Punch, I think I should clear up what I mean when I say street racing, just
so that we're both on the same "page" as it were.
First, some definititions from http://www.dictionary.com.
Street: n.
1.. Abbr. St. A public way or thoroughfare in a city or town, usually with
a sidewalk or sidewalks.
2.. Such a public way considered apart from the sidewalks: Don't play in
the street.
3.. A public way or road along with the houses or buildings abutting it:
lives on a quiet street.
Racing: v.
1.. Sports. To compete in a contest of speed.
2.. To move rapidly or at top speed: We raced home. My heart was racing
with fear.
Ok, now that that's over with, I will attempt to define the compound
morphological structure of "street racing."
Street Racing: n.
1. A form of motorsport racing that consists of at minimum two cars
at the head of a line up for a traffic control device - usually
a stoplight. The participants often arrange the race
through exaggerated revving of their engines. Upon the stoplight
switching to green, any competitors accelerate at wide open
throttle (WOT) until an undecided ending point is passed by the
leading car, thus ending the race.
While I realize that this is not a very concise definition by any means, it
will have to do. I do hope it makes sense to you.
Back to the article on krcperformance.com I'm sure even you will agree that
accelerating to at the very least 20mph beyond the speed limit on what was
obviously at least a mildly congested road "Now they had been racing each
other light to light and swerving past all slower traffic," is not very safe
at all. If this wasn't bad enough, one of the participants "...decided to
cut off on the shoulder and attempt to pass the van." I don't know about
you, but this wasn't given as a legitimate way to pass a vehicle when I took
my driving lessons. This guy didn't even have the common sense to back off,
he had to keep pushing.
Now, I don't think the fact that Gary Hedlin put a high-flow, loud muffler,
along with other common Dak tuning tidbits, on his truck constitutes street
racing. I would also argue that just because these tweaks create extra
horsepower and torque, and Gary may have had to do some "buttdyno" testing,
using common sense while doing so, mind you, does not constitute street
racing.
It all really boils down to how willing you are to stop what you are doing
and allow safety to take precidence over the acceleration.
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