I wanna be a street Racer!

I am new to the scene of suping up cars and street racing. My friend got me in to it when he had me race a mustang in his 95 honda civic. I won, and it felt good real good i wanted to race and i wanted to fix up cars. I am only 18 so i was wandering if any of yall could give me a place to learn about cars (books, internet, and/or anyhting else). Also a good starter car i want to start with a civic that will be easy to work with and a nice car. So I am chaz the wanna be street racer. wahd up, HELP ME OUT!