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Video: Nitrous C6 ‘Vette Versus Nitrous Camaro At Cincy Street Wars!

Every Wednesday night, Edgewater Sports Park in Cleves, Ohio (just outside Cincinnati) hosts what they call the Cincy Street Wars [1]. It’s a clocks-off, no-time event that attempts to replicate street racing in a safe manner, and we’d have to say that they’re doing a pretty good job from the looks of it. 

The drivers stage using the traditional Christmas tree, but from there the street racing aspect takes over. There is a starter that points at both racers to see if they are ready, then the race is started using a flashlight as a green. Leaving before the light means an automatic loss. The racers need to keep their head/taillights illuminated, and a minimum of two spotters are used on the track to enforce the rules. For the Street Outlaw class like we see here, if a jump occurs, a chase is a race!

esp [2]Here we have Jared’s C6 Z06 Corvette in the near lane and Ray’s 1999 Camaro in the far lane in eliminations, running for a chance to win the whopping $1,000 payout – pretty stout for a weekly event.

Since the races are judged by a spotter at the finish line, there is no win light, but the video description states that the Camaro took the title on this day. It’s hard to tell; once he gets out of shape the two cars are pretty evenly matched down the track. 

The ruleset [3] is pretty basic, and adheres to both the “rules of the street” along with corresponding safety rules. During eliminations, you only get one single five-minute maintenance break; otherwise you need to round-robin right back into the staging lanes. It’s a commendable effort to get the kids off the street and to the track – we have to say that Edgewater Sports Park seems to be doing a pretty good job of it.