[some_punk]

About the SORC | Sandhills Open Road Challenge | Arnold, Nebraska (http://www.sorcrace.com/about-sandhills-nebraska-open-road-racing-event)

looks like a pretty fun event. We need an event like this here. A place like pemberton would be good.
-From what I have found is the place is a small middle of no where place, that only has a population of around 600.
-The closest thing we have to this is knox. but with knox there are minimum safety equipment requirement. This event will put a driver and their car in a class base on what they got and experience.
-Burnout contest on public roads is awesome.
So any ideas of how to bring this here?

[Manic!]

Were you watching Hotrod TV today?

[ts14]

Haha just saw this on hotrod tv

IMO , itwould be crazy to have an event like that in the summer but no one is gonna do shit until drivers smarten up and stop getting their cars impounded regularly

[dared3vil0]

Something along the lines of a Silver State Classic would be awesome. Perhaps like a $200 entrance fee to cover all the costs of running the event... I'd be there for sure.

[belaud]

If there were more residents that gave less fucks about noise, (and if they were profitable), we'd have a track per city by now.

[Mr.C]

In the land of the "environmentally conscious"? Gonna be a cold day in hell when that happens.

[vantrip]

In the land of the "environmentally conscious"? Gonna be a cold day in hell when that happens.

no kidding, tool hippie mayor keeps giving us bike lanes

[Gridlock]

The day before they open the truck highway, I could really go for a race from delta port to the Port Mann on brand new asphalt, in an elevated highway.

[Glove]

never, ever going to happen.

They consider 2 cars going side by side 10km/h over the speed limit street racing,

our hippie and anti street racing politicians wouldnt allow anything close to this coming to vancouver.

Too many hipsters with too many opinions about everything here.

[some_punk]

Were you watching Hotrod TV today?

Yes i did watch it last night, and it made me think of a post a while ago, they did legal drag races on the streets way back in the day in the okanagans.

[snails]

the more accessible places to have fun with a car means less people will be doing it on the streets, or at least in congested areas

i know alot of people that regularly go to mission and surprisingly enough they seem to be the least likely to be driving like tools on the street cuz they just save it for the road course or friday street legals.

i would love for the road course to be more affordable personally, and my car isnt fast enough to have real fun at the 1/4 mile :( so more options would be great

[Jason00S2000]

Vancouver is very anti-car culture I think

[spyker]

Something along the lines of a Silver State Classic would be awesome. Perhaps like a $200 entrance fee to cover all the costs of running the event... I'd be there for sure.
If you ever get a chance to attend the SSCC,I highly recommend it.You will be blown away by the cars there and how many people from around the world come to compete in this event.

I went in the 90s and I got to meet John schneider(aka Bo Duke)from The Dukes of Hazzard,he was there competing with the General lee.

[firebird79_00]

Never gonna happen here, it would interfere with all the bike lanes

[some_punk]

if knox was able to do it, how hard can it be to get it here? They closed roads during the olympics, couldnt they do it again?

[SpeedStars]

if knox was able to do it, how hard can it be to get it here? They closed roads during the olympics, couldnt they do it again?

I don't think they'd allow something like racing in Vancouver...I mean, when the Indy track was still open, there was already enough complaining from downtown residents, now they don't race indy here anymore and the track's "gone" now :okay:

[Manic!]

http://viphotobooth.smugmug.com/Other/Bev-Oda/i-hmjrQBh/0/L/Tsawwassen-Ferry-Terminal-L.jpg

:thumbs:

[1exotic]

:thumbs:

:ilied:

[snails]

^ already happens, just not legally

[BrRsn]

I live my life a 1/4 mile at a time. For those 10 seconds or less, I'm free.

[Akinari]

Is it just me, or is 99N from the US border to just before the Massey Tunnel essentially devoid of cops? I have never once seen a police cruiser on that stretch of highway, EVER. Doesn't matter what time it is or what day it is, I never see any cops. Could it be because there aren't any shoulders to pull people over? Just a guess :pokerface:

Cars be blasting by at 140/150 on a daily basis.

[BillyBishop]

Is it just me, or is 99N from the US border to just before the Massey Tunnel essentially devoid of cops? I have never once seen a police cruiser on that stretch of highway, EVER. Doesn't matter what time it is or what day it is, I never see any cops. Could it be because there aren't any shoulders to pull people over? Just a guess :pokerface:

Cars be blasting by at 140/150 on a daily basis.

I've seen a cruiser on occasion sitting just past the highway 17 overpass.

[dared3vil0]

Is it just me, or is 99N from the US border to just before the Massey Tunnel essentially devoid of cops? I have never once seen a police cruiser on that stretch of highway, EVER. Doesn't matter what time it is or what day it is, I never see any cops. Could it be because there aren't any shoulders to pull people over? Just a guess :pokerface:

Cars be blasting by at much faster than that on a daily basis.

Yeah I thought the same thing,... All it takes is one cop, and a radar detector not picking him up, and he appeared to be having a particularly bad night, and you have a massive clusterfuck on your hands. Was not fun. :fuuuuu::ifyouknow:

[achiam]

An island off England, they also race with rally cars etc. The POV cam is insane.

GUY MARTIN TT Isle of Man Lap on-board Honda 1000 - 1 of 2 - YouTube

[Gridlock]

Years ago, I went to a car show in the states with my father and his car and the entire city got behind the event. They had a public burnout event in a tunnel entrance. The police were directing an alcohol fueled willys drag car through city streets to where it was happening. A car, with no insurance, and no plates. It was fun to see.

Every once in awhile, its fun to break the rules.

[some_punk]

Years ago, I went to a car show in the states with my father and his car and the entire city got behind the event. They had a public burnout event in a tunnel entrance. The police were directing an alcohol fueled willys drag car through city streets to where it was happening. A car, with no insurance, and no plates. It was fun to see.

Every once in awhile, its fun to break the rules.

that is what we need here. inside of stupid bike lanes.

[belaud]

Well.... Everyone needs to drive a Prius, ride a bike to work, and buy all organic, then we can save the world!

/sarcasm

[Gridlock]

Part of it was more a "car culture" for sure, I mean, some of those car shows in the states get 1000's of cars, bringing 10's of 1000's of attendees plus countless more viewing public, making the event worthwhile in economic spin off for the city.

That means, if a city wants to be successful with it, you can't kick the people in the balls while asking them to come and spend money: "hey! welcome. First, we hate you, and would prefer your 1932 ford was a hybrid, or people powered. Use our tollbridges!"

I think we went 2 or 3 years, and it was an awesome show. They opened up a big park to the show, that was just packed with cars. They had the burnouts in the middle of town at night. I saw police, but they weren't in your face AT ALL. They never drove through the park, or walked through looking people down for being there. And I'll tell you a LOT of people were doing the courtesy of using those foam can covers, but it wasn't pepsi.

Of course, if someone were to set up a drag race event on the south fraser peri road(which would be AWESOME!) we'd have neighbors complain, the police would want to escort you to and from and the mayors? The mayors would shut it down because it glorifies and legitimizes street racing. Oh the horror. But if trucks go 130 all day and all night, well, that's building economic progress.

[SumAznGuy]

Of course, if someone were to set up a drag race event on the south fraser peri road(which would be AWESOME!) we'd have neighbors complain, the police would want to escort you to and from and the mayors? The mayors would shut it down because it glorifies and legitimizes street racing. Oh the horror. But if trucks go 130 all day and all night, well, that's building economic progress.

I can totally see this. Oh wait, it did.
RS organized 1/8 mile drag races event at BBA and the use of Pitt Meadows driving center for autoX. :okay:

[N8]

the more accessible places to have fun with a car means less people will be doing it on the streets, or at least in congested areas

i know alot of people that regularly go to mission and surprisingly enough they seem to be the least likely to be driving like tools on the street cuz they just save it for the road course or friday street legals.

i would love for the road course to be more affordable personally, and my car isnt fast enough to have real fun at the 1/4 mile :( so more options would be great

I think it's as affordable as it'll ever get, for prices to go down we need more people in the sport!

it's really not *that* bad for the road course (but it aint cheap either, with safety equipment being one of the biggest expenses, but lasts you 3-5 years+ so spread over that its not that much). Usually $185 entry fee for 45-60 minutes of total racing time. I rented an EF civic to get my novice license and that was quite affordable as well (compared to the pro rentals). It's one of the best cars to learn on, just the right amount of power and decent handling. Details and vids are @ 888 Motorsports (http://888motorsports.com)

I drive super slow when leaving the track (feels even slower after a race), its almost an automatic thing. There are some idiots who don't shut it off after the day's over, at the driver training a few years back there was a story of a student that passed people on the highway from the track @ 130-150 kph on the shoulder. Luckily one of the guys they passed was an instructor and they promptly canceled his novice license.

[some_punk]

I can totally see this. Oh wait, it did.
RS organized 1/8 mile drag races event at BBA and the use of Pitt Meadows driving center for autoX. :okay:

autox at pitt meadows is so strict about noise right now, it is just stupid. I remember for a few events we were made to stop drivers from running because they were new and didnt know the course well enough. Then they make a bit of noise from going into a turn too fast and get pulled from the event.