Why do people participate in Illegal Street Racing?
The answer to this question dates back over a hundred years. Historically illegal street racing on public roads started with the horse and buggy. With the invention of the internal combustion engine, the horse was replaced for a motor, and installed into a buggy. Evo Street Racers has verified accounts of illegal street racing dating far back as the 1900’s where the media complained about reckless motorists racing through the street creating a trail of chaos. The Smithsonian Institution has recorded automobile racing in America starting in 1895 with famous characters like the Duryea Brothers “racing” (Avg. Speed of 7.5mph) through the streets of Chicago. The Prohibition Era in the 1920’s has been reported as another source for increasing the incidence of illegal street racing in America. People smuggling alcohol, known as Bootleggers and Rumrunners, would modify there vehicles for more power and better handling to outrun police. The result was highly tuned vehicles illegally racing thr
