Originally Posted by
arado
I have not adjusted to the new order. In my youth we drag raced bike against bike, car against car. There was no commercial drag strip, lights or clock and it cost nothing. It was fun. No records, trophy's,prizes or pink slips. To those I have offended there was no intent. gary
No worries, takes more than that to ruin my day.
On the note of 'commercial' drag strips, there is no safer place to test the limits of your car. You have no traffic to worry with, and there's normally an ambulance on stand-by if the shiny side goes upside-down. In the 60's you could drag race between stop lights because the population was thinner and lawyers were fewer. In today's crowded cities, I can't mat the accelerator for more than five seconds without becoming a hazard.
So, in essence there is no alternative... legally, at least.