Rotorboy317

Ok, I know most of you have some experience racing on the streets, so do the FNG a favor and post lots of stuff. I'll make it up when I see you at the next event, or something along those lines. For those of you who dont have any, post stories and opinions and stuff like that.



I'm supposed to be writing a 5 paragraph (pretty puny, but it still sucks) persuasive essay on anything I want. I figure my teacher is tired of reading about my car, the rotary engine, etc etc, so I'm gonna do street racing. Supposed pros, definite cons, what it is exactly and reasons not to.



Anything is appreciated....well, almost. :smilewinkgrin: Just post lots of past experiences, advice, any facts within reach (dont hurt yourself, now), or links that happen to be lying around.



Thanks in advance!



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ILUVMY88CABRIO

Be sure to say how F&F glorified street racing, and now the news gives a **** about it.

Rotormotor

Be sure to mention Rice and the Ricer, with out that movie like ILUV said everything would be just dandy. I know somebody will get flamed for this but Street racing a part of today. and there is a place and time for it. MAN I NEED A TII!!!!!!!!!! :newburn: Sorry that just slipped out. But be sure to remind everyone that the RX-7 always wins, ALWAYS.

Rotorboy317

Hahaha. Of course I'll slip in the required shameless plugs for the RX-7. And The Fast and The Furious will definetly be part of the essay. I really appreciate the help guys, I'm real bad with doing out-of-class projects and stuff, hehe.



gotta get some sleep, check y'all lata!

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isamu

You could talk about the continuum of streetracing in American culture. You could base your paper on the differences in two movies, lets say The Fast and the Furious and American Graffiti. These movies are decades apart but the story lines are pretty damn close. You have a good guy, a bad guy, and a chick in the middle. It all culminates at the climax of the movies which is a big race where somebody crashes. You can talk about how both movies represent popular attitudes about vehicles at different times in our history. Obviously imports are the big donkey right now, where as it was strictly domestic back in the day. Then you could talk about the differences like the fact that there are more cars on the road now than 30+ years ago which up the danger. Basically streetracing now may look different than it did in the past, but it is essentially the same. It is an "aspect" of our culture that is changing and transforming over time, it is far from being something new. Remember movies like the fast and the furious and American Graffiti are made about ideas that are already popular with the public, and not about ideas that will be popular. The fast and the furious sucked, but it wasn't made to make streetracing popular, it was made because streetracing imports was popular. Any ways good luck.

ThirdGenRX7

If they want to stop street racing every town should have a quarter mile track open 24 hours a day where people could run each other legally

ILUVMY88CABRIO

That would be the ****! I'd be there every night after work.

ThirdGenRX7

guaranteed that would be a huge hangout spot for people... I'll bet they could pull in massive revenues too

Rotorboy317

That would be awesome. We really need more in Oklahoma, I think. We've got plently of endless flat areas to screw around in, why not turn some into a track? It would keep 90% of the youth around here in safe environment without having to worry about their cars, pathetic though some may be.

Of course, the rx'ers of the midwest would have to come out of hiding to dominate.

I dont wanna change the subject, but I think it would be awesome to have a get-together, followed by some cruising. I've got this strange, primal urge to see Grand (Ponca's Friday night car hotspot) overtaken by a rather large wolf pack of 7's. Maybe I'm just weird. Eh, I'm only 17, I might be normal.

Thanks for the replies yo, keepem comin!

I'm out

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1988RedT2

Isamu, your post rocks! :bigok: Like poetry, man!