Cody's D1NZ National Drifting Championship director Brendon White said there was "no excuse" for boy racers to use residential streets: "When we established, there was a lot of [boy racing] going on and that was the whole reasoning behind establishing a series where both learners and professionals could come."
However, Northland was in desperate need of a motorsport facility, he said.
Car clubs and enthusiasts had organised for land to be set aside, but the wheels were not yet in motion.
"That's what the community needs ... until it happens young people that don't respect the laws and the dangers that come with doing it on the street will still do it on the street," Mr White said.
"The best drifters in New Zealand still spin out. If those are the best drifters in the country ... where does that leave you when you're doing it on the street?"
Nationally, Ministry of Justice figures record 5002 street racing convictions, 10 drivers notching three or more convictions since the legislation came in.
The first car to be flattened under the boy-racer legislation was at a Lower Hutt scrap-metal yard in June 2012.
Two more have been crushed since then - the most recent a 1995 BMW belonging to Tauranga boy racer Braedyn Clothier.
