[navylife59]

Back in the 70's and 80's around Big D and G-Town, we had plenty of SR. People were responsible back then. We had specific places to go that were out of the way with a smooth and safe road surface. We had people who handled the racing and made sure that the "track" was clear to race.

These places were well known. Even the Police knew about. Heck, they would come and watch, sometimes, bring their own cars Off Duty. It was an understated rule that you could only go-fast and race in these specific areas only. Anyone that was caught SR elsewhere had their arse kick'd.

This system worked well till around 1988-90 when the Police were forced to close down all of the local Cruise Strips. With these closed down, all of the idiots started coming to the SR strips making them too crowded and unsafe. I seen several times where nobody could race because of these idiots cruising up and down the strip. Of course, the Police were forced to close down all of the SR down.

I say "the Police were forced to close down" for the simple fact that they needed to be. We all caused it to happen by letting knuckleheads onto the Cruise Strips and at the SR's. We did not police our own and lost that freedom. Now, people just race wherever and whenever and that is not safe for anyone.

There are some small associations out there, I believe, that are advocating taking it to the track. That is a great idea, but whom of you live within an hour of a track? You could form a loacal association for your area/town and partner with these national campaigns to lobby your city to allow sanctioned SR in an appropriate area. You could even campaign to have the city and the private sector build a public race track.

Keep it safe and keep it real