Racing Question

[vanillaman]

I am doing a paper for school and will need a few people to answer, why do you race?

[MikeSS]

What racing are you talking about? Drag or Circuit racing, you should get replies, but street racing doesn't happen here.

[vanillaman]

Drag then i guess if street racing doesn't happen. :unsure:

[Crolero]

racing makes man and his machine together as one. The car feals you and knows whos sitting in that drivers seat. you know that car will respond the best she can for you. Its a relationship between the 2 why we race, wax, wash, polish, take pics, and have alermod.com :thumbsup:

[Steve03TropicTeal]

street racing happens around here...

[bigd6983]

its a major adrenaline rush, when you and another person are going at, seeing which one will prevail........and when you win i know I get this feeling like im ready to go again, its awesome.........

[Sundayalero]

Originally posted by Steve03TropicTeal@Sep 2 2004, 10:34 AM
street racing happens around here...
Unfortunately, it just happened near my house also:

Driver, 18, fatally injured in fiery street-racing crash

L.A. Daily News - Sep 02 12:23 AM
WOODLAND HILLS -- Just one day before his 19th birthday, a Van Nuys man was fatally injured during a street race early Wednesday when he lost control of his car, which slammed into a tree and ricocheted off two parked cars that burst into flames.

[b-spot]

I race to find out if my penis is bigger than the other drivers

[coredump]

Originally posted by b-spot@Sep 2 2004, 12:11 PM
I race to find out if my penis is bigger than the other drivers
Hmm... you must be sadly disappointed then. :rolleyes:

[b-spot]

Naw, cuz the guys with small wangs always buy porsches and smoke me. So everytime I lose, I know i'm bigger.

In other news.. i've gotta stop racing kia's <_<

[shortstar]

LMAO thats really funny. But seriorsly you dug yourself into a corner. either your a looser or you have a small dick. I would prefer to be neither of thise wouldnt you?

[b-spot]

^you're right. Neither would be good. Thats why I'm gonna buy a kia and run 20lbs of boost through it.

That way I own a kia, no way my dick is small. And I smoke the small dicked porsche drivers.

Its a flawless master plan.

[Sundayalero]

/\/\ LOL! A sleeper Kia with 20lbs of boost... Nice!!!

[MikeSS]

Originally posted by Sundayalero@Sep 2 2004, 11:47 AM
/\/\ LOL! A sleeper Kia with 20lbs of boost... Nice!!!
Or time bomb waiting explode!

[b-spot]

Yes, that may well blow my penis right off. I think i need to reconsider. :ph34r:

[Naich]

most ppl race because of the adrenaline rush. i enjoy drag racing because it takes practice and concentration, and you don't have to have a quick car to have fun with bracket racing. i also enjoy auto-x even though i've only gone once because you can really push the limits of your car. if i had a beater rwd car, i could really imagine getting into drift competitions as well.

[Redog]

It's fun, it a rush, and there is a hell of a lot more to racing than a heavy foot.

Keepin it on the track is better than the street for a few reasons

1. Nothing is going to come out in front of you

2. You know the other guy is racing you

3. No cops

4. Actuall finish line, not where the other guy gets ahead of you.

5. Knowing what the car runs, no guessing.

and of course it was already said:

6. Car and driver working as one

And b-spot you may already know about this site.

Shark Racing (http://www.sharkracing.com)

[b-spot]

^ Can I go there at work is the question? :eek:

[Daytona]

Originally posted by vanillaman@Sep 2 2004, 09:28 AM
Drag then i guess if street racing doesn't happen. :unsure:
Vanillaman,

That comment about street racing not happening here is more about Aleromod's stance against condoning street racing. Members are not allowed to discuss any racing that has occured unless it's at the track (circle, road course, dragstrip, etc.).

Plenty of people street race and we see plenty of illegal racing going on but we as a Forum can not condone it due to its inherent safety and legal issues. Hence the comment.

For myself, I've been drag racing since the Fall of 1986. I do it because I'm very competitive in nature. And while I'm not very good at baseball (not enough hand-eye coordination), basketball, synchronized swimming, or gymnastics, I stick with the sports I am good at - drag racing and... um... more drag racing (and occassionally roller hockey).

Over time, I've had the opportunity to build up my original ride - 1977 Camaro RS - into a street/strip terror. Eventually I got her from 17.72's in the 1/4-mile (stock 305 w/ cracked heads) to 12.40's (383 w/ over 400 hp and 400 tourque; 4:10 gears and B&M TH350 Auto Trans; Race weight 3,850 lbs.). There's nothing that takes the place of the feeling you get the very first time you launch the car with 100 extra foot pounds of torque over your previous set up.

[Steve03TropicTeal]

Originally posted by Daytona@Sep 2 2004, 03:49 PM
For myself, I've been drag racing since the Fall of 1986.


i was 3.

[Daytona]

3? :huh: What're we allowing a bunch o' little kids on here now? ;)

When I was 3, 'Nam was still going hot and heavy. Bell Bottoms and Tie Dyes were more than a weekend Greatful Dead Show fan fashion. Nixon was bugging the White House. Gas and cigarettes were still dirt cheap. Video games didn't exist. 8-track tape players were the premium option in car stereos. Broadway Joe and the Jets were the team to watch. Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin both died (followed soon by Jim Morrison who's been playing dead for the past 30+ years for tax reasons). The only things the US imported from Japan in any decent number were a few toasters and the occassional Vietnamese wife for the returning GI. Olds really built rocket cars (442's, etc.). And the hottest custom car jobs involved paintings of vikings on the sides of vans (leaving room for the crescent moon bubble windows, of course) and blown big block MOPARS and Chevys with wide rear tires on Mag wheels extended several inches out from the fender walls.

[Redog]

Originally posted by b-spot@Sep 2 2004, 04:25 PM
^ Can I go there at work is the question? :eek:
Yeah it's just a mod parts site for Korean cars

[Redog]

Originally posted by Daytona@Sep 2 2004, 05:22 PM
3? :huh: What're we allowing a bunch o' little kids on here now? ;)

When I was 3, 'Nam was still going hot and heavy. Bell Bottoms and Tie Dyes were more than a weekend Greatful Dead Show fan fashion. Nixon was bugging the White House. Gas and cigarettes were still dirt cheap. Video games didn't exist. 8-track tape players were the premium option in car stereos. Broadway Joe and the Jets were the team to watch. Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin both died (followed soon by Jim Morrison who's been playing dead for the past 30+ years for tax reasons). The only things the US imported from Japan in any decent number were a few toasters and the occassional Vietnamese wife for the returning GI. Olds really built rocket cars (442's, etc.). And the hottest custom car jobs involved paintings of vikings on the sides of vans (leaving room for the crescent moon bubble windows, of course) and blown big block MOPARS and Chevys with wide rear tires on Mag wheels extended several inches out from the fender walls.
Don't feel bad Mitch, in 1986 I was 9

[Daytona]

9? :huh:

When I was 9.....

[Youngblood77]

Originally posted by b-spot@Sep 2 2004, 12:41 PM
Yes, that may well blow my penis right off. I think i need to reconsider. :ph34r:
that's perhaps the funniest line I've heard on here yet. :lol:

[FormulaNERD]

i was 4 :)

"the alero.... not your fathers olds.... or in daytona's case, your gramps'"

heh

[Crolero]

kinda ot but ill ask anyway. How much would a drag strip set up cost? there arnt any in croatia, well the carting place dosent allow cars on its tracks, might be cool to open up a drag strip. call it Alero. any ideas?

[Daytona]

You can set up a dragstrip in 2 ways - formal and informal.

FORMAL: Installation of starting tree linked to computers in a "control room", and possibly to top-end scoreboards and timeslip booth. This will be very costly on top of the expense of purchasing/building a straight 1-mile strip of ashphalt and areas for cars to line up and pit.

INFORMAL: Rental of an unused airport and have a flagman drop a flag to start the race (the way they used to do it back in the first part of the 1900's). Airports have plenty of parking and are supposedly to be 100% flat for the airplanes to take off and land properly.

[MikeSS]

I was 6 in 1986 and just started drag racing this year......but I know it is something I will do the rest of my life, it is tooo much fun.

[ptrudel]

ya bunch of old farts, in 1986, i was 1! :P


drag racing, i do it for the adrenaline, and knowing that the race actually finishes at the finish line..

[Daytona]

1?!?! :huh:

When I was 1...

:P

[MikeSS]

Originally posted by Daytona@Sep 3 2004, 11:46 AM
1?!?! :huh:

When I was 1...

:P
Booth had just shot :shoot: Lincoln! :lol: ^_^

[Redog]

/\/\/\/\ lol :lol:

[Daytona]

Originally posted by MAlero+Sep 3 2004, 12:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (MAlero @ Sep 3 2004, 12:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Daytona@Sep 3 2004, 11:46 AM
1?!?! :huh:

When I was 1...

:P
Booth had just shot :shoot: Lincoln! :lol: ^_^ [/b][/quote]
No No No... get your math right!

I was THIRTEEN when Booth shot Lincoln. Ruined my damn Bar Mitzvah and everything. :angry:





:P

[-Alero-]

lol remember the great depression? :lol:

[MikeSS]

Originally posted by Daytona+Sep 4 2004, 07:27 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Daytona @ Sep 4 2004, 07:27 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by MAlero@Sep 3 2004, 12:53 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Daytona@Sep 3 2004, 11:46 AM
1?!?! :huh:

When I was 1...

:P
Booth had just shot :shoot: Lincoln! :lol: ^_^
No No No... get your math right!

I was THIRTEEN when Booth shot Lincoln. Ruined my damn Bar Mitzvah and everything. :angry:





:P [/b][/quote]
LOL, then what happened when you were 1? That whole north south conflict thing? :lol:

[mobs241]

ive been wanting to race my alero, but ive been told my competetior would have no contest.. thanks brent... buddy ol buddy ;)
mobs0: i want to race my car.
smokinamd : lol
smokinamd : you'd win
mobs0: lol y?
smokinamd : cause you'd lay down so much f***in antifreeze the guy next to you wouldn't get traction
mobs0: ROFLMAO
smokinamd : you like that?

[smokinAMD]

Originally posted by mobs241@Sep 6 2004, 11:30 PM
ive been wanting to race my alero, but ive been told my competetior would have no contest.. thanks brent... buddy ol buddy ;)
mobs0: i want to race my car.
smokinamd : lol
smokinamd : you'd win
mobs0: lol y?
smokinamd : cause you'd lay down so much f***in antifreeze the guy next to you wouldn't get traction
mobs0: ROFLMAO
smokinamd : you like that?
Sad thing is, it's probably true. How much antifreeze do you go thru in a day? A gallon? :huh?:

[mobs241]

Originally posted by smokinAMD+Sep 7 2004, 12:38 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (smokinAMD @ Sep 7 2004, 12:38 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-mobs241@Sep 6 2004, 11:30 PM
ive been wanting to race my alero, but ive been told my competetior would have no contest.. thanks brent... buddy ol buddy ;)
mobs0: i want to race my car.
smokinamd : lol
smokinamd : you'd win
mobs0: lol y?
smokinamd : cause you'd lay down so much f***in antifreeze the guy next to you wouldn't get traction
mobs0: ROFLMAO
smokinamd : you like that?
Sad thing is, it's probably true. How much antifreeze do you go thru in a day? A gallon? :huh?: [/b][/quote]
well i bought a gallon of antifreeze friday, and lets see here mixing it 50/50 makes 2 gallons, so i had 2 gallons friday, and lets see here i have um 1/2 gallon left. so ya a lot.

[mobs241]

edit: somehow posted twice dont know how to delete, a mod maby could help me here?

[flalero]

I race because it is the purest test of man and machine, and nerve. You can push your car safely to the limit and beyond (on a track). I've only had the chance to run my Alero on the straight track, buy I have put my rx-7 on a road course, and that was the most incredible experience. I didn't race for points or position, it was on open track night. It makes watching racing on tv a more real experience. You can understand what they are talking about when they are talking about apexes and braking zones, etc.