So i am filling up my 7 last nite, and a couple guys in an lancer riced out with some neon lights pull up and start drooling on my car. They then proceed to ask me if i ever go to the street races? The driver then continues to tell me where they are, i am barely listening as i am dumping my pre-mix in to the car, but i catch something about it being way down in the south end. Sarcee or Shaganappi?

He told me there are some pretty nice cars that go at it down there
anyone know about this ****?

 

Yep, been there, done that a few times. Pretty big culture, split into 2 groups and 2 locations.

 

As I am sure you would have guessed anyway,

 

well give me some more details. when does it take place and the location. is it like in the movies where there are cars and people lined on the streets and everybody scatters when the cops come?

 

yep

 

We can hook up next Saturday night and I'll give you an introduction. Perhaps line you up against Neils rb25 skyline....

 

There a turbo'd beamer you should take out as well....

 

well i gotta Skyline in my kill bag already. Not really keen on the idea of getting busted Street Racing, but i would definetly like to check it out. Although anybody down there driving a high powered car, even if not racing would probably be "Guilty by Association"

 

Yep here we go, just another "spectator". The spectators are more of a problem than the racers.

 

Its not like the old days when we used to be able to race all night with no problems. No body got hurt and the cops never bugged us.


Along came FnF and the population tripled - and so did the distruction of property, crashes and just general idiocy. I go just to chat with friends, see the cars and hang out. My last race was over 2 years ago.

 

Is that because there aren't any 3 cyl firefly's out there wanting to race the landrover.

 

I beat a 4.0L Explorer the other day.

 

LOL, haaaa, that was a quick response. I'll put my Explorer against your Landrover in a 1/4 mile any day.

 

Its a tough city with the attention that the cars are getting. Its just like the exotic guys getting up way early and booting around the small roads and highways. Now there on youtube and in the news...wait a second...what ever happened with that...huh, no longer an issue? that went away fast!

Anyways, there are a lot of low cost, high HP cars running around and people are itchin to line up. I've "accelerated" from light to light but wont keep running to top end inner city( need closed roads right! -always makes me laugh)

I used to go way back when(decade or so) around deerfoot mall but nothing great there...now you hardly hear about it.

Its good if its a few guys with minimal spectators...saw a similar setup in vancouver and there are some good runs( never seen a AWD car light up on a rolling start before! crazy power...

 

Theres enough good driving roads outside the city that there really isnt an excuse to race in the city. Just go for a good blast on a backroad. Just Try not to disturb the yocals.


You should come off-roading with me sometime gary.

 

well when were "on the record" like this i gotta act like a spectator. but its really hard 2 twist my rubber arm

 

Race city opens in a few weeks if you want to do it the legal way - and you get a sweet time slip to boot

 

And a 3 hour wait in line per run, unless of course someone breaks something. Not bad for $25.

 

and what do you think will happen when race city closes? everybody will be stretching their legs on the streets no doubt! End up like vancouver, at night you always hear someone's tires light up!( like crickets at night!)

 

That's the difference between the 2 crowds. The young crowd flows like a river following each other to the designated spot. 50-80 spectators and 10 race with a crowd at the side of the road for the first 60 feet. Wonder why the cops break this up and look to ticket? While the older crowd goes out, almost all race, nobody stands on the edge in the first 50 feet, no arm dropper to get hit at the line, and the cops tolerate this much better! Worst thing the cops have done is pull in and say it's time to go home boys.

 

Thats how it used to be period. The only time police showed up was either someone called it in while driving by, or the cop just happend to be driving by.

They'd ask you to leave and away you went back to the meeting place.

"They know exactly when racing started. It was when the second car was invented." - Richard Petty

 

Calgary is where it's at!

 

Sorry for bringing up an old thread and I know its middle of winter here, but does anyone know if these races are still going on? Been to the ones at barlow timmies but 90% of the time they suck! Are there any others going on?

 

Totally died down, nothing like it was years ago.

The closure of racecity put the last nail in the coffin

Still plenty of cars on the occasional fri or sat, but little racing at all.

 

I'm a little surprised, I thought losing the track would spike the street racing/drags scene, not kill it