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For the single by Morrissey, see The Boy Racer.
For the UK indie rock band, see Boyracer.
T-Mobile's 1985 Toyota Corolla Sport GT-S coupé "Poser Mobile" advertisements created a stereotypical caricature "rice burner" or "boy racer" car typical of the import scene, along with such cars' ethnically stereotypical Asian and Latino drivers, whose appearance and behavior is comically aspirational and "phony", contrasted with African-Americans and whites whose clothing, speech, and cars are racially-coded as more "authentic".[1]Boy racer in Malaysia
Boy racer is a term given to a young person who drives in a fast and aggressive manner; it has become a broader term (often pejorative) for participants in modern custom car culture who tune and modify cars with street racing-style aftermarket cosmetic and performance parts such as body kits, audio systems and exhausts. The culture encompasses a broad range of car types including sport compacts and economy cars typical of the import scene, this is in contrast with the hot rod culture of previous generations.[2] Some car enthusiasts and modifiers feel the term labels them as deviant and anti-social and are keen to distance themselves from the term.[3] Boy racer is a term mostly but not exclusively associated with the UK, in Australia and New Zealand hoon is sometimes preferred. In the US, "Rice boy" or "Ricer" is a derogatory term for the driver or builder of an imported hot rod, or someone who modifies their car in a cheap way to imitate the look of a higher performance vehicle.
Responses to the boy racer phenomenon range from laws prohibiting certain cosmetic modifications to vehicles such as decorative lighting or tinted windows to restrictions on cruising.
^Tanz, Jason (2011), Other People's Property: A Shadow History of Hip-Hop in White America, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, pp. 179–180, ISBN 978-1608196531
^"Police blitz unearths dozens of death traps". The New Zealand Herald. 18 October 2005. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
^Lumsden, Karen (January 2009). "'Do we look like boy racers?' The role of the folk devil in contemporary moral panics". Sociological Research Online. 14 (1): 1–12. doi:10.5153/sro.1840. S2CID 73615643. Archived from the original on 2009-04-08. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
Boyracer is a term given to a young person who drives in a fast and aggressive manner; it has become a broader term (often pejorative) for participants...
"The BoyRacer" is a song by English singer-songwriter Morrissey, released as the second single from his fifth studio album, Southpaw Grammar (1995),...
2009). "Cavendish's tale of a BoyRacer". Cyclingnews.com. Slater, Matt (3 June 2009). "True greatness beckons for boyracer". BBC Sport. Archived from the...
(which reached number 26 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1995) and "The BoyRacer" (which reached number 36 in December). The nature of the album is different...
boyracer website". The Press. 20 August 2007. "Hundreds of boy-racer cars seized", The New Zealand Herald, 22 May 2007 "Car crush law closer for boy...
to 1963 by Associated Motor Cycles. It was also commonly known as the ‘BoyRacer’, and won victories both for the factory and for privateers right from...
325HP. The FR500S is often slotted in between the FR500C ('BoyRacer') and FR500GT ('Man Racer'). The car was designed by both Ford Racing and Miller Motorsports...
various words utilized to identify the illegal street racers themselves, including hoonigan and boy-racer (New Zealand and Australia), tramero (Spain), hashiriya...
common names imply: black racers, brown racers, tan racers, blue racers, or green racers. "Runner" is sometimes used instead of "racer" in their common names...
parody advertisements created a stereotypical caricature "rice burner" or "boyracer" car as perceived by critics of the import scene, along with such cars'...
Speed Racer, also known as Mach GoGoGo (Japanese: マッハGoGoGo(ゴーゴーゴー), Hepburn: Mahha GōGōGō), is a Japanese manga about automobile racing created by Tatsuo...
to Do. Adams. p. 329. ISBN 978-1-440-56092-7. Lumsden, Karen (2013). BoyRacer Culture: Youth, Masculinity and Deviance. Routledge. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-136-18435-2...
Crazy Frog Racer is a European and Australian only video game developed by Neko Entertainment and published by Digital Jesters. A year later in 2006 a...
PlayStation and Game Boy Color versions of Toy Story Racer are distinct from each other. The PlayStation version of Toy Story Racer features 12 playable...
United Kingdom. Aftermarket exhaust parts Exhaust system Modified car Boyracer "Cherry Bomb Glasspack Mufflers". CherryBombUSA.com. "Frequently Asked...
including the Autobianchi A112 Abarth, a lightweight and inexpensive "boyracer". The A112 Abarth was introduced with a 58 hp engine, soon followed by...
over again by Truckle the Uncivil. Car tuning Boyracer Rice burner Skate punk Street racing Evo Street Racers Lowrider Scraper (car) Sideshow (automobile...
Button 2017, p. 127. Atkin, Ronald (23 April 2000). "Old head on the boyracer". The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved...
listing "The Teachers Are Afraid of the Pupils" "Reader Meet Author" "The BoyRacer" "The Operation" "Dagenham Dave" "Do Your Best and Don't Worry" "Best...
Am Hated for Loving", "Used to Be a Sweet Boy" and "The Lazy Sunbathers" from Vauxhall and I "The BoyRacer", "The Operation", "Dagenham Dave", "Do Your...
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