[NevadaSTi]

I can't believe that I just wasted a half an hour reading through this thread.

Remember, our fathers and uncles most likely grew up racing 57 Chevy's and other performance cars of the era. Does it make it right, nope.

Hell, my uncle told me at the time he was growing up (late 60's) that the local sheriff's deputies would come out and race all the street racers. Plus, the sheriff's cars were always faster then the local cars. My uncle told me that they all got beat by the cop cars, then the deputies would point out that it would be useless for them to run from him if he pulled them over in town. My uncle tried it once, it didn't work.

Street racers is also how the professional drag racing scene started back in the late 50's. So, I guess some good stuff came from street racing. As I recall, the founders of IHRA got sick and tired of getting busted by the local police for racing their vehicles on public streets.