She had cheered when police confiscated the car on Wednesday night, and as tow trucks arrived to take it away.
"It wasn't just outside my gate but along the whole street."
The woman said residents hadn't only had to put up with burn-outs that drifted smoke from tyres through their properties but also with fireworks being exploded in the street, and loud music being played that had led to noise-control staff being called.
Another resident said he had no problem with young drivers "having fun" in isolated spots like along river banks, provided they did not commit acts of vandalism or arson.
Some of the drivers upsetting the residents had been told that, he said.
Police confirmed a car had been seized shortly before 7.30pm on Wednesday and that the driver had been issued with a traffic offence notice.
On the other side of town boyracer watchdog Ross Turley, who has banded together with other Villa St residents to wipe out boy racing in their neighbourhood, said the people of Devon St could follow the Villa St lead by mounting a closed-circuit television camera and building a database of offending cars.
Mr Turley said the Villa St database now contained the details of 450 suspect cars and when incidents occurred police could be contacted with full registration details and car descriptions.
Villa St has been subjected to boyracer harassment for three years and on one occasion a car careered out of control and ploughed through Mr Turley's front fence, almost crashing into his home. Mr Turley said firm action, including directly confronting boyracers, seemed to be calming things down a bit but a roundabout at the intersection with Lincoln Rd was needed.
"That way cars coming into the street from Lincoln Rd would not be able to get speed up - they wouldn't be able to drift around the corner."
He said engineers had taken measurements at the intersection and he and other Villa St people hoped a roundabout would be installed there.
