Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Millennials. They get more animated by back up cameras and pairing bluetooth than what is under the hood. I am in their company all the time and not once did I hear them talk cars.
Street racing is still popular. I just had some kid in a something or other high speed low drag looking car rev up on me in my diesel. Lol sure kid you can say you beat a 8500 pound truck. There’s some bragging rights for you.
I see car racing stories all over the place. Lots of videos online of street racing. As long as there will be two people on earth they will compete in some way. Racing isn’t dead by any means
Starting in the early 30's (after prohibition when a bunch of former bootleggers had their supped up cars and nothing to do with them), with a few peeks in the 50's, 70's and 90's.
personally I think it is the fault of a few things.
1. complexity of newer cars making them harder to sup up.
2. Hobby has been taken over by the wealthy who can afford to upgrade already fast high end German and Italian sports cars driving out the purists who would either build a muscle car from scratch out of junkyard parts or supping up their moms old hand me down Honda civic.
3. stiffer penalties if caught, (gone are the days of a $50 ticket if caught now you pretty much have to take out a loan).
4. urban sprawl, (can't just meet up 2 miles outside of city limits anymore, you have to go further and further outside of town to find a place to race).
5. Other forms of recreation, (many of the people I personally knew from the street racing culture years ago are into offroading in jeeps, lifted 4x4 trucks & SUV's now, for the reasons stated above).
While there has always been an offroad/4x4 culture I think the main reason it has grown so much in the last 10 years if because it has absorbed many refugees from the hot-rod/street racing culture.
Starting in the early 30's (after prohibition when a bunch of former bootleggers had their supped up cars and nothing to do with them), with a few peeks in the 50's, 70's and 90's.
personally I think it is the fault of a few things.
1. complexity of newer cars making them harder to sup up.
2. Hobby has been taken over by the wealthy who can afford to upgrade already fast high end German and Italian sports cars driving out the purists who would either build a muscle car from scratch out of junkyard parts or supping up their moms old hand me down Honda civic.
3. stiffer penalties if caught, (gone are the days of a $50 ticket if caught now you pretty much have to take out a loan).
4. urban sprawl, (can't just meet up 2 miles outside of city limits anymore, you have to go further and further outside of town to find a place to race).
5. Other forms of recreation, (many of the people I personally knew from the street racing culture years ago are into offroading in jeeps, lifted 4x4 trucks & SUV's now, for the reasons stated above).
While there has always been an offroad/4x4 culture I think the main reason it has grown so much in the last 10 years if because it has absorbed many refugees from the hot-rod/street racing culture.
Millennials. They get more animated by back up cameras and pairing bluetooth than what is under the hood. I am in their company all the time and not once did I hear them talk cars.
I think millennial's like cars but they're shell shocked from the great recession. Plus, a lot of jobs added since then are low paying, while college/insurance costs rise. They're thinking about what is practical, since they're not as well off as their baby boomer parents. It typically takes 2 incomes to have a house, and family hauling vehicle. Having a powerful car and making modifications is an expensive hobby. Being tech oriented isn't a bad thing, someone has to show the older folk how to use the TV remote, tablet, phone, etc.
It still exists just out of the lime light before the Fast and Furious made Street Racing into mainstream pop culture so most of the posers are now gone from the scene and it continues on with the purists.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
