Didn't watch it back when, still don't. Over glorified drama queens. I get it, it's about what the directors want, but still. I have no need for it.
I do watch a few channels on youtube, like 1320 Videos. They actually go out to places and video more realistic "street racing". They don't do "director installed drama". Just talk to racers and show racing. Much more down to earth true "reality". Street Racing Channel is another I watch. They are just south of me and show a lot of racing footage from them going to places and racing. The shop I use built the motor for "Molly's" mustang.
Two of the Street outlaws came to local track a couple years ago. I went down to watch some of the local buddies run in this circus show. The two TV show cars just sat there all day on jackstands while the locals made test passes. I did see one of the "drama cars" literally just drive down the track. OH YEA....exciting. 
It just proved that they will never get a 2000+ hp "pro mod" car down Magnolia drag strip! I left before any of the actual racing started.
The fake drama is what really drives me away from this show.
For instance, the new format of "America's List" imposes all these convoluted "rules" about how you can be called out, or how you can call someone out.
They kept going on and on about how much trouble this will cause, how difficult it is to understand and navigate, and how the OKC guys know how to run the list giving them an advantage.....Really?
Your premise for racing drama is to build a specifically convoluted, hard to understand, set of rules regarding how you will get your next race?
What was is wrong and hard about asking the next guy in line for a race?
They even went so far as to have "JJ Da Boss" and "Preacious" run away from the track, into the woods, trying to hide from Mike Murillo's call out to JJ. The funny part is JJ and Precious literally fell into the construction ditch during this drama BS session.
While I do not like to see people get hurt, there is a bit of ironic justice to being honestly hurt while trying to play out fake drama.
I will say they did NOT have any of the fake, almost fight, BS drama last night...and for that I am very grateful.
This tough guy act, as begun with the Fast and the Furious, has really changed the street racing scene around here.
While there always seems to be at least one punchy person in the crowd, it was NOT the norm around here for a long, long time.
Plans are made for the place to race.
Make your way to the spot...shaking the trouble makers if you can.
Talk, BS, catch up, figure out the races...race, rinse, repeat.
Then The Fast and Furious movie came out and suddenly EVERYONE is a tough guy.
NOBODY races for anything less than $1,000...even in their 17.50 stock Civic with a fart can.
The endless bitching, bad mouthing, nonsense talk and posturing prior to ANY race.
The self important "racers" prancing and parading around as if they are the reason everyone is there tonight.....like Street Outlaws showcases most of the time.
As much as I did not like last nights show, for many detailed reasons, I was very happy to see they did not interject any of the fighty, tough guy, BS.
While this show has not been about pure street racing in a long, long time...or maybe even ever, in it's current guise it is really a sanctioned Pro Mod drag race taking place on a "street" only by the purest definition of the word street.
Pretty soon you will see sponsor logos on the road surface, the back of city street signs, and strategically placed billboards that just happen to be in the camera shot in the background.
Anyway, thanks for the replys so far.
I am not searching for any specific answer.
I just want to hear your reasons for liking, or disliking, the show.
