A good example is when I go to the late night drags at Portland International Raceway. It costs like $70 to get an NHRA license for a year then each event is li

A good example is when I go to the late night drags at Portland International Raceway. It costs like $70 to get an NHRA license for a year then each event is like $30. Then you can run down the drag strip over and over and over. Meanwhile less than a few miles away on Marine Drive, there are weekly street races happening at the same time. These guys spend thousands of dollars on their cars, but won't spend $100 to get actual times, and have actual timing lights, and avoid any worry about killing someone or getting arrested. Part of me thinks that the city should help fund a free or discount drag race night just to get some of these guys interested and off the streets. It can be intimidating to bring your car to the track the first time. But I took my old car that ran 18s and had a blast! And I've done it a ton since then. You learn a lot being around other drag racers who are really tuning cars to get the most out of it.