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Ever since the concept of street legal drag racing began, the war of words to determine once and for all what constituted the true definition of a street car have waged on in an argument that will probably never see a conclusion.  And as the street legal racing scene has evolved the years, the very idea of what defines one has been stretched, skewed, bent, and smashed.

Many emerging arenas for these types of cars hasn’t helped to figure it all out either.  Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week for example has showcased 7-second, fully street and highway driven, pump gas vehicles that many believe is the true test of a street car.  The ongoing concept of True Street in various organizations with a 30+ mile cruise and round-robin quarter mile passes has done the very same.  On the other end of the spectrum, you have 6-second Outlaw 10.5 and Drag Radial cars that developed from actual street driven cars to the purpose-built, unlicensed, unregistered, unmuffled trailer queens that they are today.  Not to say that they couldn’t be taken for a Friday night cruise after some paperwork exchanged hands, but for their purposes, there isn’t a need to.  Dan Millen proved to us that it can be done with his Burger King drive-thru antics.

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To make some sense of the madness, (at least for this weeks version of the what is a street car argument), the raucous clan over at Yellow Bullet have started a poll containing several different combinations of attributes for street-strip cars to make some clear understanding of what the masses view as actually being a “street car.”  At current, with 35% of the vote, YB members believe that a vehicle with any fuel in the tank that is legal by state law and driven any amount of regular mileage and maintenance makes a street car, even if its trailered to the track.  With tens of thousands of members on the forum all with their own opinions, this one could get interesting. But if you miss out on getting in your 2 cents in on the discussion, just wait a week or two, there will be another one.