Vintage Street Race Story

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**lowmile** · #1 12-30-2003, 04:27 PM

I just read that story out of the mag about 2 days ago. I found it in the top of my shop. It was in vol.5 no.3 of Muscle Cars. Weird timing. m

JoeC · #2 12-31-2003, 04:12 PM

The story could be true as I have heard many crazy stories about NY area street racing. With 10 million people living within driving distance it would be easy to get 1000s of spectators to a street race at 2am on a Sat or Fri night. There were NY clubs that ran street races like an NHRA race but no scales. They had entrace fees, tech inspection, and gave out win decals. There were even food vendors at some of the big races. Some of the top cars were quicker then NHRA pro stockers as they would have same engines/chas but would be much lighter. That is a good story and there are some like it in old magazines. I have some similar great street racing stories in my head that I need to type out some day.

55chevy · #3 12-31-2003, 06:58 PM

Joe, sounds like you have something to do today

Ozark · #4 12-31-2003, 07:27 PM

Hi, I'm new to the board. Does anyone here remember Hall Street in north St.Louis, MO.? Used to be a street racing hot spot. They even shut the street down from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. to keep the racers out. I grew up about three miles from there.

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