September 23 2003
Road racing Thai-style
Daddy's Benz burning up Chaeng Wattana Road
Looking more like a prestige car dealership than an impromptu race track, Chaeng Wattana Road in Nonthaburi is the Saturday night playground of Bangkok's over-privileged teenaged street racers.
None of them are petrol-heads and there isn't a serious racing machine in sight. It's more about showing-off expensive German metal. As he sleeps, Daddy is probably unaware that his Benz is chewing up a 3km straight at speeds of up to 170mph. Mummy may wonder why her BMW needs a new set of tyres after only 100 miles.
Competitors are typically aged between 15 and 20 and races take the form of duels. Prizes include cash, drugs and sex with the loser's girlfriend. The girls don't mind. Money makes them horny and these charismatic rich kids get through enough muff to knit a sweater.
Thailand's not-so-elite have their own version. These cash-strapped wannabes race their stupid mopeds but first they drill a hole in the exhaust to make it sound more irritating. The effect is not so much throaty roar as angry wasp. The winner probably gets a gulp of Chang beer and a hand-job off the loser's mum.
[Posted to Thai Secrets by David]
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