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I got a great street racing story about racing next to the reservoir. Its long. Do you want to hear it??????</TD></TR></TABLE>

Which side of the reservoir? The straight side near Lehman or the curvy side?

 

Can't tell what side, you see why as the story progresses.

My buddy from college rents a convertible so we can drive around and do stupid stuff. He picks me up and a couple of the other guys and what is the first thing you do with a rental car? Right. Take out the air cleaner and advance to timing.

So we are out being stupid and try to race anybody in sight. We going down the hill on Kingsbridge Terrace (I think) headed for Bailey Avenue at about 210MPH and we side swipe a parked car. The owner is sitting on the porch and sees the whole thing and starts screaming and coming after us.

Proper thing to do in the Bronx is to give him the finger and blast out of there. We head up to my house in Mt. Vernon to assess the damage. We figuring a complete bashed rear quarter panel. Well, all there is is paint transfer from the other car and NO DAMAGE. In to the garage to get the rubbing compound and the car looks like it came out of the showroom.

I'm thinking now we got out of this one clean, I home, I'm still alive, I'm calling it a night.

But the story continues without me as I find out the next day when I see the guys. It seems they continued racing and ended up racing some one along side the resy. Well, the both get pulled over by the cops. The cop says to my friend you wait here I'm going up (100ft) to talk to the other guy.

"Wait here" Riiiight! Lights off, U turn 210 MPH, pitch black, can't see ****. Driver, "Where's the turn". Buddy "Right about...............now!" KREUNCH!!!!
So now the car is siting on top of a johnny pump and there is no way to get it off. Out goes four guys in four directions into the night.

Next morning the driver gets a phone car from the rental company, Sir do you know where your car is? Certainly, it's parked right outside in front of my house. Well sir could you check please. Of Course. He puts down the phone makes some coffee and comes back to the phone panting. My God, its gone. Yes sir, it was reported by the police found on top of a fire hydryt. Do you have any explanation? No mamm, I came hone at 6, parked the car, put the keys under the floor mat and watched TV and went to bed.

He got away with it.

 

Judging by the story, that is the curvy side of the reservoir.

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I'm glad we cleared that up.

 

I can remember as a kid watching cars completly missing the turn on Sedgwick Ave. just south of Van Cortlandt Pk. So. It was so bad, you didn't dare park your car on the turn. I can't tell you how many police cars ended up wrecked there.