Street Racing
Street racing is an illegal sport that is growing popular at an alarming rate. Street racing is the concept of high performance automobliles racing on public roadways illegally. Individuals will take a basic car and tune it up to be very quick and very powerful. The idea of street racing originates from the legal sport of drag racing. Drag racing is an internationally recognized sport governed by the NHRA, the National Hot Rod Association. Drag racing consist of two drivers in separate cars lined up at a starting point on a quarter mile drag strip. The two cars are given a green light and race to the end of the quarter mile strip to see who finished the track in the shortest time. The whole thing is pretty simple and kind of dull to most people. Street racing is similar in concept but is completely different once acted out. Mainly street racing is non-supervised and illegal, also its not governed by set rules, there is no safety crew or precautions, there are no engine regulations, and the drivers are usually inexperienced. All these differences add together to make some serious thrills and some serious spills.
Illegal street racing has been around since cars were first mass produced back in the early 40 's. The idea of widespread street racing didn 't begin to get popular until early 1990. When it first started it was dominated by teenager 's and young adults with high performance street cars. Street cars are your basic automobile sold to the general public with non-factory performance parts added by the owners. Drag racing is performed by cars that are non-street legal and look like nothing you would normally see driving down the road. Street racing gets its popularity from the idea that almost anybody can do it. All one has to do is own a moderate sports car, have a fondness for driving cars and fair amount of either stupidity or recklessness. The concept also works around the idea that some people don 't have the time or money to use a legall
Illegal street racing has been around since cars were first mass produced back in the early 40 's. The idea of widespread street racing didn 't begin to get popular until early 1990. When it first started it was dominated by teenager 's and young adults with high performance street cars. Street cars are your basic automobile sold to the general public with non-factory performance parts added by the owners. Drag racing is performed by cars that are non-street legal and look like nothing you would normally see driving down the road. Street racing gets its popularity from the idea that almost anybody can do it. All one has to do is own a moderate sports car, have a fondness for driving cars and fair amount of either stupidity or recklessness. The concept also works around the idea that some people don 't have the time or money to use a legall
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