This Nostalgic Street Racing Footage From the 1980s Will Make you Want to Go Back in Time

If you thought that the concept of street racing was something new, allow me to drop a mighty large bombshell on you. The concept has been around ever since cars hit the streets and this time, we take a look to the past to see exactly how it used to be.

In this video, we trudge our way back to the late 70s and early 80s and street racing action is running wild, Featuring everything from family beaters to serious hot rods and, as the video description tells us, “the usual idiots are thrown in for good measure.”

These clips really give us a blast from the past that will both allow people who were around at the time to take a walk down memory lane and give the younger generation an appreciation for the way that things used to be back in what many would argue might be one of the best generations of cars to ever hit the streets.

The compilation below shows off this vintage video that you’re going to want to see. While the scenario does resemble today’s racing in a lot of ways, it’s also fun to see just exactly how much the racing scene has changed in the last thirty to forty years!