93coupe wrote:I might make a trip to Philly tonight. I haven't been up there on a Friday in a few years. I used to head up there for races. Any of that still going down?
Yes and no, the cops went on a massive anti-street racing binge for a while after a bunch of people were killed in a variety of street racing accidents and a cop was seriously injured in a head on collision with a Jetta that was street racing up here by me. Then the State troopers took over all the major Highways so the Highway and Expressway units were set on the side streets with their Harleys and Supercharged Chargers. I honestly haven't been down to 61st and Passyunk or down to Holstein in a couple of years but last time I went it was pretty dead and the few guys that were around couldn't get organized because the cops came through all the spots on a rotating patrol every 5 minutes.
I do believe the big ballers still do their Monday night runs down Front street but those are the big money races and their exclusive to the hi-powered muscle and import super stars (Supra's, Porsche's, GT-R's NSX's ect). and they only do a handful of runs and then split. The street scene kinda died out after all the F n F movies came out because the police presents got nuts.