SSThunder Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Back in the 1990's I could remember crusing. it got so bad in Danville, KY that shops tried to close it down so people went 10 miles to Stanford to cruise. you moved at 4 or 5 mph and checked out the ladies cruising also. Tons of cars!!! cruise strips in the small town of Stanford were packed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackss461982 Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 these were all good. the good ole days!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman31 Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlack Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 You speak the truth my friend. I miss all the cruisin and racing back in the 90's, mostly raced my GSXR1100 and cruised in the blazer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quik Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 i remember meeting up in local lot waiting for 8pm to roll down to the industrial park where hours of racign would exist and no 4 bangers. cars trailerd in and etc. old classics,modern performance and some joe smoes. as years went on that first FNF came out and so did all the fuking idiots on the planet thinking mom's car was fast cause they installed a bike muffler. so cops started to come and idiots did more shit, then they threw a 40oz off the police car then no more rear cars came down. then you had cars with PS2 installed thinking they had the hot ticket. next following year it died also remember cruising streets of PGH for hours just burning gas for hell of it, now you cant do that cause it draws to much attention being in packs. years ago as stated 12s street ride you were spoken about for counties, now if your not 9s just pack up and let big boys race Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterp Posted February 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Back in the 1990's I could remember crusing. it got so bad in Danville, KY that shops tried to close it down so people went 10 miles to Stanford to cruise. you moved at 4 or 5 mph and checked out the ladies cruising also. Tons of cars!!! cruise strips in the small town of Stanford were packed. I saw the same thing happen in Modesto CA. Modesto is the city shown/portrayed in American Grafitti; the main street there is McHenry Avenue, we would cruise McHenry starting at about 4pm (right after school) for the rest of the night. Good Times There was a decades-old tradition of crusing McHenry the first Saturday night after school let out, the locals called it Graffiti Night, it was completely word-of-mouth and unsponsored/unofficial and easily there would be 25,000 - 30,000 people on McHenry at 9pm, it was just like crusing the strip in Reno during Hot August Nights. Insane. During normal commute you could get from one end of McHenry to the other in about 15-minutes, but during Grafitti Night it was 4+ hours one way, then you had to turn back!!! Imagine being in stop-and-go traffic so long that your transmission overheats LOL. The cops would park on the sidestreets, and if you were seen passing a patrol car more than once you were cited for cruising. People having burnout contests in the gridlock was the norm. The cops could *never* gain control on Graffiti Night ever no matter how many patrolmen they put on the street and whatever tactics they used, and they tried it all including towing, harassment, etc and they tried hard to eradicate the gathering for about a good 5+ years. Then, in 1989 the City of Modesto gave-up and decided to corporatize the spectacle, they announced an official "Graffiti Night" celebration and that killed Graffiti Night as we knew it, it was nothing but a main street carnival without the crusing and police barracades etc so we never went back. We were very sad. Mr. P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba3689 Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 well i wasnt around 20 years ago well almost wasent around but i wish i could have been Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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