Lore from the Detroit and Warren street scene: the Curry Street jump, the airport spot, and the avenue that started it all.

Six friends, one T.D.C. Cutlass and a railroad hump that was never fixed: how a bad joke became Detroit-area street racing folklore.

A garbage lawnmower, a go-kart track paycheck and a 1985 Camaro Z28: how one of the crew learned to race near the airport.

From midnight passes past the drive-ins to the million-spectator Dream Cruise: the avenue that made horsepower a spectator sport.

No revving contests, no touching the paint, no burnouts in the lot: how the good meets stay welcome and why the bad ones lose their venue.

From a dig the launch is everything; from a roll the gearing is. Why the two formats favor different cars, and why the street never agreed on one.