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This doesn't require brain surgery to figure out...........The cars in the bottom 5 are fast, but NOT THAT fast. The cars don't get into the 4 second range until you get up to about number 5. So the lower cars "rolling over" for Chief is not what happened. He just has WAY more power and if he just goes down, which he did, they couldn't beat him even if they ran a best ever. And you will also notice all the cars at the bottom are "small tire" cars. NOT conducive to getting big power down a city street. The "fastest" of the small tire cars is Chuck's Mustang. It has been 5.0s at the track, but can't make that kind of pass on the street. The "big tire" cars on the show make 4 sec passes "on the street" on a regular basis.

The show can be corny at times, but there is nothing fake about the cars or the racing. Now the producers do TRY and arrange races to get the cars THEY want at the top of the list, but so far that has not worked.

Season 3 is done and season 4 is shooting right now. Season 3 ended with a NEW number 1 and it is not the car most think, nor one the producers WANTED there.

I was in Paducah KY Saturday night with "Doc" and "Monza". They did an appearance at Beacon Dragway and made some passes with the boards off. They both had tunes in the cars they had just run in Texas "on the street". I saw the slips and the data from both cars. I won't give the ETs, but will only say that if you want to roll with these guys, your ride better "easily" make 4 sec blasts down a city street

Monte

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Here's a cut and paste from another site. Maybe Monte ends up NUMBER 1.


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Hopefully.......coming soon, to a Mopar event near you
« on: June 28, 2012, 09:56:22 PM »

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You guys seem to be having so much fun, poop talking and making promises, that I thought I might join in...........See, I know this fella, who has this yeller GTX, that used to be kind of fast. He still has the car and has decided that maybe he should race it a little bit. It has been apart for quite a while, but he has everything to put it together but an engine and things are already in process to remedy that problem. Stay tuned................lol

Monte


I had to remove a bad word or two. Hopefully I caught them all.

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Did that dude REALLY say that they have almost $ 200,000 in that black Nova?

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I am assuming they capped season 3 racing against Chicago (in St Louis)? Vids popped up on YouTube but I haven't watched (don't want to spoil the show, its the only show I enjoy!)

TuffENuff was out there as well as some other very quick cars, including BoostedGT's new car.

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Hey Monty. How bad did the Camaro hurt his motor in Paducah? The word I got was that it wasn't good.

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Like I said last season, still not street cars The new episode certainly was better with more racing than all the other junk they usually air... I doubt that will continue through the season though.

I like how they took the bug out on a trailer and then cops are coming after them. This after he drove it on the street last season the same way as it is now

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Like I said last season, still not street cars

I like how they took the bug out on a trailer and then cops are coming after them. This after he drove it on the street last season the same way as it is now

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Much better season this season than the previous. More focus on actual racing. But if I have to hear one more time on how "Big Cheese" spent the last two years & his life saving building his car I am going to puke. We get it. We all spend a ton of money on our cars but how many time do we have to hear him say that?

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I don't understand why anyone would spend their life savings on a race car either. What a stupid financial decision unless it helps grow his new business somehow.

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Whats the suspension setup on that truck of Daddy Dave's?

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Sure would like to see a Mopar powered Mopar in the mix.

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"Illegal" Street Racing Show Shuts Down Highway With Police Help
Posted: Jul 02, 2014 5:35PM CDT Dana Hertneky, News 9

A show about illegal street racing in Oklahoma is raising some serious red flags, this after the show's producers close a major US Highway. And News 9 has learned a local police department was helping them.

State Highway 81 in Union City was shut down for about 10 hours Saturday night while the crew taped the show. Burn out marks and a black oily substance still remained on the highway Wednesday.

The Discovery Channel show Street Outlaws is said to be about illegal racing on the streets of Oklahoma City, but in reality they were shooting about 20 miles outside OKC in Union City.

When News 9 photojournalist Cody McDonell showed up with a camera Saturday night he was told he had to leave. A guy wearing a T-shirt flashed a badge and identified himself as a "police officer in Oklahoma".

"It is a permitted area. It is closed," he said.

And even though News 9 was on a public street, a Union City police officer stepped in and threatened to throw our photojournalist in jail.

"If you don't want to leave I will put you under arrest," he said.

Officers on the scene said since this was permitted area we were not allowed to be there. On Wednesday Union City Police Chief Robert Ague said we were creating a hazard.
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"Creates a hazard for the motoring public and whenever you have vehicles sitting off on the side of the road it creates a traffic hazard," he said.

OSU Associate Professor and First Amendment expert Dr. Joey Senat says, in either case, we were well within our rights as a news organization to be there.

Those who live in the area say the racing on the highway has become a common occurrence.

"There for a while it was every week for a couple weeks," said Jenny Shieber.

Shieber says she has no serious issues with the closing of the highway. But the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) says they received complaints from drivers on Saturday night.

A permit says the show's producers paid $25 to block off the highway beginning at 6 p.m. Ague says they did not notify the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) or OHP.

"Anytime you would shut down a US Highway that was designated a commercial motor vehicle oversized road route without prior approval, we really frown on that," said Lt. Betsy Randolph with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Randolph says this case brings up a host of concerns.

"If the roadway is going to be shut down we really would rather it not be for illegal purposes as in illegal street racing," said Randolph.

In addition, Randolph says they don't believe there was the proper traffic notices or alternative routes set up. And there's also the issue of the mess left behind.

"The burden on cleaning up the highway on this sort of event goes back to the taxpayers," said Randolph.

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This doesn't sound very much different than any other scripted set like Hollywood would do for some movie they are shooting with the exception it appears that the producers of this show did not extend the courtesy to the locals to provide adequate notice of the area being shut down for X amount of time or provide information for alternative routing and notify "all" of the proper authorities of their intentions??

As for the clean up.....it would be nice if the show producers would clean up after themselves so as to not hair lip everyone and not appear to be disrespectful to public property (the road). It would certainly look better to the community around this shut down site if they did..... They really should work with the authorities if they want to continue the show because all the local government has to do is say NO and they are out of business. Then they'll have to find a way to sneak all the test hits and street races in without "really" getting in trouble....

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"Illegal" Street Racing Show Shuts Down Highway With Police Help
Posted: Jul 02, 2014 5:35PM CDT Dana Hertneky, News 9

A show about illegal street racing in Oklahoma is raising some serious red flags, this after the show's producers close a major US Highway. And News 9 has learned a local police department was helping them.

State Highway 81 in Union City was shut down for about 10 hours Saturday night while the crew taped the show. Burn out marks and a black oily substance still remained on the highway Wednesday.

The Discovery Channel show Street Outlaws is said to be about illegal racing on the streets of Oklahoma City, but in reality they were shooting about 20 miles outside OKC in Union City.

When News 9 photojournalist Cody McDonell showed up with a camera Saturday night he was told he had to leave. A guy wearing a T-shirt flashed a badge and identified himself as a "police officer in Oklahoma".

"It is a permitted area. It is closed," he said.

And even though News 9 was on a public street, a Union City police officer stepped in and threatened to throw our photojournalist in jail.

"If you don't want to leave I will put you under arrest," he said.

Officers on the scene said since this was permitted area we were not allowed to be there. On Wednesday Union City Police Chief Robert Ague said we were creating a hazard.
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"Creates a hazard for the motoring public and whenever you have vehicles sitting off on the side of the road it creates a traffic hazard," he said.

OSU Associate Professor and First Amendment expert Dr. Joey Senat says, in either case, we were well within our rights as a news organization to be there.

Those who live in the area say the racing on the highway has become a common occurrence.

"There for a while it was every week for a couple weeks," said Jenny Shieber.

Shieber says she has no serious issues with the closing of the highway. But the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) says they received complaints from drivers on Saturday night.

A permit says the show's producers paid $25 to block off the highway beginning at 6 p.m. Ague says they did not notify the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) or OHP.

"Anytime you would shut down a US Highway that was designated a commercial motor vehicle oversized road route without prior approval, we really frown on that," said Lt. Betsy Randolph with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Randolph says this case brings up a host of concerns.

"If the roadway is going to be shut down we really would rather it not be for illegal purposes as in illegal street racing," said Randolph.

In addition, Randolph says they don't believe there was the proper traffic notices or alternative routes set up. And there's also the issue of the mess left behind.

"The burden on cleaning up the highway on this sort of event goes back to the taxpayers," said Randolph.

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