A local resident said "packs of hoon cars" were blasting down Victoria Rd most nights due its wide, straight layout.
He claims teamwork from the "boy racers" meant they were often able to evade authorities.
Local resident Dean Smith moved into the area in December last year, and said ever since, he would "wake up in the middle of the night with my heart in my mouth".
"The boy racers are here every night ... it’s not just Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday; it’s every night."
He was worried there would soon be an accident due to the racing.
On Wednesday morning about 3am, there was a group of "boy racers" zooming down the road.
"I’ve got a video of a car hooning past ... and I tell you what, the video is so blurry because the car was like ‘zwooooooosh’," he said.
He said the boy racers "travelled in packs".
"The police do respond — but two nights ago when there were six cars, as soon as they see a marked car, a copper, they all tell each other and they’re off."
The most popular spot on the road was between the Dunedin Ice Hockey Stadium and Little Wonders St Kilda, he said.
He believed it was because that stretch of road was wide and straight.
"It wakes us up every night and we just think, ‘Oh my God, what’s going to happen?’."
He welcomed the government’s new legislation on boy racing, but said police would need more local support.
"If the council’s not going to put in judder bars or speed bumps there, they won’t slow down."
On May 11, the government announced harsher penalties for boy racers and fleeing drivers.
New legislation was proposed to target drivers who took part in unauthorised street racing or did burnouts, travelled in intimidating convoys and unlawful dirt bike gatherings, or caused excessive noise by having "siren battles".
It proposes a presumptive sentence of vehicle destruction, or forfeiture, for street racers, people fleeing police, convoys and vehicle owners who fail to identify offending drivers.
The changes would be introduced in new legislation, expected in a few months.
Police and the Dunedin City Council were unable to provide comment.
