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No prep ! ...

Is it TRULY going to be on NO PREP at all in 2020 ??!!

Looks like the circus comes to Pacific (Seattle / Kent WA)...... whooopie!??? 🙄

KEEP your eyes open for their sneakers getting pulled off their feet at the starting line on that NO PREP track !

You would have to have almost Pro level funding just for the transportation and travel alone. It would be very hard to run that series with any sort of job either....so much for Street racing....

Best racing show on tv and not a good word to say about it. What a bunch of dorks. Lol. Hey Oprah’s on guys.

I enjoy No Prep Kings John!....And you seem to know a lot about Oprah...

Naaaaah - me thimks ... cheezyBurgherGuy is a fan of the Doc ... Dr Thrill !

I was thinking the same thing. That's a lot of travelling!
Tickets went on sale yesterday for the Darlington race in October and the Facebook post from the track was blowing up about it. Crazy how many people want to go see it. I'm sure it'll be a packed house.
The last time the street outlaw guys came to Darlington it was PACKED.

But cBg ... what’s not DA TRUTH about those other observations?

I like those programs from time to time meself - ESPECIALLY when Lizzy is on !

i'll be heading down to Mesa in march to visit the in laws. Tuscan is roughly 2 hours away from Mesa.

where do i get tickets to attend? while i'm down there, i would like to go watch this event

If they can swing it, AND pull some locals in the mix to take a swing....WHY NOT??

Wonder if Bob is “all in” on this deal.... pretty grueling schedule for sure.

Anyone realize JJ and his merry band of racers have been booking races at tracks all over.... and packing the house!!

Makes me wonder if the fuel car guys would attract these crowds if they were still “allowed” to match race.....

I definitely tune into these races a lot more than the so called “pros”.... but if they stay on track with the “team” crap, it’s going to kill it for me. Handicap Kayla going to rnd 2 on freebies got pretty old.

Oprah is good but I prefer The View. Lol.

... and I’ll bet his fave host is JoyLess !

I like and watch the show, the drama not so much, but it's part of it. If the SGMP date wasn't the opening week end of turkey season I'd get some buddies together and make the drive down and watch. I'd be willing to say that the "no prep" at SGMP will be better than most tracks that are prepped.

Is it just me or does it seem like Kayla always has the red a$$?

Now if the network would throw out the hint of a cat fight Sometime this season, between Lizzie and Kayla, we’d all be glued to the screen every airing. Lol

Saw on FB that Kalee Mills will be joining the fight in Dewayne's car this season.

When they came to RT66 last year,the track was completely scrapped down to the concrete when they started(no rubber,no glue). After the the final was run,I walked down to the starting line and from all the rubber being laid down, it was pretty sticky without glue being used.

I was thinking the same thing. Oregon has a No Prep series that runs on a few tracks and one airport. Pretty grass roots and cool IMO. Once TV got involved the entire no-prep/street racing thing once again became a fad. First the F&F thing and now it's SO lol. I'm glad people are interested either way.

August dates seem in the wrong order as far as traveling, imo.

Agree with it or not, Racetracks are making money off that style racing. the longer the tracks can operate the longer I can race my slow junk. I would be willing to bet the attendance rivals an NHRA meet.... Just wish one was closer than 7 hours.

Link to tickets is available on Tucson dragway facebook page. Not available on the Tucson dragway website yet.
I will see you at the race.

GOOD for those guys ... more power to them ... how much are those tix ?

Hey don't get me wrong. Butts in seats help keep drag strips viable. And ANY drag racing is better than 99.9% of the crap on tv. All good just not really "street racing" style. When run what you brung is a semi loaded with spare parts that is not what I have in mind. I would still go and watch and all. Maybe they will get more "local flavor" this way and that would be good.
Todd

Why are some of you guys hung up on the “street Racing” deal. This is not Street Outlaws. It’s No Prep Kings thanks god and they race on a drag strip where mature smart guys race. Most of us grew up doing it but wisely moved away from it (street racing” as we grew up.

Attendance likely, viewers absolutely. I've heard they get 10x the viewers as an NHRA event.

But cheezy ... most or at least many of those are from the SO mob !

Mature ... smart .... grow up ? ...

Why do you think it took Big Cheese So long to join the party. He finally wised up and saw the writing on the wall that their street outlaws show was sucking hind tit. No prep at a track is where it’s at and Discovery Channel is probably very lucky no one was killed.

Exactly, there is nothing mentioned about street racing or street cars in No Prep Kings. These are full blown, pure a$$ race cars, most with a pretty healthy budget running the series. Most of these guys have the top of the line equipment, at least the completive car do.

The no prep stuff is getting more and more popular around here. They had a $20k race at 710 dragstrip in NC the Saturday before Christmas and it was packed. Cars pre-entered from OH, NY, MD, etc. They start in the shutdown area. I'd have gone to watch but our big family Christmas party was the same night. I say watch, b/c there isn't a chance in hell of me running a no prep race. More like a demo derby, but fun to watch. They wadded up 3 cars that night. Dig or Die is the name of it, vids all over youtube of it.

They run something similar (very little money) here called Beyond 660. From what I hear it's packed on those nights. I've never been because this track even on a regular race night the starting line is not good and I'd rather not bend my car up or have someone else bend it up for me.

NHRA use to do the western swing from Denver to Seattle and then down to Infineon in CA. It makes a lot more sense to go from Denver to Infineon and then up to Seattle and then back to Brainerd, MN
I'm sure the tracks have other events scheduled during the summer so maybe that was part of the decision making on this
Any one have any idea how quick you need to run to qualify at theses races?

Cab...I'm not sure they let anyone other than the "regulars" run these races now. They used to let some locals try to "race in" the night before for a couple of open spots, but there was none of that this past season.

Pretty sure they all run at least bottom 4s in the 1/8. Some are 3 sec capable.

Does this series tend to change venues each year to expand the audience? I noticed Maryland International isn't on the new schedule.

i just got my tickets for Friday races. see you there

Its a "reality" TV show using "street racers". I watch it at times but would not spend time or money to see it live. I'm usually at the track racing my car.

I plan to check it out at SGMP. Hopefully I can get some good photos!! I've never watched the show. I don't watch much TV to begin with, then add multiple bleeped out sentences and TV drama, it's too much..lol
I love watching it all, Brackets, prep,no prep,Nostalgia. If Im off, I go

My car in Seattle might run low 5.2 on motor only, maybe even a 5.1
I do have a bunch of NOS parts and a low deck Indy 2x4500 tunnel ram intake and two 4500 NOS plates as well as a pair of 4500 that might get me into the mid 4.5, no where near 4.0 or high 3.9 though
I do have alternative motives to show off my car at that kind of race though

To the mAx ..... and someone USED UP ALL the ration of moparts smilies on this page - : rant:

I plan on going to some of these with my Magnum. If you see a black Magnum running there, come by and introduce yourself.

Dennis

Tucson tickets are 20.00-30.00 for gen admission, no seats.
Then 70.00-150.00 plus for admission with seats. Grandstand seating 70.00-80.00 to other club type seating, over 100.00.

Rt 66 is $35 for general admission seating. I wonder if the ticket prices are set by each individual track. You wouldn't think so because I believe they rent the track.

We are all in but this is going to be expensive and grueling. I got a little sick to my stomach when the schedule came out but I know this will separate the men from the boys. We are completely self funded and get no money at all from the show. I am 100% committed to this season but unless I get some help we'll be out for anything further.

The tracks are actually unprepped. They are scraped for the first 200-300 feet then scrubbed with Tide. As some rubber gets laid back down it starts to get decent on the starting line but the back half stays sketchy.

When Schedules come out I assumed it was a big advantage to them. They sell a ton of shirts and other stuff to help fund them.
The small guys with competitive cars will have a hard time hitting all the tracks.


Good luck we will try and make RT66 this year

I’m pretty sure Bill Lutz from Ohio made the cut this year.

He's my race car insurance guy...he and Kenny.

Ya Bill and I are Facebook friends and he gave me Kenny’s number so if I ever start going fast again I may call him. Pretty sure he’s in tonight’s show as he said to tune in.

I was told by a Darlington official that NPK sets the ticket prices. He didn't specify if that was for the general admission, "special seating", or both.

With the TV exposure audience numbers I see over 1 million, you should be able to get some $$$$ assistance. This may sound off the wall but with this being an election year you could approach some PAC's or even the political party?
Have you approached major corps with an exchange agreement or sponsorship in kind where no money changes hands? Some smaller companies would do that before writing a check.
Good Luck and keep that Hemi up front.

Allen

We recently have begun speaking to a guy who will do some promoting for us. There are some irons in the fire but so far nothing for certain. One of them is a labor union local which would be a good fit...I think.

Hey Bob when you see stuff blurred out on tv is that because they are a non paying (advertising) company or is it inappropriate for tv. I see chuck getting blurred quite often.

But wazzzzupy ? ... uPchuck is the MC of this circus and he gets his shirt blurred ? If I was him I’d be

my best guess is a combination of both, advertising and "adult stuff" that goes beyond what is "allowable" at this time.

The rule is no phone numbers or web addresses.

Who is it that has only a small section of the logo on his shirt - way lower left that’s blurred ?

It’s way too small for a phone number or web address ?

AND REALLY .... what’s up with that anyways ? The so called STARS of the program can’t puff a product or service that they want ??!!

I'm sure lewd or other tasteless stuff will be blurred as well. It's their show so they can make the rules.

I'm surprised they ever show a clear image of Chuck.

Believe it or not Chuck is a good dude. He gets a whole lot of [censored] from fans, though. Some of it may be deserved but he can't walk 5 feet without somebody heckling him. He does a lot of betting on the starting line and I've caught him several times betting on us. One day I notice that he had taken us and won and I walked by him and told him to keep his money on us. He told me that he bet us a bunch over the season and won most of them. He did say that it was getting harder to get a bet down on us toward the end of the year.

He doesn't strike me as a bad guy (probably an insanely loyal friend) but when he spit on that guy ages ago he lost me. No respect for that- at all. If you're that mad, fight the person but spitting is off limits. I was always pretty impressed with his driving when he was on small tires- I certainly won't take that away from him.

Pretty Good podcast with Dean Karns I listened to the other day.......

https://www.dragzine.com/news/the-dragzine-podcast-episode-48-disco-dean-karns/
Disco Dean podcast

I'm not a fighter, if I don't have to, and I don't like pain, which I learned in the Army basic training boot camp.
That being said if some ones swings on me or threatens me or friends or family or was to spit on us I will make sure I and those with me don't get hurt first I can and will get that job done by any ways needed including a swift kick to the groin or knee joints, I learned that the hard way in high school while attending my last two years living in 29 Palms, CA .near 29 palms Marine Corp base, It was get tough or die That or stay home and never go out at night
My message is my right foot and toes would have had immediate contact with some part of his body if he had spit on me
His partner(CRS his name now) on this show did the correct thing after Chuck threw water on him, he put his water bottle down and commence the attack on Chuck