block racers?

[Kanibal]

ive been street racing since i got my first car about seven years ago.
after a few years going in a strait line got pretty boring. so I talked a few people into helping me organize block races. A few good and bad things happend. the bad thing was finding areas with few cops and less people but we found a few places and its been great the races are longer and require much more skill and the turn outs are much better. i even get people to help out as far as keeping an eye out for cops and peds now it took a bit of investment on our parts. mostly paying for walky talky's and an occasional tow truck(payed under the table) for anyone who can't make it around the block. the crash victim doesn't even pay out of his own pocket for the tow we just take up a collection. The really good thing thats happend is now there are very few ricers trying to compete, because there is a minimum betting fee in order to race and we inspect each car before its allowed to race so if the tires are bad and the breaks are worn you dont get to race also passangers are absoluty not allowed to be in the car during a race. now the turnouts are never over 50 spectators which i think is even better instead of having a massive amount of people in one place.

what i really want to know is does anyone else have block races or anything other than drag races where your at?
also what do you guys do to keep the cops off of you?

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

wow, I gotta say I'm impressed! I never heard of such a thing. Good luck to ya.

[Underground_Killah]

well they don't work here in mobile..... but good luck on that. we had a serious bust recently on like 30 people doing that... wasn't cool, hit the papers, but only 3 of them got tickets.

[ec437]

What do I do to keep the cops off me? Take it to a track.... and only speed on the street when its safe to. This meaning that even if I were to get pulled over, I'd likely get off with a warning.

[CivRacer95]

This is the first time I've ever heard of block racing. Well, I guess it's good that you keep it safe. But as far as keeping cops off your back, I have no solution to that. Might be something that catches on. Who knows. I don't think I'd try it. But it sounds like it would be fun to watch. late...

[6dmnbag]

I live in a very small village in california but on tuesday nights at around 2:30am the rwd guys meet up in the industrial part of town and attempt to drit. this has been going on for about 4 and a half month and we have been luky with th cops never showing up but its only a matter of time.

[Kanibal]

one ideah ive been tossing around in my head is there are only three roads leading into the area where we hold the races I was thinking of posting a look outs a few minutes up these roads and now to keep them from looking suspicious they will be in stock cars with one flat tire the jack and spare next to the car. they will miss the races that night but they will be payed to do this and i'll just have different people each week doing this.
what do you guys think?

[Thourun]

Lol the flat tire thing is a bit much, don't think cops would be suspicious of somone if they're just taking a walk though . And no need for walkie talkies, if you get busted with those its just more of a case against you, just use your cell phones (hope you have them) and have everyone on speed dial. Keep things simple, complex plans tend to have more inherent flaws to work out. And only use people who will actually lookout, tell them they can talk on their cells all they want or bring a walkman, maybe work out a way for them to race eachother for free/no minimum wager at the end while some others go watch for them for a few minutes.

[Zgringo]

Originally Posted by Kanibal

one ideah ive been tossing around in my head is there are only three roads leading into the area where we hold the races I was thinking of posting a look outs a few minutes up these roads and now to keep them from looking suspicious they will be in stock cars with one flat tire the jack and spare next to the car. they will miss the races that night but they will be payed to do this and i'll just have different people each week doing this.
what do you guys think?

I just live south and west of you and all we do is give the policea a couple hundred peso's in advance and no problem. We race most every Sunday night.

Albert

[Kanibal]

we used our cells in the begining but the walky talky was much faster. the cops didn't try to use it against us before mainly because when there are that many people and modded cars in one area they pretty much have all the proof they need for the judge to believe them.
i wanna do the flat tire thing because I live in a high drug trafficing area and cops keep there eyes open for anything like abandoned cars or someone just waiting by the side of the road for no reason. plus I have never had a cop stop to help me change a flat(they dont like to get there uniforms dirty i guess)they have always just drivin by.
And a person just walking through without a car would still be hassled by the cops because hitching is illegal in my state.
As far as bribes go I know for a fact it works on mexican cops(kept me out of a juarez jail cell)but this aint mexico and the penalty for bribing a cop is way more serious than a few tickets.

[Kanibal]

Originally Posted by 6dmnbag

I live in a very small village in california but on tuesday nights at around 2:30am the rwd guys meet up in the industrial part of town and attempt to drit. this has been going on for about 4 and a half month and we have been luky with th cops never showing up but its only a matter of time.

Theres a few drifters who come to our races we usually let them make a few passes for free and its pretty cool to watch. but because its not an actuall race money isn't bet. Most of the cash thats layed down is for the races.
we get a few really good races just the other night we had two guys race for slips one in a 77 trans am and the other in a new yamaha r1.
everyone was sure that the trans am wasn't going to have a chance.
luckly for me I knew the guy that had built the engine in the trans am,
so i put down all my money.
the bike was faster in the corners but the trans am was much faster on the straights it was close the whole way but once the trans am took the lead the bike couldnt pass in the corners. at the end of the race the guy on the bike looked like he was going to cry when he handed the slip over. just goes to show you what $25,000 can do to a trans am.
turns out the guy had collected two more bikes like this.

[Thourun]

Wow nice, I guess I had pictured it as a suburban kind of place where people take walks wherever. Sounds like you have it all figured out. Good luck!

[fredjacksonsan]

Sounds like you're very organized; with that sort of organization you could likely take it to the local track and work out and all-day cop-free racing zone.

[Musashi3000GT]

wow, NO WAY! I cant believe there are people still doing this! It used to be real popular back in the mid 80's and early 90s. I remember when I was like 12 my cousin used to take me to see stuff like that cause his friends all raced this way. When I was 14 my cousin crashed his 300ZX into a tree and stopped for a while. the crew he used to hang out with all ended up in jail (probably an undercover) then it sort of died down for a while and about 5 years ago I saw some guys trying to bring it back but it just didnt catch on cause it was too much time and too much hastle to get it set up. In Japan they drift race the same way, theyve always done it this way. pick a block, a few cars set off round the block and drift all the corners and run for a few laps. in South America, in Colombia and Venezuela they do point to point race. start here, end there first one across town wins. ignore all police and traffic cause the cops are too slow and the law can always be bought off. but yeah man good luck with that, its nothing new but its way more challenging then straight lines and way more respect to the winner. If this stuff works out for you it might just get on tv or something and you could be the next Jessie James!

[Kanibal]

yeah I got the whole idea from the vids of drifters in japan doing the same thing. we tried to have sprints across town but on the first race we had four of our cars impounded including mine, plus it just wasn't safe enough.
As far as getting on T.V. I already know it would be a bad thing. a lot of money is made from these races, so gambling is a huge part of these competitions. Most of my income is made off of holding these races, for now anyways.