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Getting Some Track Time with Your Vehicle

Most car tuning enthusiasts modify their street vehicles to provide them with extreme performance. While many of these modifications are practical and functional, most can only be realized on the track. If you have modified your vehicle for extreme performance, but are unable to utilize it on your streets, then it’s time to take your vehicle to the track.

Before You Go
Most localities have a track that is not that far away. Even if it is a couple of hours distance, it may well be worth your time to take your vehicle to the track to enjoy the performance you worked hard modifying. However, before you take your vehicle to the track, there are a few things you should know. Every track’s requirements are different, so make sure you know exactly when there is open track time available and regulations they have in place. It should also be noted that most tracks require the driver to have safety gear such as a helmet and working seatbelts. Some may go further in safety gear; however a phone call will usually be able to gain valuable info on what you need. In addition, check on fees, the cost of insurance (if it is available) and any other information that fits your type of vehicle.

Once at the Track
Once at the track, use your time wisely. Make sure your vehicle is ready to go, don’t get to the track and start making modifications that should have been done in the garage. Obviously, some tweaking will need to be done depending on the track conditions, but since you are paying for the time, be prepared. Finally, make sure safety is a priority. It is easy to think that a track environment is much safer than the street, however a lot can still go wrong, so make sure you are always on your game and pay attention to the rules of the track- they are there for everyone’s safety.

Tags: Car Racing, Car Tuning, Car Tuning Shows, Street Racing

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The Dangers Of Street Racing

One of the more dangerous activities that any driver can participate in is the participation in a street racing event. Street racing is not a new phenomenon, but with newer technology and faster cars being accessible to more and more younger people these days, it has developed into a much larger problem than it has been at different times in the past. Street racing may be exhilarating for the driver, but it is also extremely dangerous and justifiably illegal.

The negative effects of street racing are many and most are actually quite serious. The traffic violation possibilities range from a simple speeding ticket up to reckless driving and more if the car is involved in an accident. These types of infractions can lead to loss of a drivers license, impoundment of the vehicle, or even jail time. There are even worse possibilities in street racing though. A car, or multiple cars, involved in street racing can end up in a collision that injurs or kills the drivers of the vehicles. Possibly even worse, the cars may unintentionally kill spectators of the race or innocent bystanders who are not even interested in the outcome of the illegal race. A decision to race a car on a public street could lead to someone losing their son, daughter, mother, or father.

The extremely high speeds that some of these street racing vehicles travel at make them to be incredibly dangerous machines operating recklessly in areas where there is the possibility of other cars driving or people walking. When a car is traveling at speeds of 100mph to 180mph on public streets, the driver has little or no time to react to a sudden movement by a pedestrian or the sudden appearance of an average person pulling their car out onto the same street. The results of these type of interactions between a street racer and the general public are often tragic.

The solution to the street racing issue is to take the race off public roadways. There are a number of race tracks that are currently not in use any more that can be rented for private races. Also, often race tracks that are operational will hold street car racing events and invite the public to watch in a safe and confined area.

When coupling the illegality of street racing to the lack of safety and likelihood of tragedy that it entails, it is easy to see that there is no place for street racing the public roads. There are options to street racing, though these are few, and possibly more attention at providing an alternative venue to street racers would help to keep some of them from racing on public roadways.

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Street Racing - Complete Guide

Street racing is an illegal auto racing sport in which two or more drivers race on public roads amongst other vehicles. Be cause of the risks involved it is illegal in almost every country worldwide, with punishments ranging from high fines to jail time. The inherent risk is that a vehicle in the race will be exceeding the speed limit and endangering other drivers who are following the law. Additionally a car pulling out onto the street during a legal turn may become victim to the Street Racer if he or she is unable to avoid swerving in time to miss the car. The controversial aspects of street racing involve the excessive use of speed, the risks, and the overall disadvantage of vehicle control on roads not meant for high speed travel - in the case of some local roads speeds could be more than three times the legal speed limit.The history of car tuning and street racing can both be traced back to Prohibition.

In 1919 the nineteenth amendment was passed in the United States making intoxicating substances (alcohol mainly) illegal, and the possession of it liable to jail time. For a period of fourteen years this would be in effect, and from it the largest boom in bootlegging and organized crime would rise. From this came those willing to break the law, and to facilitate this they needed better vehicles to out run the law. So they would take normal cars, and then modify them, and thus car tuning in mass was born, as was the street race. Commonly what would happen is someone with liquor from Canada would make it across the border on a delivery run or someone who had finished distilling and fermenting liquor would be on the delivery run, and then the police and the other law enforcement agencies of the time would begin a chase.

In a standard vehicle at the time, power wasn’t as efficient unless it had been tuned right, thus these tuned cars easily out-performed the stock police vehicles, and raced away on the streets. This started around 1920, and grew until 1933, when it was at its peak. In 1933 the nineteenth amendment was repealed, and the need for the cars was diminished… however many people became addicted to the racing itself, and thus the sport of it was born.

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Tags: Car Racing, Car Tuning, Drag Racing, Street Racing

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