[GTX JOHN]

I have have a lot different take than everyone else on this site
and probably elsewhere. I do not expect anyone here to agree with me.

It is not a secret that for most of my adult life I was Vice President
of the LA Street Racers ....and I supported myself through College
by that racing often 5 or 6 Days a week in different part of So. Cal..


Often we would "Lock" our race or races up and quietly trailer
our cars off the meeting area. We would sometimes tell bystanders
we we heading back to the shop and could not get any action that night.
A number of spectators were smart enough to figure we were going out
racing and follow us. The Industrial areas we were going to were well
known by most and well used.

Although in thirty years no one was ever hurt and we picked streets to minimize
people being close ( Often on Hilly Terrain /Well elevated for spectating).....
Of course they could have been hurt or killed just like I could have been
I accept the blame for that possibility but so do should to spectators.
A night in Jail or a trip to the Hospital or worse was not inconceivable.
in FACT.......We ALL understood those very possibilities!

However I have a different take than everyone else. When you follow us for
to a race (Often Uninvited) ........YOU assumed a portion of the risk and
knew the possibility of you getting yourself hurt or killed.
If you find that unacceptable fine.....Just don't follow me out to the street race.

You know what could happen by you standing there........just like I knew what can happen
when I CHOSE to back my Hemi Dart off my trailer and lined it up.

I wanted to do it and I ACCEPTED the risk and potential for disaster
that transpired by that decision. I did that I did it with my eyes wide open!

On the nights that I flagged off the race or just stood and watched...............
I knew the risk of my actions and accepted the very real danger of what might
of happened! The guys I watched race prepared and drove their cars
to the best of their abilities, They did not go out to hurt anyone and no
one forced me to go watch......I was a grown man and accepted the
risks of being there and putting myself in harms way. By racing I was
breaking the Law = 23109a Engaging in a speed contest. By even watching
so were they = 23109b Aiding in a speed contest. Arguably we all were engaging
a Felony . Conspiracy to commit a minor crime is a Felony > I was often told that
when warned by Law enforcement.

Again..............I do not expect a single person to consider much less agree
with my position. I would never advocate anyone breaking any Laws.........But at
least now you have the perspective to consider of someone
who actually spent much of his life as a real life Street Racer.

GTX John
VP
LA Street Racers (Retired)