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Re: pinks, more comical than competitive
[Re: dennismopar73]
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02/22/11 11:57 AM
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kissmyaspen
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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 
You dont wonna come to my home track the mopars are damn close to the number of chevy and fords.
79 Dodge Aspen
12.265 at 109.75 MPH
67 Satellite NSS/E
11.83 @ 110
1968 Plymouth Road Runner 472 Hemi
3 time MOPAR NATIONALS CHAMP '03 FWD and '06 & '09 Street.
'07, '10, '12 Mopar Nats runner-up Street.
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Re: pinks, more comical than competitive
[Re: kissmyaspen]
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02/22/11 12:18 PM
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dennismopar73
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that may be true at youre track , may some others , but for the most part that is not everyone can say that rich didnt know about race cars who cares about that , he put you guys , local racers to the fore front , he went from a 16 car fields to 64 , all you guys did was [Edited by Moparts - Family Friendly Site - Keep it clean] and moan , well now its gone , he gave 2 tenths break, thats close racing guys dont care if you have nos or not he put buts in the seats, cars on the track, and advertised the hell out of , alot of guys got on national tv with youre cars, some even got in napa commercials , i have never seen that out of any pass time show,, or nhra could it been better maybe , i really think most og you guys that are bitchin , because you didnt make it , and are jeleaous so you [Edited by Moparts - Family Friendly Site - Keep it clean] 
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Re: pinks, more comical than competitive
[Re: bwdst6]
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02/22/11 12:41 PM
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MegaDart
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Never went to Pinks, never wanted to. Rarely watched the show. Was personally invited to Pass Time by the producer of the show and glad I "passed" lol I know guys that sat in 90* heat at Bradenton for 3 days to make one pass. Here's an idea. Go make the final round at any Nitro Jam event and your on TV! It's that easy! 
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Re: pinks, more comical than competitive
[Re: bwdst6]
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02/22/11 02:23 PM
02/22/11 02:23 PM
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47hudson
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I wish they would bring it back with Nate, his brother, and Ken, plus the original format.
Would that include the new trend of racers making the field then using a 50 or so shot of NOS to give them an edge, but still stay within the 2 tenths run out?
The race I lost was .0015 at the stripe. you would have to be pretty good with the button to do that. If you pay attention to my post you would see I was against all the later BS. There was no real set "run out" time at first, Nate and Adam used their better judgement on the conditions and what should be allowed. Watch some shows from the 1st seasons, 2 tenths would get you a ticket home!
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Re: pinks, more comical than competitive
[Re: kissmyaspen]
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02/22/11 02:51 PM
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Sweet Home Alabama
MRMOPAR622
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To me any form of Drag-Racing is better than no Drag-Racing at all. The more TV coverage it gets,the more people who will come out and support Drag-Racing. Look at Nascar TV coverage Day and Night. Go to a Nascar race the tickets are double what it cost at a NHRA track. If you get there on a Saturday or Sunday its gonna cost you $20.00 to park and then you will have a mile walk. And the Spectators are not car people like the NHRA races have. They all are there to see their favorite driver. Unlike NHRA where there is only John Force,Nascar show case's all of their drivers and the fans have more than one to pick from. We need to win all if not most of them over to NHRA & IHRA. Showcase any Drag-Racing..be it Pink's Pass Time, Sportsman its all good. 
"To Be The Man'You Have Got To Beat The Man"
"T/D and Pro-Bracket Racer"
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Re: pinks, more comical than competitive
[Re: dennismopar73]
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02/22/11 02:51 PM
02/22/11 02:51 PM
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theman440
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that may be true at youre track , may some others ,
but for the most part that is not
everyone can say that rich didnt know about race cars
who cares about that , he put you guys , local racers to the fore front , he went from a 16 car fields to 64 ,
all you guys did was [Edited by Moparts - Family Friendly Site - Keep it clean] and moan ,
well now its gone ,
he gave 2 tenths break, thats close racing guys
dont care if you have nos or not
he put buts in the seats, cars on the track,
and advertised the hell out of ,
alot of guys got on national tv with youre cars,
some even got in napa commercials ,
i have never seen that out of any pass time show,, or nhra
could it been better maybe ,
i really think most og you guys that are bitchin ,
because you didnt make it , and are jeleaous
so you [Edited by Moparts - Family Friendly Site - Keep it clean]
What brought all this on? It is a matter of opinion and mine is that Pass Time is a better TV show. I could be wrong but I believe most real racers have a hard time stomaching Pinks. When Pinks came to my track I could not participate, but I would have loved to. I do not race for "exposure" but I have been fortunate enough to get ink in National Dragster, MCG and Muscle Car Review all without Pinks All Out - and believe me, I am a nobody...and definately not jealous.
Relax dude.
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Re: pinks, more comical than competitive
[Re: MegaDart]
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02/22/11 02:51 PM
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sst404b
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The driver of the Challenger and the Barracuda that was in the 32 are my kids and I drove my 74'G/SA Challenger.So having been in one of these things I will tell you it was a great time,a little too much drama,but a lot of fun.As for air time both of the kids have won races both NHRA and IHRA,David was runner up in stock at Indy 08',and on Pinks we got ten times the exposure.The shots of the car and all the talk was good for us and the sport in general.That said I didn't care for all the drama and the fact that you don't get a time slip once you are in the show,you can read what you want into that,and I asked for ours and they would not even tell me what the car ran,as the Challenger only had 8 laps on it and I needed the data.Even with the bad the show was a fun time and will be missed by a lot of racing fans.BTW this was a true mid 9 second field the Challenger ran 9.59 and the Cuda'went 9.49
Ray Buckner,Jason Buckner,David Buckner
'stockers are way cool'
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Re: pinks, more comical than competitive
[Re: robnbird]
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02/22/11 04:57 PM
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bfury
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We all know that if you drive, race or collect a Mopar you are swimming upstream. That's why many of us do it! Anybody can race a Chevy!
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Re: pinks, more comical than competitive
[Re: MoparPitBull]
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02/22/11 08:17 PM
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challengermike
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I had a blast going to watch the one the had at norwalk.And it really made my day when Bob georges charger won it.And to see everybody bash this show seems silly,i tried to get in to race at the show,it sold out in 3 minautes.So that tells me there was alot of interest in it.Yes rich doesnt know alot about cars,but it does give me a laugh when he really thinks he knows what hes talking about.
Last edited by challengermike; 02/22/11 08:18 PM.
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Re: pinks, more comical than competitive
[Re: bomber1965]
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02/22/11 09:28 PM
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pinks Oops
 Yep, thats Rich, Im not going to say geek!!!!
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Re: pinks, more comical than competitive
[Re: 8secDart]
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02/22/11 09:53 PM
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dennismopar73
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yep it really sucked didnt it,, o well its over with , good thing we dont need anything that gives us racers any money, place to race, tv coverage advertisment,what moorons would do that!! god forbid thank god its over , now we can beet on the nhra ihra adrl because they dont get it right either now know they dont know sqaute about drag racing either! all the tracks need to shut down because they dont know how to run a race track either, and the shop that builds my motor , he need to be run out of town because the motor he built me blew up after 600 runs , that just about sums it it i guess, it was a show, they put on, it was great for the racers, promoters, the tracks , what the hell no use you guys got it figured out !!  
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