"In the chaos, two hot-rodders spun taunting 360s around a cop. A couple of bikers feigned surrender, then high-tailed it over the grassy embankment and onto the highway, leaving the cops standing there with their batons and ticket books."
I'm not sure how many of you read books often, but this past spring I was browsing through my local Barnes & Noble when I came across a book with an interesting title. It's called Speed Tribes by Karl Taro Greenfield and after I bought it, I found it to be quite an interesting read.
It's not really about cars or racing, but it is about the so-called "outsiders" of Japan that are not often covered in typical foreign works on the country. The book consists of a number of chapters, each following a different member of Japanese counter-culture. They include car and bike crazed bosozoku , a motorcycle thief, a porn star, low level yakuza, and a rock band, among others.
If you get the chance, I suggest picking it up. It tells a lot about Japan that you won't hear in typical books about Japanese "culture".
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