I live on the Southside of Chicago and it's been a while since I've been on the race scene. Does anyone in the Chicagoland area know where people meet up now days?....

What kind of race?
Autocross?
Time Attack?
Drag?

think hes talking about street

lulz ibtl

Lol remember not to granny shift and you should double clutch!

Drag...

^in other words, street racing

^Yes, street racing

1st District - Central
1718 South State Street Chicago, IL 60609
2nd District - Wentworth
5101 South Wentworh Avenue Chicago, IL 60609
3rd District - Grand Crossing
7040 S. Cottage Grove Ave. Chicago, IL 60637
4th District - South Chicago
2255 E. 103rd St Chicago, IL 60617
5th District - Calumet
727 E. 111th St. Chicago, IL 60628
6th District - Gresham
7808 South Halsted Street Chicago, IL 60620
7th District - Englewood
1438 W. 63rd St. Chicago, IL 60636
8th District - Chicago Lawn
3420 W. 63rd St. Chicago, IL 60629
9th District - Deering
3120 S. Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60608
10th District - Ogden
3315 W. Ogden Avenue Chicago, IL 60623
11th District - Harrison
3151 W. Harrison St. Chicago, IL 60612
12th District - Monroe
100 S. Racine Ave. Chicago, IL 60607
13th District - Wood
937 N. Wood St. Chicago, IL 60622
14th District - Shakespeare
2150 N. California Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
15th District - Austin
5701 W. Madison Ave. Chicago, IL 60651
16th District - Jefferson Park
5151 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60630
17th District - Albany Park
4650 N. Pulaski Rd. Chicago, IL 60630
18th District - Near North
1160 N. Larrabee Ave. Chicago, IL 60610
19th District - Belmont
2452 W. Belmont Ave. Chicago, IL 60618
20th District - Foster
5400 North Lincoln Avenue Chicago, IL 60625
21st District - Prairie
300 E. 29th St. Chicago, IL 60616
22nd District - Morgan Park
1900 W. Monterey Ave. Chicago, IL 60643
23rd District - Town Hall
3600 N. Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60613
24th District - Rogers Park
6464 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60626
25th District - Grand Central
5555 W. Grand Ave. Chicago, IL 60639

These locations are the hot spots. Go to which ever one is closest to you. Starts any time after 10pm. If you want to race, just randomly do a burnout when you get there. These events are called 50 street war.

LOL are those all police stations Domo?

:lalala:

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I was like really domo.
Then his comment ^^^^^^^^

that is pricless.

lolol

hahaha Domo that was awesome.

Im down! Those stupid innocent pedestrians shouldn't be on the streets anyways!!

Police stations....really (No comment about that). :icon_nono: Sorry but I'm not a rookie when it comes to the race scene and sending people off! I only race at the Drag strip because I have a wife and kid so racing on the street isn't an option. I just wanted to see where people got together to hang out locally rather than going all the way to Joliet (Route 66 Dragway), Morocco Indiana (U.S. 41), or Kenosha Wisconsin (Great Lake Dragway). I'll just go to a test and tune night at Route 66 and ask someone there.

Back when I was in college we use to hang out at a local restaurant called Mickey's in Park Forest where you could hang out, have a good meal, and see all kind cars whether they were built for drag racing or simply restored antiques and that is what I was looking for now.....not illegal street racing!

you should have been more specific...race scene is going to get a different reaction than car scene. That's good that you aren't street racing but, had you been more specific in the first place, would have gotten a lot less bashing...just sayin...

I can totally understand that. It's just been a long time since I've been on the car scene but thanks for clearing that up.

Perhaps you should check out some local clubs like Scion Evolution or Scikotics, if you own a Scion. They don't race or anything but if your looking for people to hang with, they probably would be ideal for you. But don't expect them to be performance oriented, they are more oriented to building show cars like audio, stickers, lights, fog machines, etc.

Either that or you could check out JDMchicago.com

They host a list of local meets and so on. Meets that are open to any car enthusiast.

Gotcha! I'll check some of those out. Thanks for the information!

strats in villa park lol hate the place too judgemental but its a place

scion evolution has a meet 2nd wed at 7ish at elmhurst toyota

Gotcha! I'll check some of those out. Thanks for the information!

If you're interested in racing with turns, my wife & I autocross with SCCA in Joliet (next to rt66 dragstrip) & occasionally with Salt Creek at Maywood Park.
We race my daily driver, so it's completely safe.

Strats is one of the only places.
except it gets worse every year.
the cars get worse, the people get worse, it just sucks.

most of the cars are all bolt on cars, no one wants to bring out their "race cars" because the police are everywhere now thanks to people streetracing in the area, doing burnouts when they leave, people fighting etc.

Found the car scene out here in Chicago thanks to my friend Keith Brown from work and I must say it was nice seeing a mix of Domestic and Import cars having a good time just hanging out!

Although I've never been there before, my buddy told me about Strats and it doesn't sound like a place I want to hang out.....to much drama from what I've heard. I'll just stick to hanging out at the Dominicks off of Roosevelt.....definitely a laid back atmosphere and people are there just to hang out.

Dominicks off Roosevelt?
in Chicago or what?

Yep in Chicago. Right down from UIC. If you're heading north on 94 from the southside as soon as you get to the downtown area you get off on Roosevelt and make a right then head down a couple lights and it's on the right hand side.

i know a place i headn down there today pm me if u want info

Anybody been to Strats lately? Thinking about heading there in a couple weeks....still getting my tC together. Just was wondering how its been.....last year when I went it was pretty cool and laid back. Didn't run into any rude people or see any fights like people were saying but that could be because I went towards the end of the racing season.

It's always terrible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1c5i8ZaWu4

It's always terrible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1c5i8ZaWu4

Wow! That's the definition of what happens when a rookie driver gets hold of a car with a little power. I'm sure people were clowning him for that! :clap:

I'll probably swing through there next week and see how it is. If it does turn out to be terrible I'll just head downtown to the Dominick's where I usually hang out.

we meet up at strats on saturday nights. my club meets at wendys on 79th and harlem. im also on jmdc

we meet up at strats on saturday nights. my club meets at wendys on 79th and harlem. im also on jmdc

Looks like I'll be seeing you there! I just joined JDMC last week too! You may have noticed my tC before.....had bondo all over it due to some haters but I just sanded everything and primed it so I'm no longer the bondo king anymore! Will definitely be heading to Strats saturday night so looking forward to seeing another scion there!

Looks like I'll be seeing you there! I just joined JDMC last week too! You may have noticed my tC before.....had bondo all over it due to some haters but I just sanded everything and primed it so I'm no longer the bondo king anymore! Will definitely be heading to Strats saturday night so looking forward to seeing another scion there!

Cool, there will be two rs 3's there one is mine, the other is my buddies. Mine is the one that isn't lowered. Lol

Cool, there will be two rs 3's there one is mine, the other is my buddies. Mine is the one that isn't lowered. Lol

Sweet! Looking forward to meeting up. What time do you all usually get there?....PM me when you are heading up there and maybe we can meet up somewhere and cruise there together....would be sweet to roll up there scion's deep when usually I'm the only one, lol!

check out scca autocross....see if you can outrun the worlds quickest toaster

check out scca autocross....see if you can outrun the worlds quickest toaster

I'm a straight line kinda guy but I'm going to do some track events this year. Nothing against autocross cause I know that takes a lot of skill but I'd rather be on an actual track like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRvkZ7fzOss&list=FLvWAK6wJmAepCTRvp41EVnw&index=25&feature=plpp_video

You'd be shocked at what a good driver in a 100hp car can do on a course with 4x more turns than an F1 driver encounters...
I wouldn't be surprised if he's beaten 400hp mustangs on raw time.

We'd all like to be the next Sebasian Vettel, but autocross costs a third to a quarter of a track event, not to mention a competitive track event.

By the way, autocross school is this coming weekend. You get half a day of classroom instruction, and a day and a half of track time with in-car instruction. $130. Can't beat that!

The only people who knock autocross have never tried autocross...
I've dragged before also...

Just for giggles, I looked up the race results from the WQ Toasters veryfirst race after drivers school.
On raw time, he out-drove a Genesis Coupe, an RX7, a 'Vette, an EVO X, a modified 240SX.

Once I get my tC back from the shop I'll give it a try.

The next event is April 15th at Rt 66 raceway in Joliet.
Come and race my two students from driving school last weekend- a Street Touring Compact class Celica, and a Street Mod FWD tC. They were actually running similar times, proving power is only useful if you can use it!

My tC won't be done till June but once I get it back I'll give it a shot.

Duderino,

We will have no less than 3 Scions racing tomorrow-

2 tC's in Street Touring F - mine, and a former student of mine.
1 turbo tC in Street Mod FWD, also a former student of mine from a few weeks ago.
My other student from this year drives a nicely-prepared Celica, and he usually beats the turbo on raw time.

Duderino,

We will have no less than 3 Scions racing tomorrow-

2 tC's in Street Touring F - mine, and a former student of mine.
1 turbo tC in Street Mod FWD, also a former student of mine from a few weeks ago.
My other student from this year drives a nicely-prepared Celica, and he usually beats the turbo on raw time.

That's sweet! I"ll definitely come check you out once my tC is back on the streets.