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Re: Is Street Outlaws getting boring?
[Re: PorkyPig]
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12/02/16 03:05 PM
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1mean340
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Don't understand some of you guys who are mad about it being a closed road. I can understand the prep, because no prep IS street racing, but the fact that the road is legally closed makes it a crappy for show for you? If you want to watch guys bail when the cops come, watch world's wildest police chases LOL Plus, I'm sure the producers (and public) would love it when some pedestrian or vehicle wanders onto the track and and someone gets hurt or worse. It would definitely look great for the racing community.
Probably not inline with what most want to see here, but I'd love to see a show with more REAL street cars. By street cars I mean driven on the street , not just raced. They could start off with something like what Car Craft does; take a large group of fast street cars and screen them by having them run some kind of high mileage cruise. The cars that are left can run heads up for the title. I dunno, probably boring for non car people, but I feel like there are far more car guys wanting to see real street car action than trailered "street car" action.
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Re: Is Street Outlaws getting boring?
[Re: 1mean340]
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12/02/16 04:12 PM
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justinp61
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Don't understand some of you guys who are mad about it being a closed road. I can understand the prep, because no prep IS street racing, but the fact that the road is legally closed makes it a crappy for show for you? If you want to watch guys bail when the cops come, watch world's wildest police chases LOL Plus, I'm sure the producers (and public) would love it when some pedestrian or vehicle wanders onto the track and and someone gets hurt or worse. It would definitely look great for the racing community. BTW I do agree real street cars would make for a more interesting show, at least for me.
Probably not inline with what most want to see here, but I'd love to see a show with more REAL street cars. By street cars I mean driven on the street , not just raced. They could start off with something like what Car Craft does; take a large group of fast street cars and screen them by having them run some kind of high mileage cruise. The cars that are left can run heads up for the title. I dunno, probably boring for non car people, but I feel like there are far more car guys wanting to see real street car action than trailered "street car" action. I have only heard of one car be referred to as having anything to do with street. A couple of years ago Chief was going through who was there racing, when he mention the guys name they showed the car and Chief made the statement that "he drives that car on the street". Otherwise I don't think any of the guys are under the illusion that their cars are street cars. Can the non car viewers make the distinction? Probably not. BTW, I agree that real cars driven on the street would be more interesting, for me at least. I watch the show every week, most of the time on the DVR so I can fast forward through the 25 minutes of commercials. I agree with a lot of others about the drama, less would be better but I guess it's what the masses like. I watched pinks all out even though I thought rich was a bag. Pass time would've been better if the ringer wasn't such a big jack a$$. I actually liked pass time, it was pretty fast paced and most of the time there was no drama.
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Re: Is Street Outlaws getting boring?
[Re: 1mean340]
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12/02/16 04:21 PM
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Don't understand some of you guys who are mad about it being a closed road. I can understand the prep, because no prep IS street racing, but the fact that the road is legally closed makes it a crappy for show for you? If you want to watch guys bail when the cops come, watch world's wildest police chases LOL Plus, I'm sure the producers (and public) would love it when some pedestrian or vehicle wanders onto the track and and someone gets hurt or worse. It would definitely look great for the racing community.
Probably not inline with what most want to see here, but I'd love to see a show with more REAL street cars. By street cars I mean driven on the street , not just raced. They could start off with something like what Car Craft does; take a large group of fast street cars and screen them by having them run some kind of high mileage cruise. The cars that are left can run heads up for the title. I dunno, probably boring for non car people, but I feel like there are far more car guys wanting to see real street car action than trailered "street car" action. A street cruise is pointless, along with the question "what is a street car?" Drag Week puts all that to rest.
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Re: Is Street Outlaws getting boring?
[Re: JERICOGTX]
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12/02/16 05:30 PM
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Don't understand some of you guys who are mad about it being a closed road. I can understand the prep, because no prep IS street racing, but the fact that the road is legally closed makes it a crappy for show for you? If you want to watch guys bail when the cops come, watch world's wildest police chases LOL Plus, I'm sure the producers (and public) would love it when some pedestrian or vehicle wanders onto the track and and someone gets hurt or worse. It would definitely look great for the racing community.
Probably not inline with what most want to see here, but I'd love to see a show with more REAL street cars. By street cars I mean driven on the street , not just raced. They could start off with something like what Car Craft does; take a large group of fast street cars and screen them by having them run some kind of high mileage cruise. The cars that are left can run heads up for the title. I dunno, probably boring for non car people, but I feel like there are far more car guys wanting to see real street car action than trailered "street car" action. A street cruise is pointless, along with the question "what is a street car?" Drag Week puts all that to rest. And when lutz gets mad max to #1 all the rage between the 2 camps will finally be settled, he'll have won both 
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Re: Is Street Outlaws getting boring?
[Re: PorkyPig]
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12/02/16 05:32 PM
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Heaps??? If you think Drag Week is a bunch of clapped out cars, you are dead wrong. Curt Johnson won his class for the 3rd year in a row, with the exact same combo, untouched. How many people actually drive their "street cars" 1000+ miles a year? I can tell you most Mopar purists sure don't as they are too worried about their "investment ".
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Re: Is Street Outlaws getting boring?
[Re: Porter67]
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12/02/16 05:34 PM
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"what is a street car?" Drag Week puts all that to rest.
Really?
When I get pics out of the CC gatherings of the late 70-s early 80-s thousands of cars driven to the event....those are/were real street cars.... not heaps needing a flat bed and a refresh after a week of carnage. I never drove mine TO the Nats. Trailered it every year. I drove mine on the street but it was mostly a race car, as were many others then and many others now. A "street car" is strictly whatever aggravation you are prepared to put up with to drive it.
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Re: Is Street Outlaws getting boring?
[Re: JERICOGTX]
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12/02/16 06:23 PM
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Calm down... Heaps... just a figure of speech. I have alot in my heap but its still a heap, no If id of said clapped up... the clap is good for no one. Heaps??? If you think Drag Week is a bunch of clapped out cars, you are dead wrong. Curt Johnson won his class for the 3rd year in a row, with the exact same combo, untouched. How many people actually drive their "street cars" 1000+ miles a year? I can tell you most Mopar purists sure don't as they are too worried about their "investment ".
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Re: Is Street Outlaws getting boring?
[Re: Mopar1970440]
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12/02/16 06:37 PM
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Everyone knows farm truck now, I mean the truck is on TV and has Tshirts. So the whole surprise factor of that truck is over.
Id like to see a show were off grid/ no name car enthusiasts get to build quick street sleeper cars and go sneak up on the current well know quick cars that are out there on tv currently...just an idea. Not sure where you live but did you ever look into events at your local track. Our weekly test n tunes are full of FAST street cars that are running 7-8 second quarter-mile passes. And our monthly Street Car nights are nuts. Keystone really promotes these cars and the zero pay-outs tops off the deal. Want to race someone??? line them up and go. Just a small sample. http://keystoneracewaypark.com/index.php...&Itemid=473
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Re: Is Street Outlaws getting boring?
[Re: Porter67]
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12/02/16 06:47 PM
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Calm down... Heaps... just a figure of speech. I have alot in my heap but its still a heap, no If id of said clapped up... the clap is good for no one. Heaps??? If you think Drag Week is a bunch of clapped out cars, you are dead wrong. Curt Johnson won his class for the 3rd year in a row, with the exact same combo, untouched. How many people actually drive their "street cars" 1000+ miles a year? I can tell you most Mopar purists sure don't as they are too worried about their "investment ". Heap. Roach. Junk. Hoopdy. Crap stack. All means the same to me. I have friends that call 150k cars roaches. It's a figure of speech.
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Re: Is Street Outlaws getting boring?
[Re: PorkyPig]
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12/03/16 02:28 AM
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Don't watch, if it loses viewership it will disappear.
Mopar to the bone!!!
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Re: Is Street Outlaws getting boring?
[Re: cudaman1969]
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12/03/16 03:04 PM
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Drag racing to me is 90% participation and 10% watching and then it's got to be Mopar watching I agree, do you want a few cold beers, or watch people on TV have them for you? However, it is winter here and tracks are closed, so for a TV show to watch Monday night this show is better for me than most other channels. Not into watching ball sports. LOL
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