dumbarse kids in co. springs crash racing last night

[ray]

front page local section of todays paper shows a pic and story of some stupid ass kids that crashed racing last night. this has been a big problem around here with the imports and stuff, but these were teens in OLD CARS! pictured was a 55 chevy primer grey 4 door that lost control and crashed into a power pole, knocking out power to a neighborhood of 300 people, and the three teen passengers taken to the hospital, the other car was a mercury comet, that also lost control and spun out. no names listed or anything...this was the day after it snowed here, so the roads were wet and icy in spots. says they were doing 65 in a 35 zone, at 7:00 in the middle of town. if any of you colorado hambers know the drivers give them a good smack upside the head.

[Machinos]

Ugh, those poor cars http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[zgears]

crazy kids nowdays, with there hoped up gowjobs, blasting that damn phonograph at there all night ether frolics.

[Muttley]

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Pictured was a 55 chevy primer grey 4 door that lost control and crashed into a power pole.

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At least it wasnt a 2 door. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[Tuck]

this stuff pisses me off... because the fags that run the city in my neck wont allow a racetrack to be put in because of noise,

they proposed putting it in where an old airstrip shut down. WHY NOT? Politics and the majoirty of the kids racing cars want nothing to do with politics- thus NO TRACK. Kids KILLED and cars destroyed.

there is no place to go race anymore... they shut all the tracks down unless you wana drive 2 hrs???

Tuck

[IntrstlarOvrdrve]

Hey, I'm a crazy kid with a 55 chevy 4 door. I hate that things like this happen, but I suppose they shouldnt have been street racing, another reason why my insurance rates are so high.

[133]

my sister has a '55 4-door. no offense but whether it's a 4-door or not, the fact is that a dumbass kid wrecked a '55 Chevy. i don't mean to preach or nothing but i just think kids shouldn't be given classic cars to drive.

[IntrstlarOvrdrve]

given? I had to work my ass off for my chevy and my desoto, I only WISH they had been given to me. I do everything to them myself, and pay for every bit of it myself. I do it because I love them, God knows that they arent cool at my school. I mess it up, I have to fix it myself, pay for it myself, and keep my parents convinced that I should keep it. I would much rather have these than a civic.

[Machinos]

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my sister has a '55 4-door. no offense but whether it's a 4-door or not, the fact is that a dumbass kid wrecked a '55 Chevy. i don't mean to preach or nothing but i just think kids shouldn't be given classic cars to drive.

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Lots of people here are 21 or less and have classic cars, we're just not stupid street racers who don't know what they're doing.

[Tim]

im 21 and havnt driven anythng newer then 72 for the last 4 years, and the empty cuboards and stomachs show that that 50 out front werent no gift.

that said stupid punks giving every one with a non stock car a bad name


yup
tim

[CadillacKid]

My first car was a 55 Chevy more door...did alot of stupid shit in that car...never crashed into a power pole with it though...Everybody's been talking about getting young peolpe interested in old cars and "saving" the old car hobby for years now...it'd be pretty hard to get 'em interested if you tell kids "you can't drive that old car cuz you're not old enough"...pretty dumb of them for doing what they were doing where they were doing it...i just hope that the govt. in Colorado doesn't decide to crack down on old cars cuz of this...sounds like "Let's make an example" shit handed to 'em on a plate....

[zgears]

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im 21 and havnt driven anythng newer then 72 for the last 4 years, and the empty cuboards and stomachs show that that 50 out front werent no gift.


[/ QUOTE ] amen to that, i think ive eaten a coulple of palets of ramen since i started my car.

[HillBillytheKid]

I'm 21 going on 22...first car was a '39 Chevy, never wrecked it, driving a '66 Olds, never wrecked, although some jackass did manage to scrape up part of my rear quarter in a parking garage while I was at work...

Maybe what you shoulda said is dumbasses shouldn't have classics...hell, a long time ago a picture on these boards was circulating around...some old goldchainer in a '38 Chevy decided he could get past a dumptruck on the highway in time...needless to say it was flattened.

Just goes to show it ain't the age of the brain its the amount of cells in it.

[CadillacKid]

You summed it up right there Hillbilly...it's nice to hear from some other young guys on here too! (I'm 28, and still consider myself a "kid")

[ESnacky6]

the thing is, if they were driving ricers they would have DIED...!!

at least they're still alive because of old American steel..!!
Rulers....


you guys talk like you've never rallied the streets in your life...

fucking hypocrites...

[Thirdyfivepickup]

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the thing is, if they were driving ricers they would have DIED...!!

at least they're still alive because of old American steel..!!
Rulers....


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Amen.

[Radshit]

Sounds like good old fashioned car fun..........I'm lucky I can talk shit...I had a few close calls.....

[Smokin Joe]

I think it's safe to say most of us have exceeded the posted speed limits or the limits of tire adheasion on the streets at one time or another. Hell, I pretty much put myself thru highschool street racing and I've lost some friends along the way. Let's just hope they learned something from this.

[Zeke]

The kids in the ricer that rolled on I 70 here in Denver weren't so lucky.

Alejandro Melendez, 17, was driving a Mitsubishi Eclipse in that incident and died when the Mitsubishi went out of control, spun off the highway and rolled, police said.

In the accident, Melendez was thrown into the lanes for southbound traffic and a pickup truck ran over him, authorities said. He died at the scene. The other passengers are critical

[ray]

i've had a lot more fun behind the wheel than those teens ever have, but i have the sense to take it out of fucking town, and always have had the sense to.

there already has been big articles in the last year both in the local paper, and the local independant paper about street racing in this town. yes, it might be getting to the point the police take real action here. hell, last summer they lowered the non posted speed limit in town from 30 to 25 mph!...unless otherwise marked, and 10$ per mile over fine...

[CadillacKid]

I always thought that it was kinda funny how towns lower the speed linit, but everyone stays the same speed as before...kind of like fixing a cough with a band-aid...that's what i meant before too...at least have the common sense to get outta town and drag where nobody's around....lord knows how many "Paradise Roads" there are in this great land of ours...

[52Chief]

In San Diego they have really been cracking down on street racers. If caught, the confinscate your car, and DON'T give it back. If you are even caought watching one, you get a ticket/arrested depending on the cops mood. It seems to have helped a little, and they also have a 1/8 mile drag racing at night event for fairly cheap.

[Jkustom]

I think Im with the rest of you youngsters....

I became the second owner of a 56 buick when I was 16. And yeah Ive done some dumb shit, but Ive always been at least a little level headed about doing that dumb shit(if that makes sense) and I have never wrecked the car, or even gotten a ticket... Ive raced a bunch, but I know when its too much, or not a good idea at all....
And Id bet that buick that 99% of us hambers have raced off of a track at least once... Kids will be kids, but some of us are a little wiser than others... And I hope those kids learned al lesson from it...
Hell, I know fellas in thier 60's that still race...

And yeah I wish I woulda had my cars given to me, BUT that aint the case. 56 buick, 54 chevy, and a couple 30's projects All earned the hard way.

[Deuce Roadster]

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I had factory big inch Big Block 69 SS Nova in the late 60's and early 70's. I did a LOT of street racing (for money). We never had problems because we went out of town.....late at night to a "safe place". I know 120 -130 MPH on the street IS NOT safe........but nothing ever happened.

Things change.....but there were squirrels back then and there are squirrels now. The squirrels DIE http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[MercMan1951]

I'm not trying to get in the middle of this argument, but all I have to say is that I have owened LOTS of cars (say 15+) since I was 16, (I'm 29 in May) and many of them were either only a few years younger than me, or 10-30 years OLDER than me.

There is a lot to be said about who's behind the wheel. If it's a punk kid who had his classic "given" to him that doesn't... (in other words - knows nothing about cars and thought an old car was cool) understand the power/ driveability problems older cars had (I.E. drum brakes and inadequate suspension coupled with 300+ horsepower) then I don't feel bad for them. Old cars are all about research, and common sense. But please don't lump us guys who are under 30 into a category of "...those kids don't appreciate those cars"...because some of us do.

Damn, the car I'm working on now (the '51 Mercury) is only 6 years older than my father! From the oil change stickers that remain in the door sill, this car had the last few of it's oil changes done 5 years before I was even born! It was last on the road, and registered, in 1982. That puts me at 7 years old.

It's "kids" like us that are keeping the dream alive! Don't look at the morons who kill themselves or hurt others in "old cars" as representative of us as our whole age group. Okay, I'll step down now. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Radshit]

Ah..Mercman1951...don't get so defensive.....

didn't you read what Deuce Roadster had to say?

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there were squirrels back then and there are squirrels now. The squirrels DIE

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that's funny...by the way


There were idiots amongst us when we were growing up......and now there are idiots making your generation look bad.....


...but the difference now a days is...it gets the attention of every Liberal Band Wagoneer west of the Atlantic......

so a bunch of regulations and laws go into effect....and the fun is over....

[Muttley]

WTF do these people expect? There is not a damn thing to do in most towns, all the strips are gone, all the drive in's are gone. There is nothing cool left to do, asshole's have legislated everything worthwhile out of existence. About 10 years ago there was a local guy who wanted to build a strip, he was going to donate the land and materials and the local Government said no! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif No wonder there is so much street racing, there's nowere else to do it. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Hot Rod To Hell]

Alright guys, I have to admit it... I'm a street racer. Have been since my 16th birthday, probly will be til I die. Granted , Even a dumb street racer like myself knows that there is a time and a place for serious street racing (I'll race stop light to stop light any time, But that doesn't so much count! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif).
Here in Flint we used to Race on James P Cole, which is a 4 lane, divided street in the industrial area. Only thing you've got to watch for is a dumb assed drunk stepping out in front of you! The cops shut that down in a MAJOR way, so now the only place to run is a well lit STRAIGHT stretch of 475 (with 1/4 mi conveniently marked off!) and the cops have even been watching THAT lately.
It sucks. I don't know why they have so much concern for 475. It's a LATE night thing, There's NO traffic, There's a 10+ ft brick wall on the right, a 4 ft high concrete Median on the left, and NO entrance/exit ramps within about 2 mles either way. There's even a fenced in overpass at about the 330' mark for spectators! It's the PERFECT street racing drag strip, and if anyone crashes, they won't hurt anyone but themselves!!!

BTW: How do not 1, but TWO cars lose control at 65 mph????? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gifMy car REGULARLY sees 130, and seems to do ok. Even if you hit a "patch" of ice, If you're going straight, and not yankin all over the wheel, shouldn't you CONTINUE to go straight? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[chromedRAT]

i bet the coppers will be cracking down around here in ohio too. last weekend, some dumb shits, one in a newer cavalier, the other in an 02 monte carlo, were dragging IN BROAD DAYLIGHT and BLEW A STOP SIGN. the cavalier t-boned a dodge neon, and the monte then hit both cars. the two 19 yr old girls in the neon were turned to jelly, so i hear. never knew what hit em. i guess i've always been fortunate that i insist on crawling before i walk, so that i hopefully fuck up less than the average bear. i doubt i'll ever seriously street race because of that though, i couldn't bear hurting somebody, and even if i found a paradise road, something could always happen. and rumor has it that in ohio, dragging is a felony! maybe i oughta thank my lucky stars that national trails drag strip is less than an hour away. be careful fellas, keep your eyes on the road and both feet on the wheel!

[133]

i guess i should take back my previous post. to be honest, when i said young people i meant high schoolers. but i'm sorry for making that statement.

anyway i just got back from the Hot Import Nights car show in LA and i must say that ricers are the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet. for one, they were speeding and peeling out in the parking structure. yeah, they're cool and impressed me. enough about that, i'm going to bed.

[modernbeat]

Well, I've done it.

I've drag raced, road raced, long distance raced, and just generally hooned about, all on public roads. Some of it was organized. Some of it was ad hock. Some of it was me, solo.

What I haven't done is do any of the above with passengers, with old beat up cars that weren't up to the task, on roads that were closely lined with telephone poles or residences at the curb and I've never blown a light on purpose or while racing.

What about it?

I've had one wreck in my life that was my fault. While stopped at a stoplight I rolled into the guy in front of me.

As long as I can get off in court, and don't hurt anyone else, I'm gonna keep doing it too.

Take the drive from Ft Stockton to Sanderson and tell me that you won't take it sorta fast to make it fun. Same thing for the complex of flat roads surrounding Port Road and Red Bluff outside of Seabrook, Texas. A perfect road course if I ever saw one.

If you want legislation to solve our problems make it legislate RESULTS not ACTIONS. Legislate the WHAT not the HOW. Or well end up like the Brittish who have basicly had their driving freedom taken away by robotic speed cameras and crazy parking and congestion rules.

[Deyomatic]

Just last night as we're about to merge onto the highway from the on ramp, Munson looks in his rear view and says, "Here we go." What he thought was a cop about to pull us over split into two separate headlights and each of what turned out to be "crotch rockets" passed us on either side of the lane, (the one on the right was in the shoulder) at probably 120+ MPH.
NO sympathy for guys that street race on motorcycles.

[Fatchuk]

Well guys...I'm 60..and I can tell you it still feels the same at 60 as it did at 16 to smoke the tires and hear the sound of gettin on it.. I am a little wiser and aquired eyes in the back of my head (so my kids say)...I try yo observe where I'm at when I get that feeling to lite it up but I gotta admitt to still being a little foolish..living on a paved road in nowhereville Ont canada...gives me the oportunity to feed my vise pretty often...but I gotta say that I still can't resist the thrill of letting it go and I hope I never do till I'm at least 90.......the sound of screaming tires,loud exhaust, burning rubber, and the neighbours shaking their heads and saying arn't you ever gonna grow up...those are the things I live for...be careful but keep that exhaust as loud as you can....... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.giffatchuk

[CadillacKid]

133, you can't even lump all high schoolers in the bad catagory...I had my 55 Chevy when I was in high school...then a red 63 Impala...drove 'em to school every day...gotta little buddy that's in high school right now...his dad owns a restoration/hot rod shop...the kid's building a '55 Chevy two door sedan right now with a fiberglass flip front-end, 'glass doors and deck lid, big block and a tunnel ram, and he's even been looking at straight axles...he's building it himself, and he's footin' his own bill too...not all kid's are bad...

[modernbeat]

You don't have to be a kid to screw it too tight.

Even the pros muss their hair on occasion. Take a look at spectacular wreck footage here. (http://passionautos2.free.fr/1_ATT00126.mpeg)

[delaware george]

i lost a good friend a couple years back and it was because of a stupid street racing mistake...did it stop me altogether...no...but i'm alot smarter(of coarse i haven't had a fast car together in over a year)...these were guys in there early thirties

[ray]

this shits been on the evening news two nights in a row now, they named the driver and the charges aganst him...get this shit, not wearing his seatbelt! in a 55 chevy! bwahaha! i really hope they got the charges mixed with the other driver http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[lotus]

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You don't have to be a kid to screw it too tight.

Even the pros muss their hair on occasion. Take a look at spectacular wreck footage here. (http://passionautos2.free.fr/1_ATT00126.mpeg)

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holy crap...did that guy die? I don't see how anybody could survive that! did you see the camera dude who almost got wiped out??? he goes straight back to the camera after the car damn near hits him...

also...as far as street racing goes...there are people who do it only on weekends in remote areas and there are idiots who do it in busy traffic...all it takes is a single person or small group of people to give it a bad name.

here is a pic of some guys that got stopped by the local chp (taking their info down for suspected street racing)
http://duckbutterracing.com/C4VetteLS1/lindseycop.jpg
kinda funny...

another thing...we used to race around one of the hills around here and we had a...what we called dead mans corner and I don't know how many times I had to help drag a car or truck back up off of drop off on that corner from people not judging their speed correctly...and I remember being on top of the hill once and seeing all the lights go out and thinking hmmm...wonder what happened...only to hear on monday at school that a kid we knew smacked a telephone pole just hard enough to break some wires.

[burndup]

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As long as I can get off in court, and don't hurt anyone else, I'm gonna keep doing it too.


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Amen brutha...


And if your in high school, I'm sorry, you're a kid still, too young and dumb to know whats up... I sound like an old fart, but trust me, I am one lucky sonvabitch not to have killed myself about 7 times or anyone else at your age...

and you should consider yourselves lucky as hell that you haven't yet either. Just chill.

[du$ty]

shit happens.live fast and all that jazz.sucks for them.