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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
Actually Bob, this is very much an "anti-street racing enthusiasts" site. Read Scott's message on the front page; part of Seccs' "mission statement" is to encourage people to take it to the track or autocross course. And the "education" to help prevent future street racers will not be well supported if we are preaching against it on the one hand and condoning it (through assention of others' participation) on the other. Street racing has no business on the streets and even less here on this forum.
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While Kevin's right about the "official" stance of this board, I certainly don't want to imply that the discussion is off limits. I'd like people to feel free to support what they believe in. Just expect to take some serious heat from most of the members here, as most of us are extremely anti-street racing.
What I don't want to see on this board is discussion about specific upcoming street races. This site is not a resource for illegal activity. Nor do I want to see personal attacks and unconstructive bickering.
But like religion and politics... street racing is not one of those topics that you can change someone else's opinion on very easily. Let's not let the conversation degenerate too far.
That said... I just can't understand the attraction to street racing. 1st, most street racing is straight line racing, no? So that's part of it, since I don't care about dragging to begin with. But second, I don't understand why doing it illegally adds anything to the thrill. If you're gonna spend $1000's on moding the car to street race it, don't you have a few bucks to take it to the strip? It's not like drag racing at the track is expensive. IVM runs grudge races once a month at RFR for $30 for a full night. Autocross (which actually compares driver skill in a meaningful way) is $25/day, and there's 16 events in a season. Time trials and track days are of course more expensive, but when compared to the amount of money people spend on their cars, it's still cheap... and honestly, track time is the most effective "mod" for making a driver faster.
Please tell me that gambling on the races isn't the only reason people street race.
