Discovery Channel’s show Street Outlaws glamorizes the unsafe practice of street racing and brings negativity to the sport of drag racing as a whole. Glorifying illegal racing also encourages others to believe it’s acceptable. Although some of the racing takes place on airport runways and other locations, with required permits, it does not take away from the fact it promotes illegal street racing. Some argue street racing related deaths are minimal in comparison to other auto accidents (http://www.examiner.com/article/illegal-street-racing-statistics); however, one life lost due to this activity is totally unacceptable and preventable. It not only jeopardizes the safety of the racers and onlookers, but the general public as well. This link provides some insightful illegal street racing statistics (http://evostreetracers.org).
The intent of this petition is not to cancel production of future Street Outlaws shows, but to encourage Discovery Channel to have all drag racing activity take place at safe, legal drag racing facilities. There are at least four known drag strips within 1 hour and 34 minutes of Oklahoma City, OK.
Thunder Valley Raceway Park (Noble, OK) 28 miles (36 mins)
Ardmore Dragway (Springer, OK) 87 miles (1 hour 20 mins)
LA Dragway (Geronimo, OK) 97 miles (1 hour 30 mins)
Tulsa Raceway Park (Tulsa, OK) (107 miles (1 hour 34 mins)
This would not change the premise of the show, “fastest street racers in the nation” nor dilute the ongoing rivalries between the racers involved. The show itself is great....drama, rivalries, etc. But they could very easily take the drag racing part of it 28 miles down the road to Thunder Valley Raceway Park and have the same results....without promoting street racing. Non-prepped track, timers off, no tree.....with walls and no other cars or people around. The bottom line…..drag racing should only take place within the confines of a safe environment and not promoted as a cool thing to do on the street!
Wally Parks, born in Goltry, OK, just 2 hours north of where Street Outlaws is filmed, founded drag racing’s most successful and influential sanctioning body in 1951. He formed the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) to institute safety rules to get racing off the streets and into safer, organized venues. Over the years there have been other drag racing sanctioning bodies formed and many drag strips opened, yet, here we are 63 years later still fighting against what Wally Parks set out to do.
Updates
January 17, 2014
Seeing this kind of movement is exhausting but it proves that people really do care about keeping these races on actual tracks. I am tired of the pushback we get from the network but knowing so many of you are watching makes it worth the work.
30 Comments
I am also a member of Beat the Heat, and I also believe that this show encourages illegal street racing. A lot of teens and first time drivers watch this show and think it is ok to street race. We should be telling them to go to the track because on the street you don't control all the factors that could lead to a crash. It is not ok to be on the street and this show should not be allowed to promote it.
I have watch this show from day one I am sorry but your show is fix yes the cars are real bad ass cars BUT THAT'S IT. you can not tell me the the state of OKLAHOMA and the police of that state do not know what the hell is up you show us big chief. going out and marking a street BUT COME RACR NIGHT YOU ARE AT THE SAME PLACE EVERY RACE SO IN A WAY IT A LIE BECAUSE YOU HAVE RACE ON THE SAME STREET SO MUCH THE RUBBER IS BUILT UP JUST LIKE A TRACK NEAR YOU. now put them on trailer and sent them to track all over the USA and then come back and say who's the fastest STREET CAR!!!!!!!!!!
Great show but it is sending the wrong message. The streets are not made for racing they are made for traveling
Keep it on the track please! It may be staged but for the average viwer they see street racing glorified. Its not right!
I lost my racecar on a trailer coming home from a track when 2 street car racing crashed into us on a highway we rolled 3 times totaled my truck ,trailer,and my 1971 drag challenger .It was a hit and run till I caught them .
5045 38th Avenue north
illegal is illegal. so why can the city give the go ahead for this type of illegal activity? and also be able to sleep knowing they made an exception just so the city can be on TV. Sad, for those that claim its "not really illegal" where did u learn the laws or did u? very disturbing that officers in these cities can pick and choose what is illegal. Wrong is wrong. if officials can pick n choose what laws to ignore for such a pathetic reason as to get publicity for the city, where will they draw the line? i didnt realize that the rules only apply to the taxpaying...regular citizens that arent making a reality show... this is definitely setting them up for lawsuits, and going to give "regular" people a strong argument in any future cases dealing with injuries and death related to this illegal activity. one more thing, who pays taxes? and those taxes are supposedly partly allocated for upkeep/repairs to those CITY streets so inform me on how this is legal n ethical?
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Discovery Channel’s show Street Outlaws glamorizes the unsafe practice of street racing and brings negativity to the sport of drag racing as a whole. Glorifying illegal racing also encourages others to believe it’s acceptable. Although some of the racing takes place on airport runways and other locations, with required permits, it does not take away from the fact it promotes illegal street racing. Some argue street racing related deaths are minimal in comparison to other auto accidents (http://www.examiner.com/article/illegal-street-racing-statistics); however, one life lost due to this activity is totally unacceptable and preventable. It not only jeopardizes the safety of the racers and onlookers, but the general public as well. This link provides some insightful illegal street racing statistics (http://evostreetracers.org).
The intent of this petition is not to cancel production of future Street Outlaws shows, but to encourage Discovery Channel to have all drag racing activity take place at safe, legal drag racing facilities. There are at least four known drag strips within 1 hour and 34 minutes of Oklahoma City, OK.
Thunder Valley Raceway Park (Noble, OK) 28 miles (36 mins)
Ardmore Dragway (Springer, OK) 87 miles (1 hour 20 mins)
LA Dragway (Geronimo, OK) 97 miles (1 hour 30 mins)
Tulsa Raceway Park (Tulsa, OK) (107 miles (1 hour 34 mins)
This would not change the premise of the show, “fastest street racers in the nation” nor dilute the ongoing rivalries between the racers involved. The show itself is great....drama, rivalries, etc. But they could very easily take the drag racing part of it 28 miles down the road to Thunder Valley Raceway Park and have the same results....without promoting street racing. Non-prepped track, timers off, no tree.....with walls and no other cars or people around. The bottom line…..drag racing should only take place within the confines of a safe environment and not promoted as a cool thing to do on the street!
Wally Parks, born in Goltry, OK, just 2 hours north of where Street Outlaws is filmed, founded drag racing’s most successful and influential sanctioning body in 1951. He formed the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) to institute safety rules to get racing off the streets and into safer, organized venues. Over the years there have been other drag racing sanctioning bodies formed and many drag strips opened, yet, here we are 63 years later still fighting against what Wally Parks set out to do.
Updates
January 17, 2014
Seeing this kind of movement is exhausting but it proves that people really do care about keeping these races on actual tracks. I am tired of the pushback we get from the network but knowing so many of you are watching makes it worth the work.
30 Comments
real life? so officials giving the OK to do this on city streets is fake? its called reality TV right? some of those shows are just drama to get ratings but the fact is city officials are allowing this...its all for the publicity and if/when the races cause harm/death will that be real enough? not to mention the laws that everyone else have to obey are being brushed aside for a possibility of being mentioned in a show? pathetic.....take it to a track or dont do it at all.
I am also a member of Beat the Heat, and I also believe that this show encourages illegal street racing. A lot of teens and first time drivers watch this show and think it is ok to street race. We should be telling them to go to the track because on the street you don't control all the factors that could lead to a crash. It is not ok to be on the street and this show should not be allowed to promote it.
I have watch this show from day one I am sorry but your show is fix yes the cars are real bad ass cars BUT THAT'S IT. you can not tell me the the state of OKLAHOMA and the police of that state do not know what the hell is up you show us big chief. going out and marking a street BUT COME RACR NIGHT YOU ARE AT THE SAME PLACE EVERY RACE SO IN A WAY IT A LIE BECAUSE YOU HAVE RACE ON THE SAME STREET SO MUCH THE RUBBER IS BUILT UP JUST LIKE A TRACK NEAR YOU. now put them on trailer and sent them to track all over the USA and then come back and say who's the fastest STREET CAR!!!!!!!!!!
Great show but it is sending the wrong message. The streets are not made for racing they are made for traveling
Keep it on the track please! It may be staged but for the average viwer they see street racing glorified. Its not right!
I lost my racecar on a trailer coming home from a track when 2 street car racing crashed into us on a highway we rolled 3 times totaled my truck ,trailer,and my 1971 drag challenger .It was a hit and run till I caught them .
5045 38th Avenue north
illegal is illegal. so why can the city give the go ahead for this type of illegal activity? and also be able to sleep knowing they made an exception just so the city can be on TV. Sad, for those that claim its "not really illegal" where did u learn the laws or did u? very disturbing that officers in these cities can pick and choose what is illegal. Wrong is wrong. if officials can pick n choose what laws to ignore for such a pathetic reason as to get publicity for the city, where will they draw the line? i didnt realize that the rules only apply to the taxpaying...regular citizens that arent making a reality show... this is definitely setting them up for lawsuits, and going to give "regular" people a strong argument in any future cases dealing with injuries and death related to this illegal activity. one more thing, who pays taxes? and those taxes are supposedly partly allocated for upkeep/repairs to those CITY streets so inform me on how this is legal n ethical?
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real life? so officials giving the OK to do this on city streets is fake? its called reality TV right? some of those shows are just drama to get ratings but the fact is city officials are allowing this...its all for the publicity and if/when the races cause harm/death will that be real enough? not to mention the laws that everyone else have to obey are being brushed aside for a possibility of being mentioned in a show? pathetic.....take it to a track or dont do it at all.