[DanielB_ZX3]

Back in the day, I went to a couple of street races.
We'd go to an industrial area late at night - a straight road with no other access other than at either end (so no chance to have a car 'just show up'). We'd post sentries at either end and up a street or so that would be on the lookout for cops - they'd have walkie-talkies to let us know what/if anything was coming. The group of racers (and other club members/friends who were observing) would park round back of an industrial unit out of the way. We had a 'finish line' marker (lamppost or something), and then plenty of room to slow down before the end of the street.

I was still quite worried about getting busted by the cops, so only ever did 1 run (against another Focus that had a few mods).. and I lost. I spent the rest of the time just watching. It was pretty fun. It was a shame it was 'illegal', as we were fairly well organized and it was quite safe.

Of course, one accident causing property damage, one accident where a car hit a curb and flipped, one incident where 2 cars touched side-to-side causing some scraped paint (or worse), and anyone would have said "yes" it was a pretty stupid thing to do.