Thread: Pinks All Out.

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I was never a huge fan of Pinks. Didn't care for the drama of negotiating and the flag start seemed to create some problems. I watched it off and on, but it never really turned me on. However, I do like Pinks All Out. I'm still not sure how they arrive at a particular group of cars, but overall I like it.

So my question to all of you..........Do you think Pinks and P A O have had any impact on drag racing? It seems a whole bunch of similar shows are springing up, like Pass Time, where three contestants guess the times a car will run and win some cash if they are right most of the time.

My feeling is that Pinks HAS had a pretty good influence on the sport, and they sure seem to be getting huge turnouts at any event they have around the country. The crowds seem large. What do you think???????


Don

I like some of the shows . But I would like to see more on the cars that are being raced . I hope to run a car on there one day . Tango

Hey Don, they are having tryouts at gainsville raceway soon, for upcoming episodes. I think the shows are having a huge impact on the general population, whether they are good or bad ,im not sure, but i think between these shows, and the ricer trend, it seems that the race image is turning for the better! They show that young kids can be cool, and have fun at the same time. I think most people still have a image, that racing is for rednecks!! Now that celebrities, and sports guys are getting into it , and all these shows kinda give it a bling factor, its getting more popular. I also believe that the early ricer crowd , are now getting wiser with age , and realizing, kinda like wally did, that they need orginization, and safety, to further the sport.

The best scene on "Pinks" was when Christensen biffed on the mini-bike.

I have a couple customers that will be in the Tucson episode this month, but I'm not a big fan of the show, with all of the typical reality show drama.

I do know that the format has changed some. At our event, they ran all cars that qualified in a certain time bracket, with some sort of elimination structure.

At least it will get some new faces to the track, and eventually add to the number of fans and racers.

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

"Didn't care for the drama of negotiating and the flag start seemed to create some problems."

"Do you think Pinks and P A O have had any impact on drag racing?" Don

I'm with you, there, Don. Also, I don't care for the (maybe staged) hostility and usually bleeped-out profanity that goes with the negotiating. And I'd guess that the show does create interest in the sport, thereby attracting new fans. That couldn't be so bad, but I think some of the shows create the perception that that's the way all drag racing is.

Thanks, in part, to a bunch of stupid movies, the earliest drag racers were given the image of being a barely civilized horde of scuzzy punks engaging in all sorts of dangerous and illegal activities, only one of which was daredevil street racing. I remember one in which the local bad-arse challenged the local "Mr. Clean" to a "train drag". Huh? The procedure was to have the cars side by side on a railroad track, each car straddling a rail and facing the direction from which an expected train was to come. As the train bore down the scene the first car to turn chicken and get out of the way was the loser.

....... In case anybody is still reading this foolishness, the good guy (chicken that he was) got off the track and lost the race. The bad guy didn't make it in time and got squashed.

For another instance of misconception, the old North Texas Timing Association held a big race at Caddo Mills and brought in several big-name cars from both coasts as well as all the local heroes. As their races always were, it was orderly, well managed and well run. On Monday morning a young guy where I worked asked what I did over the weekend. I told him I went to the drag races. His eyes got big and he said "WOW! Any fights out there?"

I guess where I'm going with this long, boring speech is that, to some degree, that image is still perpetuated.

Even after fifty years.

Am I wrong?


Jim

I'll be competing at the event in Denver in August. They open it up to cars running 12.99 and faster but I don't think I've ever seen them pick a group of cars running slower than 10.9's I expect to be running 11.6's this year but I'm debating whether to add the juice to get into the 10's... of course that will be the day they run the 11.6 cars

As for the show... it definitely raises awareness and gets a bit more exposure to the "sport" of drag racing but I think of it more as a novelty. At any rate, the prospects for a chance at $10000+ was good enough to get me in there Never cared much for the original "Pinks" with the car length negotiations and sandbagging.

^^^Jim - yes the misconceptions are rampant... my wife mentioned to a colleague I was a drag racer and her immediate thought went to the rice burning street racers which had recently killed a few people downtown

-Chris

Good deal, Chris!

Keep us posted, and good luck!

Jim

Sure do wish they'd leave Rich in the tower and use the lights!!!! I like the all out version a whole lot better then Pinks... The other new show where they guess the ET is produced by the same people..

But hey, anything that puts racing on the tube in a favorable manner is just fine with me!!!! Anxious for the local tracks to open and see if the tv stuff has done anything to put butts in the seats on the spectator side of the track.....

Rich wants it to be about him, its the racing, not faces and arm poses when he drops em. Anyways, PAO in MI set an attd record for Milan dragway and any PAO show, we want and it was an awesome experience. The drama of slow cars on Pinks out negotiating a faster car is just stupid.

i gotta agree with henry , the best show is when famous mr.arm dropper crashed the street bike! go ahead and call me a bad person but i laughed my butte off!!

The concept of Pinks is pretty stupid - build a car, and then negotiate to keep from giving it away? PAO is OK with the run all out qualifying, and then running for bucks without breaking out on top. Their approach of picking their field from a sliding bracket virtually eliminates sandbagging. But Rick putting the street bike down......priceless!!

Originally Posted by flh4speed

i gotta agree with henry , the best show is when famous mr.arm dropper crashed the street bike! go ahead and call me a bad person but i laughed my butte off!!

I must have a twisted sense of humor too.........I thought that was the best part of the show.

BTW, does anyone know where Rich came from? I mean, has he done other stuff TV wise or car wise?

Don

Just now watching a re-run of PAO--old tricky Rich held his dang arms in the air so long both cars were bouncing off the rev limiter, and of course it was a bs start.... Still think he should be replaced with a Tree and the show would be a whole lot better with the emphasis on the cars and not Rich. Got to admit, the bike crash and his excuses afterward were really kewl!!!!!!

Gotta upgrade our cable and get the speed channell!