Dead Meat Meets/Hillsborough Sonics/Tampa

[Graves]

o.........

ok.......

I think he means the guy i the hat

[markstheman365]

im just wasting time in this thread. it should have been gone a while ago, lol



for some reason bob wanted to bring it back after a few days

[The Hedgehog]

im just wasting time in this thread. it should have been gone a while ago, lol



for some reason bob wanted to bring it back after a few days

Bob is on the computer like once a week. When he does get on, he goes to his UserCP and sees all the threads he's subscribed to, and responds to them all. Hence why he seems to grave dig threads that are 2-3 weeks old.

[dan]

I remember the meets at StreetHeat on 66 years ago....
I remember the meets where Fly Customs was rolling deep
I remember the old school V-dub meet on 19 at Burger King
I remember the Miami Subs meets that were 100 cars deep
I remember the Sonic on Hills meet, where Club 350z were present regularly
I remember QSL on thursday was a TR event and was pretty tight



I have been around for many years in the scene....When the Bradleys opened BLVD Customs...... When Scotties on 19 was the drift spot.. (yes, those of you that say Rey doesn't drift, I've been doing it long before you reached 6th grade.)
I have seen the scene deteriorate and I don't ever see it going back to the days of glory ...

was it scotty's or builder's square? or both? was a good venue for low speed guys learning, hardly ever got messed with.

the streetheat meet was actually spawned because of the downfall of the miami subs and then the van dyk abandoned theater shows, and the increasingly crappier people going to the bearss meet...ken was nice enough to open his shop area, and had a small area to park so it was just 20-30 TR folk and no one else came around. even that got old...in a way, we almost missed seeing the idiots, so many of us started meeting at the bearss meet, but far back in the lot by ourselves and watched the retards out front do stupid stuff.


basically the older guys/classic cars moved their show and the domestics went with them. then the more elite imports (read: faster/nicer) followed and those of us who were civil. that would be good for a few weeks and then the ricers found us and ruined it within a month. is what it is.

[Silvia_San]

wasn't it builders square and then turned into a scotty's?

[medicmatt]

^ ding ding ding, we have a winner...it was a builder's square for quite awhile, then turned into a scotty's.....damn this thread is bringing back memories, lol

[G-Magoo]

I remember the old school V-dub meet on 19 at Burger King
I remember the Sonic on Hills meet, where Club 350z were present regularly
I remember QSL on thursday was a TR event and was pretty tight

Wow, Burger King. Used to be one of my favorite meets.... Next to Sonic on hillsborough, that was always entertaining. And QSL was a great meet too. Like its been said over and over again, its the morons that ruin these meets. Its a shame, I had some really awesome times at those places.

[bitemark46]

Don't forget the Setzers show on Sat nights in the BK parking lot near the Target in Northdale. This was around the time of birth for TR when T.A.P.C.A split into 2 sites TR and Badrap. Then many of us used to drive from there down to Miami Subs. Setzers show had all types of cars and there was very little idiots around. Back when Gandy was thriving with races and little to no cops.

Those days are gone and will never come back unfortunately.

-Mark

[REY]

don't get me started about the good old days and the spots no longer available or as good as it used to be:

Bread Factory

Sea Breeze

Meridian by the train tracks.....

78th at the black and decker location...

Gandy/Roosevelt by the Fire Station

28th Street at the Lockheed Martin parking.


and so on......

[ThatTBSS]

It's dumb his the cops would kick you out. It's better to have you guys there than street racing???ALSO about sonic there was one guy who owned about 23 in the Tampa area that went through a nasty divorce so he was forced to shut down ALL of his Sonics and maybe this was one of them?

[The Spectacle]

Crazy that Sonic went out of business.

[REY]

Crazy that Sonic went out of business.

Holy cow... where you been?.... welcome back to the insanity

[4Bang]

Wow!!! I have since moved out of that area, but I remember when I stayed in Oldsmar that was the place. My first meet with FLNECO took place there in 2004 and after the parking area was full we cruised out to Gandy. Good Times!!! Crazy how that place has closed..haven’t been over that way in awhile. Last time I was over that way I had seen Whata Burger had shut down, but Sonic? What’s the world coming to LOL !!!

[cepkda]

Those days are long gone.

[senor honda]

Another Dead Meat Meet:
Street heat at Sunshine Speedway RIP 11 February 2012

Feb 11th, THE LAST STREET HEAT AT SUNSHINE

For future readers of Tampa Racing history
Some things that people said about it may be found here, including vintage photos and commentary from DR MORTY and other members who were around during the
golden years: http://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...-sunshine.html