i think the main reason so many people tend to street race in the bay area is due to the fact the closest track around here is either infineon or sac raceway. I would bet anyone if a track opened that was more local we would see a lot less street racing around here.

 

true true!

 

lol.... on the towing.. least they towed it right. Didnt drag the rear wheels.

 

+1...that and a lot of people don't want to pay to run.

 

but what they don't understand is pay 30 each time, or pay nothing and get caught and pay 1000+ or even worse, pay someone else's life simply because you wanted to do 110+ on a residential street...

 

hmm its not about having carb number these days. its up to the damn cop if he wants to let you go or shaft you. i have few friends slightly modded cars all legal stuff they still get send to state ref because the cops dont know what the **** his doin or his just being an *******. it really comes down to the cops

 

You also have to think of the idea behind the law. The cop doesn't know every single part that is and isn't carb legal for a car. He doesn't know what the stickers are supposed to look like or how to spot a fake. He doesn't have a list of phone number for aftermarket part makers in order to call and verify that the CARB number in in fact a true CARB number for that part made for that car. The only people who have/know all of the above info is the ref. Therefore, the ref was made up so that the cops could refer you to someone who does know what they are doing, and does know what should and shouldnt be on there. Basically, if a cop has a question as to whether or not something should be on there, he can make a guess, or send you to the ref, and by law, that is at his discretion.

Now, if you want to ride around with parts that you know aren't "street legal" for your car, then you've gotta understand that if you get caught, it's on you. You've gotta pay to play.

Now, I know that there are some cops out there that are dicks and have sent completely completely absolutely stock cars to the ref simply to be a dick. And those aren't the ones I'm talking about. I'm saying cops are taught that if they see steel braided lines, if they see red/blue fittings, if they see polished parts, it's most likely aftermarket and to send that person to the ref to check to see if it's a street legal part or not.

 

they should've said they were filming for F&F4

 

haha, 8/10

 

Damn that sucks "pretty a lot."

 

I remember being pulled over 3x in less than a mile in my friends integra. The 2nd cop spotted his fake CARB sticker and knew he had an LSD Tranny =\ That was scary.

I better black out that shiny Cusco Heatshield

 

wow....bunch of Hondas and kids trying to prove that they have a fast car.

 

You know I bet if they didn't close down Fremont drag strip back in the eighties, there would be a lot less street racing today.

The good old days, I still have many fond memories of the place. My dad took me there back in the seventies to meet Carroll Shelby. My dad was big on racing the '66 Shelby GT350H. This is when you could get it from Hertz rent a car back then. I remember he always told me he tried to get the same car because the 2 others they had at Hertz had different roll cage holes under the carpet and he didn't want two different roll cages in the garage. My dad always had one reserved every weekend. He said the car was a good year because I was born later that year. He got me into go kart racing at Fremont Raceway when I was 12 because there was also a oval track there. As I progressed it moved onto a race track near Sacramento where I went every weekend special thanks to my sponsers back then - Dutch Boy Paints and Invader Go Karts.

Long story short it was really a sad day back in November 1988 when Fremont Raceway came to a close. Though my dad hadn't been there in years it brought tears in his eyes from his past there and where I started.

Granted there was always street racing back in the day, there was just a lot less due to the Fremont Drap Strip...

 

haha, there's some video of some of the people from my town street racing in like the late 70's and ****...hella funny with the hair dos and clothes and stuff...

 

damm u can see one bugeye!