I’m not interested in where you spoke about street racing but it sure would be funny to know where you learned to spell not to mention your lack of taste.

obviously you people can not read. so seriously you people need to get off the internet if you cant read what others put. you think ill tell random people to just get in a car an race? no clearly if you had half a brain youd obviously have a helmet an do a rundown check of your car. its called commonsense but clearly you dumb fucks have none. as for street racing WHERE THE FUCK did i talk about street racing?

hey ford racing bitch next time read everything you dumb shit. clearly people like nick hogan deserve to not have a license but like i had said if you dont want to be a PROFESSIONAL just go to your local track an run it. obviously if you can handle the power an pass spec. so next time think before speaking asshole.

FordRacingCowboy,

Well said. By the way, checked out your site. Very cool stuff but tell me more about the Galaxie. Was or is that your car?

“heres a tip if you want to be a racer. get in a car an drive!”

Sadly, that’s the mentality that gets too many innocent people hurt or killed on public streets.

Here’s a thought: make a list of professional race car drivers who can (or will) proudly point out the “illegal street racing” portion of their racing resume’ as the reason they’re so successful. Damn short list, you know?

This ain’t the 1930s and backwoods moonshine runnin’, anymore.

“if you want to be a racer. get in a car an drive!”

That way of thinking might be true if you wanted to be an artist and had some crayons but is not responsible thing at all when referring to racing. A car requires a lot more responsibility simply because it can endanger others life’s besides yours.

That’s like saying if you want to be a doctor get a scalpel and start operating.

heres a tip if you want to be a racer. get in a car an drive! thats all you need to know. to become a professional racer then your to spend a few years at schools and practicing. if you want to just race then line it up on the strip or visit your local track on weekends when its open to the public.

GTwildfire,

No offense taken and besides, when I first moved to California in 1970 it was in fact to race dragsters. I drove everything from stock to funnys and loved them all. Needless to say, I love ALL types of racing and drag racing is exciting too. The reason I chose to drag cars was because I was under the misbelief that I could not afford to race cars on road courses with the SCCA guys. I was told that I would have to pass very strict test, have almost perfect eye sight and other tall tales. In retrospect I can tell you I would have spent a lot less road racing than I ever did drag racing and besides, I would much rather spend hours racing instead of seconds.

But to set the record straight, NASA overs more than just road racing and auto cross so be sure to check out the following website about NASA drag racing. http://www.nasavwdragracing.com/wordpress/

Too bad 1/4 mile isn’t being addressed. I’d say a majority of CarDomainers may be more interested in pulling up to the tree. Not to say that track racing as you’ve described wouldn’t be popular, it’s just that there’s more involved in getting up to speed in that genre of racing.
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So what does CarDomain have to offer for drag racers?
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BTW Gary. I’m not diminishing your contributions. Very informative and I even have my sites set on autocross or something along those lines. First, however I’m gonna want to do the quarters for a bit. It’s much easier to go straight, lol.

Atomicalex, Well said. The more seat time a driver gets on a race course especially under the watchful eye of good instructors the better. Like any other sport, when you start hanging out with those who have more skills than you it begins to rub off. An intelligent person will quickly seize the opportunity take advantage of this and learn. Those who do not take advantage and learn simply try to convince their friends of what a great driver they are.

Last year while racing in Mexico I got to meet a lot of people who were members of a big VW club who were racing at a brand new track at Queretaro. It was a lot of fun and they were expecting us that day so there was a huge crowd. When all 100 of us race teams came rolling in they all cleared the track so that we could run 6 laps and then leave. Have a great time with your club and most of all have fun.