung onto the current design, extending the conforming, utilitarian, and conservative (read: boring) outlook for 2 extra years. In some circles I have heard this to be a really interesting strategy:
1. Civic/Mazda3/Lancer [...]

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Should street racers cars be crushed?

June 21, 2007

With street racing related deaths on the rise across North America, governments and police forces are having to try new and drastic measures to combat the illegal and dangerous activity. On Wednesday in California, several known street racer’s rides were sent to the crusher to send a message to other racers that their hobby will [...]

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Blogosphere talks street racing

June 6, 2006

Like it or not, street racing is part of our culture. Long romanticized by song writers and authors, there is no denying that songs like “Dead Man’s Curve” are anything but a glorification of the danger surrounding street racing.
I was cruisin’ in my Stingray late one night
When an XKE pulled up on the right
And rolled [...]

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When does street racing become a criminal offence?

May 31, 2006

Last week, the Provincial government here in Ontario announced that they would be working to make street racing a criminal offence. Within days of this announcement, a couple were killed on the way to celebrate their 17th wedding anniversary when they turned left in front of a street race in action. Investigators estimate that the [...]

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