the FDNY used to come and open up the hydrants so they couldnt race.[/QUOTE]
AHHH I remember that tactic well! The cops used to do that at Connecting. They'd open up the hydrants on the access road & let it run down onto the highway--got rid of both spectators & racers in one shot. My friend tried to shut a hydrant off one night & the cops arrested him for "Disrupting Governmental Justice"

. Never heard of it before or since. My sister who was a NYC Prosecutor said there is such a charge--kinda CS if you ask me.