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Wed Mar 05, 2003 6:19 pm
Quote »oooOO! an hour! whoa! like totally far man! *burning sarcasm*[/quote]
Well, if you wanna go into detail, that about, hmm, lets say 50-60 miles away. It is an hour, that, if i were to go that drag strip, that means, i would have to leave my house at about 7 00, or 8 00, to get there in time to watch, just to watch, then if that were possible, if my brother or some of his friends wanted to run, thats about 15 dollars each. Inlcuding gas for one car to get down there, thats about 2 gallons wasted going down there, with todays gas prices, and putting in the fact that all we use premium, thats about 3dollars and 40 cents, being premuim is about 1.70 at my local gas station, thats 3.40 wasted just going there, and then getting back, thats another 3.40, so thats 6.80 there and back plus admission to race, which is 15 dollars, and thats about 21.80 just to race legally, yes, legal is good and is in a good environment. Now, i always go see the races with my brother and his friends. My brother gets off of work at 9 00 pm, and he is usually tired when he gets back and takes like a 30 min to and hour nap, so he wakes up at about 10 00-10 30 and is in a good mood, then, if we were to go, i would be ready and it takes him about 10 mins to get ready, then getting in the car and wating for his buddies to arrive so we can roll together, thats about 11 00 and then we can go.
The strip is an hour away, and closes at about 12 30 am, by the time we would get there,, its about 12 o clock if we were speeding and there is no traffic. Then paying to race and gasoline, thats 21 dollars and 80 cents of for about for unlimtid passes for 25 mins. Being that there is a line of cars staging and racing, thats about 2-3 passes if were lucky. Then the trip back after it closes which is another hour. Thats 2 and a half hours there and back and watching and racing. 2 of those hours are spent traveling to and from. A huge inconvenience for all of us.
Versus, Going to the street races, which is about 8-10 miles away from us, lets say about 25 cents of gas used, and getting back, about 60 cents all together to and from. It takes about 10 mins to get there, and is in an industrial part where i live. There are about 2 races every minute and dozens and dozens of cars. The street races start at about 11 30 anyway and run until about 2 30 am. So that gives us plenty of time. The cops come at about 1 30 to one of those spots, and which there are about 3 different places to race in that area, so we can just go to any one of those, and then re group at the other one about 30 mins later. The cops only give warnings and maybe a ticket if your lucky, and they dont even take anybody down for spectating, and oh yeah, to race, its free. So, i think i would choose the one that is closer and costs only 60 cents for some free fun that gets your heart going. Dont get me wrong, if there were a strip with in 20 minutes from where i lived, i would be all for it and stay legal, until then, its street races for me. And oh yeah, for the past 2 years that i have been going to these races, only two people have gotten in accidents, and that was there own fault and they wrecked their own car into a fire hydrant or a tree, and that was after the race. So which one would you choose?
Sorry i put all of this, its just that i hate when people bug me about this, its annoying. Also, how often do you to that drag strip that is an hour and half away? I go to the street races every weekend.:peace