In my opinion racing at a sanctioned drag strip is safer than driving to work. Ask your buddy at the morgue how many commuters show up there?

As Pro70 said, there is nothing absolutely safe, but drag racing at a drag strip that follows strict safety rules is probably the safest form of motor sports.

Street racing is a dangerous proposition because there are so many things outside of your control. Is the other driver sober, are you sober? How safely built are the cars? What about the road itself? What about innocent drivers who just happen to end up in the wrong place? The black 55 Chevy roling over in American Graffiti is all too real an occurance

I accept the fact that street races happen, expecailly impromptu ones. Someone in a hot car pulls up next to your hot car and the adrenilin and testosterone kick in. I'm sure most of us have done it. Many of us have gotten away with it, both legally and without injury. But the ones that have had something go very wrong have paid dearly. This problem really rears it's head when there is not a drag strip in a community. The racers start looking for places to race, people want to watch and you end up with tradgedies. In the Sacramento area they are talking about making it illegal to watch an organized street race. They want to be able to arrest members of the crowd that have gathered to watch the race. San Diego has such an Ordinance and also opened a local track and their street racing deaths have dropped significantly.

Racing is a great sport, but do it at the track, not on the street.

Pat