Memphis Street Racing - My EVO, Fbody, RX-7, Turbo Honda, WRX STI etc...

[Mellon]

I'm a 32 year old corporate professional and yes, it's a different culture here as you suspected. Street racing is frowned up here as well by society as a whole but nowhere near to the extent as our friends overseas, based on the feedback I'm getting here.



personally, I've gone to the drag strip as much as twice a week in my stealth

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and I also autox the EVO

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most of us go to the Drag Strip to get a piece of paper that tells us exactly how quick/fast we are, then we go to the street to do the real racing. Some of the guys place bets etc... I don't though.

[Mellon]

Originally Posted by Mookistar

no its not against forum rules

but neither is coming on here saying you have sex with animals.

neither are going to be met with much approval

here's a previous discussion on the matter
Street Racing Posts, whats wrong?

mook

Funny analogy, both are wrong but one is just plain sick

I read a few pages of that thread until it started sounding like a nagging wife, I had to bail... sorry

[Durzel]

I have a big problem with street racing - you shouldn't gamble with other peoples lives, and that's ultimately what you're doing if you do this on the road.

Other people who are just driving along minding their own business are not prepared for situations where 2 or more people are tearing it up near them. Whilst some people might be able to remain calm, others might freeze, take evasive action (into your path) or otherwise behave in a strange way.

Speeding is one thing - most if not all people do it when it's appropriate to do so. I don't doubt that many people who buy Skylines don't do so simply because they look good.... that said, street racing is something completely different.

Street racing posts are seriously frowned upon on here as they not only give Skyline owners in general a bad reputation, but the Police are more than capable of reading the forum (as has been proven in the past with other forums) and would I'm sure take a very dim view of the administration appearing to support street racing.

Stick to the strip or trackdays if you want to race other drivers.

[Mellon]

This is why we choose abandoned locations and or only street race with people I invited. There were no Skylines involved in the video either.

[DaleHarrison]

Put it this way, the large majority of people associated with this forum don't really like or condone street racing, because of things that can or have happened.
Now despite your username, you don't sound like a total mellon to me [yet] - So with that in mind best keep your threads about street racing all to yourself to save any further animosity being shown, or Google away to a forum that does like street racing.

Sure everyone here likes to put their foot down now and again but if it does happen on the public road you’ll rarely read about it on here in anything other than a bad light.

Keep it on a track dude

Cheers,

D.

[Trev]

Basic description.....

Street racing is ILLEGAL!

Promoting this act on a open forum is not only STUPID but also not a great advert for the forum.

Got it? Good.

[Mellon]

I'm puzzled, if the Moderators dislike street racing so much why is it that there's no rule against posting it here? Does the owner or some other moderators/admins do a little street racing behind the scenes?

[Trev]

It's an unwritten rule called.......COMMON SENSE.

[Mookistar]

we don't need to ban it.

like i say

come on here and say you have sex with animals and we'll show our disgust...


...as we will if you post about street racing.

people will soon get the message

mook

[Mellon]

I'll do my best to refrain from posting street racing videos here. I visit many forums and I might forget the unwritten rules here, so please don't jump my case too bad if I forget... I assure you it will not be intentional.

[bkvj]

Originally Posted by Mellon

only street race with people I invited

thats the thing stupid, maybe you're stupid enough to put your own and your friends live at risk, but you forget the other people to. what if a family comes home late night from having dinner somewhere, and the kid crosses the road, as 'no one drives at this hour'.

what if some drunken guy crosses the road.

you wont see them. neither will they be quick enough to run across the road away from some street racing idiots.

however, i myself wouldnt be that worried about street racing on a industrial road...if you can safely lock it and you're sure no one is there who might be at risk, then i guess im ok with it.

[GTRJack]

JEEESUS CHRIST!

I wasn't expected to see bunch of father figures..

WOW like street racing never happens in the UK, what the hell is this boy racers then at Ace Cafe London???

LINK (switch to Windows Media Player to watch it): Video - Ace Cafe London - Streetracing Supra Skyline Subaru Integra civic... Burnout , Drift

Oh yeah there's no Skylines on this video driving like nuts on the public, right?

Some of you speaks like "all Skyline owners" are such innocent moralist conservative police puppy daddy figures that never once punched the throttle on the public road or never exceed the speed limits, HAHA! Come on don't lie!! You all puppy daddy innocent figure makes me LMAO!

What harm has he done to this thread? You puppy daddy figures make it sounds like Skyline members here thinks his video is so cool that it triggers the feel "WOW WE MUST DO THE SAME".. oh yeah like anyone here would fall for that crap street racing

We don't condone street racing on this forum but puppy daddy figures makes me even more sick like they're SOOOOO FU(KING innocent and lawful on the road

Peace

[Blow Dog]

I guess the bottom line is we don't condone it.

The GTR Register is the official conduit for the GTR Owners Club. As a result, as a legally recognised entity who is subject to the rules and laws of motorsport organisations, the affiliation of the club with illegal activities is frowned upon for obvious reasons.

Personally, I prefer to rape French roads.

[kraqcommando]

Originally Posted by Eikichi

Unlike other forums, the GTROC & forum have a majority of "grown-up" members who have real jobs & hobbies, then instead of wanna be (street)-racer they'll go to a track day, which I'm sure everybody agrees is safer for both the driver & the public
I ain't an active member of the forum or even the club, but love this place as this is a great source of info about Skylines & stuff, you'll often find knowledgeable folks in here
Sorry to say that you are "polluting", if you know what I mean
Or maybe that's just a culture difference where you guys in the US where you think street racing is cool & the rest of the world think the opposite
Just out of curiosity (no honnest), how old are you & why don't you guys do track day & stuff?

Im from the states and it can be hard to find a track here, also most street racing is done after 12AM on empty highways or un-driven roads (many of which the street racers block off) I don’t agree with street racing but he was doing it in an empty area and did not appear to be putting the public in danger and far be it from me to tell him he can't kill himself street racing. When street racing happens it almost can be an “event” here.

[bkvj]

Originally Posted by GTRJack

JEEESUS CHRIST!

I wasn't expected to see bunch of father figures..

WOW like street racing never happens in the UK, what the hell is this boy racers then at Ace Cafe London???

LINK (switch to Windows Media Player to watch it): Video - Ace Cafe London - Streetracing Supra Skyline Subaru Integra civic... Burnout , Drift

Oh yeah there's no Skylines on this video driving like nuts on the public, right?

Some of you speaks like "all Skyline owners" are such innocent moralist conservative police puppy daddy figures that never once punched the throttle on the public road or never exceed the speed limits, HAHA! Come on don't lie!! You all puppy daddy innocent figure makes me LMAO!

What harm has he done to this thread? You puppy daddy figures make it sounds like Skyline members here thinks his video is so cool that it triggers the feel "WOW WE MUST DO THE SAME".. oh yeah like anyone here would fall for that crap street racing

We don't condone street racing on this forum but puppy daddy figures makes me even more sick like they're SOOOOO FU(KING innocent and lawful on the road

Peace

i think they mean most if not all GTR members here wont go out and street race. if they did, they wouldnt film it and they certainly wont put it on an OPEN forum.

you dont ever know what will happen on an open road. A grandpa driving with his lights out, someone crossing the street...