In fact, all of these guys are former street racers who now prefer the strip for the safety, legality, and the information gleaned there. Chris Plankenhorn fessed up to a ticket for street racing, with no further comment. On the subject of legality, none of these cars has been garnished with tickets for equipment violations, though Joel Harris mentioned being pulled over by curious cops wanting a closer look at his wagon, and Chris Kearney once received a $3,000 reckless driving ticket for doing a burnout in the parking lot where he works (he managed to get that knocked down to a more reasonable charge). If those are luxury options, all of these cars are full dressers with DOT tires and mufflers, as well as other required stuff like lights and a horn. That was almost unanimous, although there were some comments about "luxury options" like turn signals, windshield wipers, and defrosters. According to Charlie, it's a street car if it has a license plate, period. The obvious first query was about their definition of a street car. We asked these guys the hard questions and they answered without flinching.
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