I was running a 70' Super Cobra Jet Mach 1 in high school (1981), mid 12's on street tires (major traction problems!) and closed exhaust bought by my hard labor at the local lumberyard...not sure I can say too much. A whole lot of street racing going on back then, my only loss was to a supercharged 66' Chevelle and I hung right on his door two times. We used to do that at least weekly. Guess what? NO ONE DIED, NO ONE EVEN GOT HURT! A couple of engines did...
What's funny was that my senior Biology teacher always wanted to race me with his Vette'. I figured if I smoked him my chances of a good grade were greatly reduced so we never ran.
I am REALLY grateful that I grew up then, not now. They are considering filing criminal charges? We were more worried about them telling our parents!