Cruising Main

One of the traditions of American car culture was "cruising main" on Friday or Saturday night. About sundown, especially in summer time, the streets would fill up with a lot of the cool cars from the area. Those with the nice cars were out being seen, and checking out who else was out and about. A lot of young folks, flirting with the opposite sex, was also a big part of the experience as well. The performance car fans would often challenge the competition to a quick little race , if they happened to catch a stop light next to each other. If you remember the old movie "American Graffiti", that's the type of cruising main I'm talking about. I used to love those nights.
About 20 years ago, that type of cruising was disappearing from the cities, and could only be found in a few small towns. Within the last 10 years, it has even disappeared from the small towns. I still go out once in awhile, just to remember the good times, but rarely do I see other performance cars out cruising.
Something has been lost, a tradition that the younger generation will never experience. The sad part is, they don't even know what's been lost. Remember the way it was, check out my book at; "Grab Some Gears"

Staying in-touch with the street scene.