A world of fast cars, modified engines, customized body kits, and the adrenaline pumped thrills of racing is a calling not only to hot-blooded young males but to young women as well. The craze about modified high-performance engines in cars for use in racing has been around for ages, but since the ...

Street Racing As a car zips past you going around one hundred and fifty miles per hour when crossing the finish line you wonder, how is that possible? Then the familiar sound of cop cars fill the air and you dash for your car to get away from the scene. The people flow out of the crowd almost ...

Car enthusiasts all over the world take part in illegal street racing. Street racing is a part of history and has been around as long as the automobile itself. The dangers and consequences are high, but it is only exceeded by the excitement and entertainment that one gets from competition. Racing...

The Texaco gas station is on a corner in Greenway, where it all begins. Greenway is an industrial area, beehive busy by day, deserted at night. Dark streets and dark buildings surround this inanimate area. The real action will take place later, about a mile up Greenway Drive, where the road is fo...

There are many sad stories happened around us because of racing car. It's been so much in the news - the street racing problem and the racing fatalities here in the city. It's got a lot of media coverage not just the city we Live but around the country. Countering the phenomenon effectively invol...

The Excursion Allen wasn't just an ordinary dog. His owner thought that he understood what he was telling him. He was one of the nicest puppieaas and everyone who knew Allen just loved him. Today, Allen's owners were gone for the day because they went to watch the Philadelphia 76e...

Outside My House A Favorable Impression of the Scene: The neighborhood is pretty quiet and I¡m guessing it is probably because many are older and are at work. I sat down on the sidewalk and noticed the sun was out after a week of dark clouds and a few rain showers. There¡s a breeze of cold ...

Sociology March 12, 2001 “Breaking the Norms” It is 9:00 PM on a Sunday night. Televisions all across America tune into MTV. Millions of viewers will now spend the next thirty minutes watching a television program titled “Jackass”. While watching this program, the viewe...

Modern Pardoner’s Tale Phil MacDonald British Literature 1/31/01 It was Wednesday night, three o’clock am. The city was murky, damp, foggy and quiet. For Seattle, this was a typical December night. The roads were covered in sleet from a winter storm system that passed through th...

Adam Tanner Mrs. Kachur 10/04/01 Per 8 Good and Evil I have never thoroughly thought about the concept of good and evil. That is, not on any terms except for the common sense definition good and evil. When I think about the meaning of good, just not being evil will not cut it. In order to be...

Concept Cars To be known in the future you have to think ahead into the future. This is why concept cars have become so popular in the past couple of decades. Not many people succeed in making a successful concept car; which are also known as a prototype. It is a very hard and stressful proj...

Dune Buggies A popular pass time over the years has been the sport of driving a vehicle over the dunes and down to the surf of the beach. These vehicles were first known as the Dune Buggy, as the drivers got more familiar with the dunes they realized the need to modify these buggies for many dif...

I bought my car in my junior summer of high school, and it was my dream car. It is bright red with leather seats, removable tops, and is very powerful. It is basically a race car. I have always been intrigued with the art of racing and owning a car like I have I just really wanted to experience i...

The play Our Town, written by Thornton Wilder was set in the town of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire at the turn of the century. In some ways, the time and setting don't really matter, because this play has a universal theme with messages that can reach people of just about any time perio...

The Accident It was a normal Friday night in down town Salt Lake City, Utah. I, my aunt and uncle, my two cousins and two of their friends were out cruising in my aunt's new birthday present- a '92 Camaro Z28. I drove the car because my aunt and uncle had been drinking and were a little s...

Floyd T. Minor II Eng112 Paper 1 ; 2/18 Grand Theft Auto's Rebirth Grand Theft Autos Rebirth There are a lot of video games of there that have continuations or a part two of part three and so on. In addition, along with a new story line they try to ...

The Accident It was a cold and frosty morning as I left for my bus stop. This year my bus stop had been changed so I had to walk farther to get to it. This was kind of a pain but I got used to it and learned to like it. I was tired and cold as I walked down that open street. When I arrived at m...

Sitting in the car I did this exploriment at South Coast Plaza. I sat in my car for ten minutes in the parking in front of Macy's. I just sat there; the first 3-4 minutes of the exploriment I was bored out of my mind. I started to notice my heart beating, my palms were sweaty, my left e...

I did this exploriment at South Coast Plaza. I sat in my car for ten minutes in the parking in front of Macy's. I just sat there; the first 3-4 minutes of the exploriment I was bored out of my mind. I started to notice my heart beating, my palms were sweaty, my left eye was twitching, and my stoma...

The Town of Beckley The observation of people on Neville Street in Beckley can be an interesting thing to watch. Most people seem to be in a mad rush to get where they are going. As I was sitting in the eye doctor's office one day I observed people during their lunchtim...

Mazda, one of the world's largest import automotive manufacturers, has a wide variety of models for the American market. They have models to satisfy the everyday driver all the way up to an automobile enthusiast. This particular advertisement appeared in the August 2002 edition of Motor Trend...

Today I woke up and headed for my first day of school at Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School. It seems like an awfully long name for a high school, but everybody refers to it as BR. In the morning, I had to park on this little side street next to the school. Juniors are not allowed to pa...

Wrong Hour, Wrong Place It was a nice summer day in January; new year had just passed by and everyone was thinking in their resolutions and goals for that year. After this personal experience that for a moment almost send me to jail, I understand that even in our times although it's said t...

September 11, 2001 My day started as innocently as every other day. I woke up at 6:00 AM and got into the shower. I got dressed and poured myself a huge cup of coffee. I ran out to the car because I was already late. Before I got to work my day had already taken a turn for the worst and on to...

Living in a small town limits the number of places people can gather. Driving down the road towards my destination proved to me the lack of variation my town has. While surrounding cities are known for their downtown areas, I live in a city that is made up almost completely of gas stations and st...