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pinks, more comical than competitive #934561
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I like to watch it for the hotrods, but tonight they had these evenly matched OK, a 920 hp gutted out chevelle sheet metal dash, heads up with a 2009 600 hp hemi drag prepared challenger. Its almost like we don't want a mopar to win.

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Re: pinks, more comical than competitive [Re: robnbird] #934562
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I think that's why the network pulled the plug on them for this year. I like passtime better anyway.

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yes I like pass time also. Me and the wife guess it the times.A top sportsman type heads up would be good.

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Re: pinks, more comical than competitive [Re: robnbird] #934564
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It was a decent hot rod show til they got all weird and started scheming the way they picked the field. They would call it a 9.90 class and most of the cars would run 10.30's. That's what they did at Norwalk, and about 4 of the final 16 cars were Chevy Vega's. Did they think people wouldn't notice this stuff?

I agree, passtime is much better. And so is NHRA Unleashed.


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Re: pinks, more comical than competitive [Re: robnbird] #934565
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Re: pinks, more comical than competitive [Re: jvcuda] #934566
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everyone can say what they want
pinks all out done more for this sport
in the last 2 years than any other organzation
has ever done
they put you on tv gave away thousands of dollars
and tools / tool chest, they put shows on everywhere,
and they packed the tracks they where at,
so i have a hard time believing that pass time is anywhere better
but they do at least put you on tv ,
but pass time cannot hold a candle to pinks all out
peroid!!!

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well I glad to hear you say so I thought It was just because im bias to mopars but, out of 500 cars to show up for a pinks event and no mopars in the 16 finals or two or three events and a mopar finially show up. You start to think they are real bias. I will have to say over the last year or so I did see a Mopar or two win it all. although one was Grimlin

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thanks for the compliment, I like any drag racing program. where does nhra unleashed come on. If there was a channel just for dragracing people would watch if its through the week. weekends are for racing.

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Pinks all out is a absolute joke - how many times have you seen the in-car video where the car in the other lane is falling back, then five seconds later it's pulling ahead and takes the stripe. How about how they disqualify some poor guy saying he went 3 tenths too quick on his second of three passes in the final - ridiculous. I could go on and on. The only guy on the show who knows anything about cars is Ken Herring. Pass time is much better, love to see the cars, guess the times and compare to my heap.

Re: pinks, more comical than competitive [Re: theman440] #934570
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....I'm still waiting for someone to get the "Pink slip" of the loser's ride?




Re: pinks, more comical than competitive [Re: theman440] #934571
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youre tellin me that the 5 or 6 cars on pass time ,
and you guessing the time its gonna run compared to youre heap!
is better than pinks all out , PINKS ALL OUT
brought more fans to the races than an nhra nat event
brought the spotlite to hundreds of racers ,racer who at any other time would have never gotten into a national tv exsposure if it wasnt for PINKS PLEASE TELL ME
pass time was better
MAN I NEED A DRINK AND I DONT DRINK ~!!!!!

Re: pinks, more comical than competitive [Re: dennismopar73] #934572
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I watched it for the cars but, it did seem to be cheby bias. If you let me pick the cars I can always have 8 mopars 3 fords and a chevy. However your chevy fans would stop comeing. Mopar has got use to #3.American. Hey I don't want pinks to stop Im just saying their bias to chebys. not execute them and I enjoy watching pass time also. If pinks competition was better they wolud be better. for example; have a outlaw heads up show. For the TV audience describe what outlaw racing is about. You probably know but some one setting at home don't. Those cars are fun to watch. OR a real Super Stock race. explain the reason for classes put it in a two hour segment,Ill watch or maby be in the show. Nhra is all about John force and funny cars and thats OK with me if thats what NHRA is about. IM NOT OUT AFTER nhra OR pinks thanks pinks for the fun it would have been more fun to see a few more MOPARS.

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Re: pinks, more comical than competitive [Re: robnbird] #934573
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where does nhra unleashed come on. If there was a channel just for dragracing people would watch if its through the week. weekends are for racing.




Go to the nhra unleashed web site,become a member.you can watch the races online.

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GO TO ANY DRAG STRIP AND WHAT THEY SHOWED ON TV IS WHAT YA GET
IN REAL RACETRACKS AGROSS THE COUNTRY
more chevys fords pontiacs than ever is a mopar,
yes this forum is mopar ,
i love them to , but thats is what that is, a fact , 3-1 chevy
out of 500 cars that could get in, yep maybe 50 mopars ,show up
maybe a 100 on good day
but i really wasnt looking at it like that , it was the overall
good of drag racing itself , it put all of us in a natinal spotlight
we have not seen , even by the N H R A gods that be, wouldnt
support the local sportsman racer as that show did
we are the loser in that
no wunder the drag racing world in disaray
unbelievable!!!!!
ranting over

Re: pinks, more comical than competitive [Re: dennismopar73] #934575
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Pinks All Out is not about racing - it's about DRAMA. Similar to all those other popular UNreality shows on tv. I can apprecieate the "exposure" that the racers get from the show but - Pass Time is better...

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I watch it for the cars...the commentary drives me crazy...Don't they know car guys are watching this show and 90% know more about racing than the guy explaining it to us? I would give it a shot if my ride was on booze..but the hot lap thing would kill me on gas. Truthfully...and not to sound like a jerk...I think I would do quite well on the arm drop thingy since I race Protree quite often. But then again they rarely have a high 8sec low 9sec field..


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I watch it for the cars...the commentary drives me crazy...Don't they know car guys are watching this show and 90% know more about racing than the guy explaining it to us? - I second that.

Re: pinks, more comical than competitive [Re: dennismopar73] #934578
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Im not in %100 disagreement with you. Maby %8 lol. You have a good point and I agree about the exposure for racers. But you have to admit that Rich is about a geek, acting like he is Fonzie ruling the road. Im going to call it the night. Thanks for you input

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Re: pinks, more comical than competitive [Re: dennismopar73] #934580
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PINKS ALL OUT
brought more fans to the races than an nhra nat event
brought the spotlite to hundreds of racers ,racer who at any other time would have never gotten into a national tv exsposure if it wasnt for PINKS



Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh...............come again ?
Most of the time when watching Pinks , I see a cluster of fans crowded around the camera and mostly empty bleachers when they are going down track.
Yes , they gave exposure.
But if the price is having to put up with that imbecile Rich Christiansen , I'll have to think about it.
My dog knows more about cars and they could not have come up with a worse host.
He loves the drama more than the cars..........bottom line.
And judging from the tone of your posts on the topic , it has some appeal to you also.
You carry the torch for them like you're on the payroll.
If you love the show , fine.
But don't make it out to be more than it is.
I don't think it has changed the world for us at all , other than throwing some money and tools at a few people.
It certainly isn't a recruitment poster.

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