[asphaltgambler]

I know the Detroit street scene was and probably the original place where the absolute baddest of the bad came out to dual.

Here in Northern Va (about 50 miles southwest of DC) the street scene was really something in the late 80's. A few local hard-hitters: '34 chevy sedan w/6-71 huffed roller-cammed 406 that would routinely run 10:30's in the quarter. A t-bucket roadster with a huffed 496 that would run slightly quicker. A back-halved 88 z-28 camaro sporting a 10-71 huffed 500 inch injected on alcohol the would absolutely go into the 9's. All in 'street' trim.

Never seen these guys do 'slips but the most $$ on a single race that I witnessed was 4 large!