The document discusses street racing culture. It describes how street racers meet up late at night at locations like 99 cent stores and Carl's Jr restaurants to show off their customized, high-performance cars. They then proceed to second meeting locations, like Walmart parking lots, to perform stunts for crowds and compete in cash bets racing on empty streets from 1-2AM. However, the illegal street racing comes with risks of arrests and accidents that don't deter enthusiasts from continuing to engage in the dangerous, adrenaline-fueled activity.

1. NEED FOR SPEED
Priscella Lopez
Anthropology 102
Dr. Leanna Wolfe
March 5,2014

2. Strive
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The streets are
empty at night. This
gives street racers
the opportunity to
express their urge
for excitement in a
dangerous way and
show off what their
ride has to offer.

3. 
A wide variety of
people meet up with
their group of friends
before they start to
race.
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The ninety-nine cent store
on Woodman and Chase
is a known place where
people who race meet up,
as well as the Carl's Jr. in
San Fernando.

4. 
It is cars like these, with advanced engines and motors that
are engaged in the races. There are many car racers that
spend thousands on their car making it better and efficient.
Racing helps to show others how fast their car goes, and also
shows off the style of each car. This type of culture
encourages other racers to have a “badass” car.

5. 
This place was a known area where they used to race in
North Hills on Strathern and Haskell street. This place is
very secluded where factory workers work at night. Due to
the car racing activities they hardly race because of the
people who complain to the authorities.

6. Second meet

After they meet at either the 99
cent store or Carl’s Jr. they meet up
at Wal-Mart in Porter Ranch and
discuss what is going to happen
next. Having meeting after hours is
part of their routine in the car
racing lifestyle.

7. 
People gather around
behind Wal-Mart and
start to compete in
what is called “donut”
competitions against
other cars. While the
crowd watches,
people get the
adrenaline rush to join
in and be part of the
action. They end up
awarding whoever
impresses the crowd
the most. The majority
of these racers are
men.

8. Payment

People bet on who is
going to win the race.
Racers sometimes pay
up to $1,000 dollars to
compete.

9. 
Between one to two in the morning they begin to line
up in an area where no cars are shown. Lining up one
car to another, they start their engine and take off.
Who ever ends up winning gets the money. This culture
is based on a competitions between car racers.

10. The after math of racing

The effect of car
racing is illegal. And
because of the illegal
racing, people get
stopped by police and
sometimes get
arrested. There can be
time served or fines
that need to be paid.

11. Living in the fast lane

Some of the effects of
racing can lead to serious
accidents but because
they are dedicated to
racing they still end up
racing again. This is part
of their lifestyle that they
enjoying doing.