www.youtube.com A little video I put together with some clips from my old crx and some friends cars. Check out the begging when the cop calls me a brainchild for getting patton ave going again ( huge strip of road that has been cruised for many years ) Street racing is a form of unsanctioned and illegal motor racing which takes place on public roads. Street racing can either be spontaneous or well-planned and coordinated. Well coordinated races are planned in advance and often have people communicating via 2-way radio/citizens' band radio and using police scanners and GPS units to mark locations of local police hot spots. Street racing is reported to have originated prior to the 1930s due to alcohol prohibition in some parts of the United States.[citation needed] Opponents of street racing cite a lack of safety relative to sanctioned racing events, as well as legal repercussions arising from incidents, among street racing's drawbacks. Drag racing is a race which involves two or more competitors who drive in a straight line for a specified distance (usually a 1/4 mile). The driver that covers the most distance between the two cars or reaches the end first is the winner. Fundamental skills in drag racing are the ability to launch with ideal wheelspin and shifting as fast as possible. Such competition on organized tracks associated with a sanctioning body are legal. A form of racing on public roads that is only legal with a city permit. When two or more cars compete until ...