Drag Times (CIVIL conversation turned moral debate about street-racing)
03-23-2011, 06:31 PM
#21
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If it is done at a dragstrip, then what is the big deal? I pay for my truck, so if I want to run it up the dragstrip, then I will. Here is a whole forum devoted to truck performance www.performancetrucks.net . Here is the last truck I had http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x606TAgKs6Y. I think some of the old farts need to get over this stuff.
03-23-2011, 07:01 PM
#22
I gotcha. From the few things I have read, people on the ford truck sites for the most part are against racing a truck anywhere. What they dont understand is that with the normal weight reduction, you are really close to what the new sports cars weigh anyway (aside from the corvette, or gutted cars). The trucks are just as capable as cars at high speeds with the right equipment (doesn't matter if it is on the street or at the track for this), just like a car has to have the right equipment.
03-23-2011, 07:09 PM
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03-23-2011, 07:13 PM
#24
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As stated, the issue is street racing.
The deleted posts were stoplight to stoplight ***** waving competitions, and had nothing to do with anything on a track.
The deleted posts were stoplight to stoplight ***** waving competitions, and had nothing to do with anything on a track.
03-23-2011, 07:39 PM
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***** waving??? so what is comparing your track times to someone elses ? lol i guess that is completely different huh
03-23-2011, 07:46 PM
#26
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The difference between strip times and stoplight to stoplight is that on a properly run strip you're only endangering yourself.
03-23-2011, 08:37 PM
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03-23-2011, 08:45 PM
#28
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Okay, if we're going to split f~ing hairs.........
Everyone at the race track KNOWS they're at a race track, and knows WHY they're at the race track and knows the RISK with being at the race track, or is in the company of someone (such as a parent) who, being of legal ,majority, should know said risks and be well enough aware of them to make a mature decision to be present at such a place.
If two idiots want to announce that they're idiots to everyone and drag race on the street, the only people who have agreed to be there are the idiots behind the wheel(s), leaving the rest of the unwitting spectators in possible danger with no knowledge of the risks they are undertaking by walking down their sidewalk or commuting to work (or engaging in other legal activities to numerous to be listed in the space allowed in the thread).
Everyone at the race track KNOWS they're at a race track, and knows WHY they're at the race track and knows the RISK with being at the race track, or is in the company of someone (such as a parent) who, being of legal ,majority, should know said risks and be well enough aware of them to make a mature decision to be present at such a place.
If two idiots want to announce that they're idiots to everyone and drag race on the street, the only people who have agreed to be there are the idiots behind the wheel(s), leaving the rest of the unwitting spectators in possible danger with no knowledge of the risks they are undertaking by walking down their sidewalk or commuting to work (or engaging in other legal activities to numerous to be listed in the space allowed in the thread).
03-23-2011, 08:49 PM
#29
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yeah but everyone there is a willing participant if they are spectating or participating in a drag race at a legal sanctioned race track. Illegal street racing endangers innocent none willing participants and general public that use the roadways. (me, my family, my pregnant wife ect) do you see the difference?
03-23-2011, 09:33 PM
#30
Okay, if we're going to split f~ing hairs.........
Everyone at the race track KNOWS they're at a race track, and knows WHY they're at the race track and knows the RISK with being at the race track, or is in the company of someone (such as a parent) who, being of legal ,majority, should know said risks and be well enough aware of them to make a mature decision to be present at such a place.
If two idiots want to announce that they're idiots to everyone and drag race on the street, the only people who have agreed to be there are the idiots behind the wheel(s), leaving the rest of the unwitting spectators in possible danger with no knowledge of the risks they are undertaking by walking down their sidewalk or commuting to work (or engaging in other legal activities to numerous to be listed in the space allowed in the thread).
Everyone at the race track KNOWS they're at a race track, and knows WHY they're at the race track and knows the RISK with being at the race track, or is in the company of someone (such as a parent) who, being of legal ,majority, should know said risks and be well enough aware of them to make a mature decision to be present at such a place.
If two idiots want to announce that they're idiots to everyone and drag race on the street, the only people who have agreed to be there are the idiots behind the wheel(s), leaving the rest of the unwitting spectators in possible danger with no knowledge of the risks they are undertaking by walking down their sidewalk or commuting to work (or engaging in other legal activities to numerous to be listed in the space allowed in the thread).
