maybe I'm just misinterpreting some of the posts, is the insinuation that 9 and 10-sec "street cars" are a dime a dozen. Certainly they do exist and I personally know of a very few (heck, I live in SoCal). But, I just don't see them on every corner as some would like you to believe.
Depends on what corner your look at. LOL
No rock throwing, but there are a lot more of these cars today then there were back in the day.
The year 1980, the place So Cal:
Let me introduce some of my friends-
Hot Rod Magazine August 1985 cover, Lakewood Ca. hangout at one of the original Mc Donalds.
Pg18 L.A. street racing article.
Pg20 48 Ford Anglia- BBC 9.80 @ 144 owner Big Bill. Drove it everywhere. Today is building a 34 Brogie tube chassie street car with plans to drive it.
Pg21 55 T-bird- BBC 9.72 @ 139 Owner Kirk
Hot Rod Magazine May 1983. Today he drives a Nitro Coupe.
1967 Nova- 10.80 SBC owner Boyd. Drove his car everywhere. Today owns a Dodge Omni that runs 11's and also drives it everywhere, can be seen at Irwindale, and is refered to as "the old man".
Plus you had Joe Sherman with his 10- 9 sec SBC wagons. His bracket cars would appear in the magazine.
Then you have names famous only to So Cal.
Jr & Drity Ronny- A warehouse full of 8,9,10 sec cars.
Mark Washington-9 sec BBC 68 Camaro
Speedy-10 sec SBC LUV Truck
Ed- 10 sec SBC LUV
The School Teacher*-9 sec SBC Camaro
Simon*-9 sec BBC Camaro
Chucky Cheese-8 sec SBC Camaro on Squeeze-Simon's old car.
Peckas-8 sec BBC Firebird-Came up from Mexico.
Wapado-9 sec 57 Chevy-Later would become a Nitro Coupe.
Cabbage-10 SBC 67 Nova
Ron's Toy-9 sec SBC Camaro
Cadillac Boys- Various 9-10 sec cars
Baseball Bill- 10 sec 66 Nova- Boyds old car.
Red-10 sec Dodge Dart
Cheater George*-10 sec SBC 68 Chevelle Wagon-one of Shermans old cars.
Berg Brothers-9 sec VW Sandrail
Caley-10 sec VW Dunebuggy
Vince*-10 sec Fiat
Spokes*-9 sec VW
Muff-9 sec BBC Camaro
Jim Wagner of Pontiac fame-10 sec Trans Am
The Gypsy's- 10 sec SBC Nova
Asaad*- 10 sec SBC Capri
Chaddick- 10 sec SBC 68 Chevelle
Wilbor Tom- 10 sec 496 BBC Camaro
Jose*- 9 sec SBC 66 Nova
Heckel and Jeckel- 10 sec Camaro
Nelson-9 sec Camaro
Sammy and Bimbo- 10 sec BBC Camaro
Sam the painter- 9 sec SBC Camaro
Smoke- 10 sec SBC Camaro
Grey Boys- 10 sec SBC Vega
Donny- 10 sec SBC Chevette- Crashed it on SF road. Lived to talk about it.
Crippled Chris- 10 sec SBC Camaro (Wheelchair bound, work on his own car, built the motor and the car by himself.)
Bottle Bob-10 sec IROC on squeeze
Poindexter- 10 sec Camaro
Firebird Ron- 10 sec BBC Firebird
Mikey-10 sec Camaro
Todd- 10 sec Camaro and low 8 sec bike
"Tank" Tanklage- 10 sec Cuda. Today has the track record at Irwindale for a 4.99 in the 1/8 with his bike.
Marty*-10 sec Vega
Big "D"*-10 sec 57 Henry J
Foley*- 9 sec SBC 57 Chevy-on squeeze He is said to have sold the rights of his nitrous unit to NOS and it was later called the Fogger. Went on to race Super Stock, but was banned for a year over a nitrous issue-cought cheating.
Bigham- SBC blown alcohol street legal funnycar
Crazy Harry-7 sec Topfuel bike
Honda boys- 10 sec Street bike
Triple Threat Chris-9 sec Triple
Tommy Bolin- 8 sec street bikes
Ridely- 8 sec Kawasaki- later would end up racing NHRA Pro Stock Bikes
Suzuki Tom- 9 sec Suzuki
and last but not least-Big Willie and his Hemi Daytona- also seen on the first sence of Two Lane Blacktop- Pres. Brotherhood of Street Racers who where also in the first scenes.(Many if not all of these racer are members)
All street racers through the 80's, today there are a lot more and it gets hard to keep up with all the names.
*Deceased
Just a chance to go down memory lane. I am sure I have forgotten a few. Most of these racers went quicker on squeeze. Most did not use it- more poeple started using it in the 90's | 
