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The Beginning
Street racing is rumored to have started in the early 1930's. During a time of Stock car racing and early drag racing, people took the races to the streets over bets of money or even bets for cars. Creating a era and kind of racing. -
Top Secret
Smokey Nagata founded his tuning and performance shop "Top Secret" in 1991. This sparked a large number of people to customize and tune their cars to perfection, just as Smokey had. And most often, these tuner cars were big names in the street racing scene. -
Midnight 200mph blast
Around 4 a.m. on November 4, 1998, Smokey Nagata attempted to break the 200mph barrier on a British freeway in his Mk4 Supra. After 3 hours of continuous driving, he managed this feat, setting a new speed record on a public roadway, which to this day people strive to beat. -
Fast and the Furious
Fast and the Furious was a movie released, centered around street racing. It quickly became one of the most recognized movies made, and it encouraged a lot of people to get into the street racing scene. It not only popularized the cars in the movie, but the activities involved too. Promoting street racing as cool, and fun. -
1320video
1320video has made a major impact on the street racing community. This film crew has worked hard to film and photograph all kinds of major street racing events throughout the years. showing people behind-the-scenes footage of street racing. Popularizing street racing when they filmed this, which caused a surge of people wanting to start doing so as well. -
Covid-19
The spread of Covid-19 opened a lot of street racing opportunities. The reduced traffic opened roadways and provided more places to race. The higher amount of free time on people's hands convinced more people to get into racing. This all brought more people into the "hobby".