True : as they were developing the PHX/ Mesa area, they built a non-divided 4-lane near a development that would be a hospital across from a community college. Dozens of us would street race there with Vettes, Camaros, Mustangs, etc. On another occasion we were street racing up a populated area in PHX, flipped my Camaro going 112. The car was utterly totaled, but my friend who was driving walked away without a scratch and so did the guy he crashed into driving a 440-Cuda.
Sounds like a scene in American GRaffiti