Street races..

[93coupett]

I remember when I could get in my car and drive it. now its just a rusty ass shell wasting away. So depressed when I saw it yesterday... I guess Im still happy I have it, but not really glad I ever spent the money on it now.

I feel the same way minus the rusty part. Mine should be going within the next few months for the 1st time in 6 years. I think when it's on jackstands all you think of is the thousands upon thousands wasted, but as soon as you drive it that goes away. Thats what I'm hoping anyway.

[SOLOW55]

Anything still go on around the 1187 area? I remember it use to be big back in the day

1187 cooled down alot after big Lee died .

[slowbrick2]

Me and my bother where at Astro one Saturday night and got caught in the middle of a drive thru shooting. They shot out the windows in my old truck while we were sitting in it. I was done after that. It took 3years to find a back glass.

[Rustang]

Started in the early 80's at Mark IV, spent a lot of time behind Miller, my favorite was Garden Acres, that was safer and better racing. The Maverick was fun, made lots of money with it, everyone underestimated a SBF/nitrous back then. The Mustang, not so much, the 460 pretty much ruined that for me. It fooled a few, 351c emblems, and I didn't correct people if they thought is was one. I pretty much quit street racing after Lee's accident. Plus, a high 10 second car ain't nothing today!

[SonicblueGT03]

Garden Acres? You mean when we did it on the service road of I-35? Safer? Yeah, if you think a full run with cars on both sides of the road was safe. My best memory of that clusterfuck was one night when the cops finally caught on and tried to arrest/ticket everyone there. Had to be a couple of hundred cars. They came by, one by one, and told us to move down the road and park and wait for them. Eventually, they were still by Garden Acres and we were nearly down to Crowley Rd, so we just kept on driving. No tickets that night.

Some of the "funnest" street racing back then was done over on Campus Drive by TCJC. We could usually talk the campus cops into racing with us.

[BP]

Garden Acres kind of died when they built the big gas station. It was a massive parking lot that I thought was intended for people to congregate and for a few months that's what happened. Eventually though the police blocked it in and started writing everyone tickets.

Northwest Hwy in front of the liquor store used to be the best racing. Las Calinas police would block off their side but Dallas didn't seem to care. That and if they did show up you'd have a good mile head start and plenty of ways to get away. That all ended with a drunk plowing through the crowd though.

[STROKD]

I feel the same way minus the rusty part. Mine should be going within the next few months for the 1st time in 6 years. I think when it's on jackstands all you think of is the thousands upon thousands wasted, but as soon as you drive it that goes away. Thats what I'm hoping anyway.

For what I have in my damn pos modding it AFTER it was running for years, I could have a fucken blown Grand Sport like Vic's in the garage as a daily... and I bet that 408 would still be running strong, burnt down cylinders and all.

[Kart21]

Remember the Dallas / Garland Airport Runway. For about a month.That was good times until the cops ran everyone off. Then they dug it up in sections.

Collins Rd in South Garland ,Mesquite near the power plant. 4 tickets in one night just about cost me everything. Comp. of Speed, Driving in the wrong lane, Speeding, doing a burnout.

$800.00 in 1976. Garland Judge did let me pay it out @$50.00 a week, after I saw him in person with the cash.

[SEB]

I took The Rat out first time in 6 years to the races over by Frys and actually got a few races in

[Stephen]

I really want to go again but sit way away

I really miss the long nights on emerald/royal/regal etc

[BoostedGT]

Man you guys are bringing up awesome memories... I was in high school going out to Regal Row, Royal Lane, Luna, NW Hwy. It was like the circuit. Cops would come to one spot and we just make the rotation till everyone was tired of racing. I can remember Regal Row being back up three wide under the bridge and up the hill.

[HECDOGGIE]

Man you guys are bringing up awesome memories... I was in high school going out to Regal Row, Royal Lane, Luna, NW Hwy. It was like the circuit. Cops would come to one spot and we just make the rotation till everyone was tired of racing. I can remember Regal Row being back up three wide under the bridge and up the hill.

Those were the good ol days... before social media and texting.

[E_Low]

Those were the good ol days... before social media and texting.

Exactly!

[bird_dog0347]

Man you guys are bringing up awesome memories... I was in high school going out to Regal Row, Royal Lane, Luna, NW Hwy. It was like the circuit. Cops would come to one spot and we just make the rotation till everyone was tired of racing. I can remember Regal Row being back up three wide under the bridge and up the hill.

Hell yeah those were fun times for sure!

[slow99]

Northwest Hwy in front of the liquor store used to be the best racing. Las Calinas police would block off their side but Dallas didn't seem to care. That and if they did show up you'd have a good mile head start and plenty of ways to get away. That all ended with a drunk plowing through the crowd though.

That's what I remember.