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Is anyone out there collecting old street racing articles?I'd like to start a collecton.I'm looking into a book my cousin has that is titled Confessions of a Street Racer,or something like that.HiPerformance Cars magazine had some good ones back in the 80s.
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Check old Philly Inquirer newspapers. There used to be TONS of articles relating to street racing.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Fast67VelleN2O</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Check old Philly Inquirer newspapers. There used to be TONS of articles relating to street racing. </div></div>
Some good videos on Youtube also right Fast [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JF9TpBeMCk Tag light so bright . |
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One article that I can't forget was in an issue of Car Craft (I think). I detailed an arranged high dollar street race that was supposed to take place late one night in the Chicago area.
One car was a 1969 Camaro Z28 RS that was owned by a guy named Scotty Brown. The car had a nasty tunnel rammed big block, narrowed rear and a Lenco transmission. His opponent was Steve Lisk and his 1971 Hemi Challenger, also tunnel ram equipped, narrowed Dana 60 and a Lenco. The article starts describing the cars unloading and prepping for the race when the cops show up, or something like that. Whatever happened the story ends without the race taking place. |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: C1SS396</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Fast67VelleN2O</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Check old Philly Inquirer newspapers. There used to be TONS of articles relating to street racing. </div></div>
Some good videos on Youtube also right Fast [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JF9TpBeMCk Tag light so bright . </div></div> That was the night I exploded the clutch [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img] |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave Rifkin</div><div class="ubbcode-body">One article that I can't forget was in an issue of Car Craft (I think). I detailed an arranged high dollar street race that was supposed to take place late one night in the Chicago area.
One car was a 1969 Camaro Z28 RS that was owned by a guy named Scotty Brown. The car had a nasty tunnel rammed big block, narrowed rear and a Lenco transmission. His opponent was Steve Lisk and his 1971 Hemi Challenger, also tunnel ram equipped, narrowed Dana 60 and a Lenco. The article starts describing the cars unloading and prepping for the race when the cops show up, or something like that. Whatever happened the story ends without the race taking place. </div></div> I remember that article...I think that those were code names for Kwhizz and Stefano! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Fast67VelleN2O</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: C1SS396</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Fast67VelleN2O</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Check old Philly Inquirer newspapers. There used to be TONS of articles relating to street racing. </div></div>
Some good videos on Youtube also right Fast [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JF9TpBeMCk Tag light so bright . </div></div> That was the night I exploded the clutch [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img] </div></div> Doh !!! I still like the ghost buster video better ... |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xplantdad</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave Rifkin</div><div class="ubbcode-body">One article that I can't forget was in an issue of Car Craft (I think). I detailed an arranged high dollar street race that was supposed to take place late one night in the Chicago area.
One car was a 1969 Camaro Z28 RS that was owned by a guy named Scotty Brown. The car had a nasty tunnel rammed big block, narrowed rear and a Lenco transmission. His opponent was Steve Lisk and his 1971 Hemi Challenger, also tunnel ram equipped, narrowed Dana 60 and a Lenco. The article starts describing the cars unloading and prepping for the race when the cops show up, or something like that. Whatever happened the story ends without the race taking place. </div></div> I remember that article...I think that those were code names for Kwhizz and Stefano! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] </div></div> November 1978 Car Craft http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...6/IMAG0522.jpg |
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I will try and scan it in latter little blurry ..Don't forget Street Racer Magazine from late 70's early 80's ..few copy on ebay . http://stores.ebay.com/old-car-stuff-and...p;_sid=82798895
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That Car Craft Street Racing article is really a great read. I remember that article well. The '69 Camaro Z/28 owner was 20-something and his car was pretty radical with a nice Rat motor(468 CID, I think), Lenco 4-Speed and big tires under the rear. He was supposed to race some kind of bad-ass'ed Corvette the weekend Car Craft was in town but the Vette was a no show. So then they agreed to race Kevin Lawrence and his BBC '69 Chevelle that even had a 4-Speed if I remember correctly. I think the cops showed up and put an end to anything happening before the race went down. Kevin Lawrence later ended up with the old Doc Dixon '69 Camaro M/P car and turned it into one of them Chi-Town Outlaw Super Stockers about 20 years ago.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markjohnson</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> He was supposed to race some kind of bad-ass'ed Corvette the weekend Car Craft was in town but the Vette was a no show. </div></div>
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Here is an old thread about it with a few scanned articles:
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthrea...3204#Post363204 Jan |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xplantdad</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave Rifkin</div><div class="ubbcode-body">One article that I can't forget was in an issue of Car Craft (I think). I detailed an arranged high dollar street race that was supposed to take place late one night in the Chicago area.
One car was a 1969 Camaro Z28 RS that was owned by a guy named Scotty Brown. The car had a nasty tunnel rammed big block, narrowed rear and a Lenco transmission. His opponent was Steve Lisk and his 1971 Hemi Challenger, also tunnel ram equipped, narrowed Dana 60 and a Lenco. The article starts describing the cars unloading and prepping for the race when the cops show up, or something like that. Whatever happened the story ends without the race taking place. </div></div> I remember that article...I think that those were code names for Kwhizz and Stefano! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] </div></div> Must have been Stefano........I "Never" participated in anything that was "Ilegal", unsanctioned, unsafe, and I never exceeded the Legal posted speed limit anywhere on the streets of Chicago...........I was a "Model" citizen growing up in the Windy city...........Now....Stefano I'm not so sure about......... |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I "Never" participated in anything that was "Ilegal", unsanctioned, unsafe, and I never exceeded the Legal posted speed limit anywhere on the streets of Chicago...........I was a "Model" citizen growing up in the Windy city...........</div></div>
Yeah, sure you were.......... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/bs.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img] |
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Great stuff.I remember a similar article.I think the Camaro was orange and in the beginning it started with the guys prepping the Camaro.One guy had just arrived with a couple of bottles of NOS and some other guy had gone out to pick up the new slicks.Same deal.I don't think the race ever got off.
I also remember a number of articles about the Connecting Highways area.I think it was in NY?It really got crazy.They would drop some wreck on the entrance ramp to block the traffic.I remember one race were they were actually going to do it in the middle of winter.A couple of the brothers had developed some burnout mix that wouldn't freeze.LOL. The one that stands out the most was an article about some stroked GTO.It was an old article as I had used it for an essay in high school back in 1969.I couldn't believe that my Grammer teacher actually went for it and believed I really wrote it.I got a AAA+ and the teacher told me that I should consider a career in writing.LOL.If you are reading this Mr Guyat.I ended up working for the Beer Store for 32 years.:) |
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For years, guys from the Southside of Chicago raced big block Corvettes and punched-out Cadillacs on a one-mile section of the Skyway on Saturday nights. They even had the start and finish lines painted. It was crazy! Then CarCraft came to do a story and the whole scene was shut down by the police. It was all about gearing and torque in a one-mile street race.
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I've heard of that "Flying Mile" race a long time ago. I remember a particular story about a highly modified Oldsmobile Quad 4 that raced there.
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A lot of us in the Detroit area used to race on Northline road, now part of Metro Airport. Ron....
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I heard about those "flying mile" races.I have a twin turbo C5 that makes 716RWHP and runs high 9s.It's a damn fast street car but nothing compared to some of my friends cars which make 1000+RWHP.Some of these guys are from Texas and they race from a roll on some local highway.They run from 80-200MPH.They own blown C5s,twin turbo Lambos and Ford GT40s.Crazy money.Imagine buying a new Lambo and then dropping another $100,000 into the car for a built twin turbo motor.The only legal racing they do is the Texas Mile.On the forum that the Texas C5 guys hang out in they always talk about racing in Mexico.I live in Canada and I figured these guys are close to the border and they go to Mexico because there is no cops on the highway.Doh.Turns out the forum rules do not allow any posts about street racing.To get around that rule they say they were racing in Mexico last night.LOL.Man did I feel stupid once I found out.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave Rifkin</div><div class="ubbcode-body">One article that I can't forget was in an issue of Car Craft (I think). I detailed an arranged high dollar street race that was supposed to take place late one night in the Chicago area.
One car was a 1969 Camaro Z28 RS that was owned by a guy named Scotty Brown. The car had a nasty tunnel rammed big block, narrowed rear and a Lenco transmission. His opponent was Steve Lisk and his 1971 Hemi Challenger, also tunnel ram equipped, narrowed Dana 60 and a Lenco. The article starts describing the cars unloading and prepping for the race when the cops show up, or something like that. Whatever happened the story ends without the race taking place. </div></div>The Steve Lisk Hemi Challenger was in the Hot Rod Sept 77 issue. It was also in the Sept 2010 issue (Where are they now? ) |
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I think I have that Hot Rod in my archives.
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I remember cruising to and hanging out on high st. In pottstown,pa. Then heading to philly around midnight to watch the street racing near the stadium
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Great!Thanks for the link.I just ordered 2 articles from Ebay.It would be cool if we could set up some kind of online librairy.
"Big Willie".I remember him.I think he was in the beginning of "2 lane blacktop".That and Bullet are my 2 favorite movies for fast cars.I still get a chill everytime I watch Bullet and the Charger first hits it. If anyone wanted to swap/sell a copy of an article,I would be into that. Thanks for all the replys. <span style="font-style: italic"> </span> |
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Here is the book I was looking for.It's not cheap but some great stories.
http://www.amazon.ca/Muscle-Car-Conf.../dp/0760328315 |
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I was 13 when that November '78 issue of CC came out featuring that Scott Brown article. I was so hooked on that mag that I remember waiting by the mail box for the mail man to arrive!! Do these mags today even send out writers to do stories like that anymore?? That article turned me into the menace I am today.....LOL!
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Fast67VelleN2O</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Check old Philly Inquirer newspapers. There used to be TONS of articles relating to street racing. </div></div>
Friday Sept 19 1997 Philadelphia Daily News Cover .. This is the poster size cover i made my self that night(I work for the paper then ) Had it hanging in my garage since ...http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...6/IMAG0537.jpg |
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Damn, I remember the friday and saturday nights I spent down at JFK, Front street, delaware ave and the meadows back in the early/ mid 80's. Those were some crazy times with tons of 60's and 70's muscle. I remember my camaro using a tank of gas to get down there, another tank to cruise around and "play", and a fill up to get home. Sunoco 94 @ 1.23 a gallon..............
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I remember seeing the Roush / Ruggirello Mustang II for sale at the Atlantic City car auction way back when they held it at the old convention center. The Boss '9 was long gone and it had been painted white with blue stripes.
Years later I saw it on a used car lot in Pleasantville, NJ and again at a trucking companies parking lot later on. I wish I had the money to buy it and return it to it's former glory. |
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I covered some street racing when I was Car Craft's tech editor around 10 years ago. It was a lot of fun but I wouldn't do it again. When you show up to these spots with an expensive camera, with a huge flash mounted on top, and are shooting pictures of cars launching and doing burnouts, it's a matter of time before you're "asked" to get lost.
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I remember seeing you Camaro down there Rich then. Those were fun times. We used to cruise the Levittown parkway and Hatboro too.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MagicRatt</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Damn, I remember the friday and saturday nights I spent down at JFK, Front street, delaware ave and the meadows back in the early/ mid 80's. Those were some crazy times with tons of 60's and 70's muscle. I remember my camaro using a tank of gas to get down there, another tank to cruise around and "play", and a fill up to get home. Sunoco 94 @ 1.23 a gallon.............. Rich </div></div> |
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I remember seeing it at the 'junkyard pumpkin run' show in English Creek nj about 10 years ago too
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I remember when that issue came out.. That was just before the ricer movement ruined everything too
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: C1SS396</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Fast67VelleN2O</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Check old Philly Inquirer newspapers. There used to be TONS of articles relating to street racing. </div></div> Friday Sept 19 1997 Philadelphia Daily News Cover .. This is the poster size cover i made my self that night(I work for the paper then ) Had it hanging in my garage since ...http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...6/IMAG0537.jpg </div></div> |
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Frank, I had so much fun downtown with that damn camaro it makes the hairs on my arm stand up just thinking about them nights.......
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Hooligans............................
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That's what I am talking about.
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