Re: NHRA regulates off track behavior.........
NHRA isn't "regulating off track behavior" here. They hold the keys to the starting line and are reasonably careful as to who they hand them to. You can't race without a valid drivers license and street racing would cause that to go away.
The only way NHRA could know you street race is if you got caught, in which case you would have no license and couldn't race anyway. As for being seen on Street Outlaws, I don't really know about that. NHRA would have to admit to watching this show that they condemn. Tough position to defend.
You can do what you want off track, but if you get caught you have more to worry about than going rounds on Sunday.
As for Fast and Furious, Kent had a blow up of street racing when the first film came out. The Washington State Patrol, Kent Police and Pacific Raceway staff worked to urge these kids to take it to the track. The track now has regular High School Drags and a lot of imports show up for T&T. Bremerton runs the Street Legal Drags series as well as HS Drags.
The type of street racing depicted in the films is considerably more dangerous than street drags. I grew up in Ohio near Detroit Dragway and Milan. There were more than a few remote country roads with marked off 1/4 miles on them.
Dale
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