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did they run a full 1320?

YES, none of that 1/8 mile shit

1st...tech was a joke, lots of cars that 'could' have been illegal for studs, valve stems, and especially the notorious bullet muffler who were permitted to compete, should never have gotten through...for a team who is meticulous about following rules we felt slighted

2nd...pit parking was hurrendous...couldn't even open the door on the trailer since we had to park so close to our neighbor

3rd...no accountability...if they call numbers 26-50 up for tech, then tech only those numbers, permitting 146 or 177 to enter causes the **** at tech and later the staging lanes which created lines hundreds of yards long and traffic jams

4th...driver registration outside the gate was a joke...one woman doing it, all drivers and crew were converged on one table...it was almost as much of a debacle as the online registration...

5th...yet again they overlooked a slower field of closer times to pick a faster field (same as Maple Grove)

all in all though, nice to see some local faces and run a well prepped track...they handled the car load well, keeping racing moving even through the minimal oil downs...Maple Grove last year was 365 cars and much less taxing...I think they should limit the fields to that but i suppose greed necessitates more

I missed ya down there derek, you with yours or your buddies car? Overall the waiting was a bit tedious but i guess considering the amount of cars and everything going on it worked well enough (they did get it finished in 2 days, even though we got jipped on a 3rd test and tune pass because of time on fri.) Tech was a joke, didnt care about mufflers, studs, overflows etc.. I had the hood off thinking they would be checking that since atco and regular etown tech has been so strict. dude didnt even care. He asked for my drivers license/comp license, then walked around the outside the car and asked me if my belts were good, thats it lol >> Was cool day though I couldnt get my car to hook, but i cant blame the track cause jacks 04 cobra dead hooked and broke the eaton posi in half after a quick tire pressure adjustment for the 2nd T+T pass >> We will be at pinks all out again if they go anywhere localish (etown,atco,grove,cecil,etc..)

dpmalibu wrote:Anyone take notice of the primered 4 door 66-67 Chevelle with the turbo SBC and the silver 4 door 66? Coronet with the fuel injected/ surpercharged 383?

They both I believe where in the 11's. Nice sleepers!! The Chevelle is capable of 10's from what the owner told me. It's crazy what some people put together.

I think I saw the primered 4 door 67

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYFEa6quMhY

that turbo 4 door was a sleeper indeed.... too much down time... no fill ins.. just the regular 850 guys and the 12.0 index and 11.0 index... and the 10.5 outlaw cars.. which some of those guys are there on wednesdays tuning... i was dissapointed... no crowd interaction.. they make it look like a great time on tv... myself being someone who missed the call to be in the 450.. i was going anyway... i understand that they are filming a tv show.. but without the fans they are nothing... no meet and greets...

but anyway... great job by my friend jim chahalis... representing the local boys!!!!!!!!!!!!

They should have finished the quick 8's and got rid of the wheelstanders because there was only one good wheelstand and the quick 8's were fun! Plus they had all of that time to fill and I was getting bored between rounds. If they had organized the event schedule better, they could have had the quick 8's and wheelstanders all in time before the 1st round of PINKS All Out Eliminations. Does anyone agree?

WAY to much down timeeeeeeeeeee

I got in at 2:30 saw about 2 cars.
I waited 1-2 hours saw some 10.5 guys some 8.50 cars
They should have just had cars making test passes to pass the time.

They didn't start the show till about 7:00 I was so pissed i left after the first round.

What a waste of money.

The first and last time I will go see the show.
PINKS sucks

dpmalibu wrote:I have to agree Rich is a tool. I have gotten used to him now. I just thought he looked like an idiot bouncing around out there like a boxer flinging his arms around like he was doing some kind of dance.He's a little too dramatic for my taste but I guess he is trying to look good for TV. He definately has no knowledge of cars that's why he surrounded himself with people who do . Gavin definately yells too much. You should of heard what it sounded like on the local radio station(87.9 FM) when he was yelling " BUUURRRRNNNNN OOOUUUTTT!!!!!

I did enjoy when they walked around with the camera and got the crowd into it and when they shot the t-shirts out of that cannon contraption. I snagged a couple!!

That one Black and green Turbo Mustang that ran 6.80's at 211 mph was BADASS!!!!!!

Anyone take notice of the primered 4 door 66-67 Chevelle with the turbo SBC and the silver 4 door 66? Coronet with the fuel injected/ surpercharged 383?

They both I believe where in the 11's. Nice sleepers!! The Chevelle is capable of 10's from what the owner told me. It's crazy what some people put together.

that black 4door did some nasty burnouts too...anyone catch its funny car style? i heard its been LOWLOW 9's... any truth to that?

Kris, I was down w/a friends car... black 98 cobra w/a 460 on spray, parked next to butch and sam...we had traction problems, which we will sort out before we 10.0 index, but we still had a 10.18 first pass, though I need more practice at the pro tree, lol...saw you on one pass put up big mph #'s, congrats...later Derrick

HonkIfPartsFallOff wrote:

dpmalibu wrote:Anyone take notice of the primered 4 door 66-67 Chevelle with the turbo SBC and the silver 4 door 66? Coronet with the fuel injected/ surpercharged 383?

They both I believe where in the 11's. Nice sleepers!! The Chevelle is capable of 10's from what the owner told me. It's crazy what some people put together.

I think I saw the primered 4 door 67

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYFEa6quMhY

that 4door is badass ... first time i saw it in person, that car is cool as hell, i really like how the cage is in there, you cant even tell it has one until you really look inside the car.. and that was a killer burnout on your first pass, lol now you got me covered by about 2 seconds ... me and joe (smallblocknova) walked by your car saturday lookin for ya but you werent around

pontiac80 wrote:WAY to much down timeeeeeeeeeee

I got in at 2:30 saw about 2 cars.
I waited 1-2 hours saw some 10.5 guys some 8.50 cars
They should have just had cars making test passes to pass the time.

They didn't start the show till about 7:00 I was so pissed i left after the first round.

What a waste of money.

The first and last time I will go see the show.
PINKS sucks

the schedule was out there for a few weeks and it said they werent starting the main event till 8pm and they wound up starting it earlier and was over by 9ish.

we got there @ 6am friday to sit for 3hrs before we got in, that sucked. plus only getting to timeshots was a waste. we should of been able to get 3-4.minor tire spin, other then that we had a great time. we finally got our camaro down the track in the Quik8 field only to runner up. we did hold the fastest mph tho @ 170.89. Joe thanks for your help with the airtank but next time watch out cuz we will be coming after you guys when we get the twin turbos figured out.

Honkifpartsfalloff I didn't know you were on here!! That car is bad ass!! I met you at the Hooter's show in June.

I finally got my pics uploaded and put together 2 slide shows. I took out a couple of shots of couple of motors but other than that there is about 80-85 pics. Enjoy!!! Here are the links (click on the image):

I was there on Sat from 11 AM until the last Pinks final race.

The place was not very populated until about 6PM.

The whole experience was quite tame yet enjoyable.

Lynch's sub 7 second runs were absolutely awesome along with the white chevelle's wheel stands.
I can't believe the silver TA in the final 8 lost because of his nitrous problem. That must be hard to swallow for him !! I was pullin for him !

I love drag racing and we definately saw alot of racing on Sat !!!

About Rich ..... he is an actor and a very smart business man !! He is NOT a racer. Once you understand this; you will stop giving him shit for the stuff he does. It's his show; let's just enjoy it for what it is.


Anyone buy anything there ??? Damn burgers were 7 bucks !!! T-shirts were 25 or 30 bucks, ball caps wer $25 ..... Holy shit people !!

All in all, me and everyone else that I went with had a nice time !!!

1st time to a pinks show...hats off, the pinks people sure know
how to pack the house. a big thank you to all the teams that
showed up to help promote the fall shakedown race. dave

I definately not knocking the guy. I have gotten used to him now.He is definately a smart guy. He has got a lot of good ideas for the shows he has put out on the Speed Channel (Pinks,Pinks All Out , Pass Time). He had another sho that was on there (it had something to do with breaking records with differnent kinds of motor vehicles) which didn't last too long.

Thanks to Rich Christensen and The Speed Channel for putting your heads together to come up with these shows. They have definately helped put Drag racing (on the smaller scale) ie street racing ,etc. on the map(other than the NHRA) for us guys/gals who love the sport. It's nice to see every day Joe's like you and me race their cars on TV. I actually get into these shows more than watching the NHRA.

I had fun racing, hanging out with friends and checking out the all the cars. I saw a lot of cars from this site and I have to say you all have some really nice rides. I wish I would have taken more time to meet some of you. We were standing around at the reg. table on Friday morning when Rick was pulling in with his 4-dr chevelle and a couple of people were saying look at that p.o.s. on the trailer behind the motorhome. I smiled and said I bet your gonna be surprised what it runs. Its a very cool sleeper, I dig the cage as well.

Probably one of the funniest things of the weekend was at the drivers meeting when Rich Christensen said "If I or any of my staff hear you say 'Rich is a douche' you will be thrown out of the show immediately!" I about fell out of the stands laughing.

I would have preferred the 11.00 sec class over the 9.90 class cause a friend of mine would have been in, but other than that I thought they did a good job keeping the final 16 close. All and all I had a good time, If another All Out comes to the area I would try to get in again.

K*A*B wrote:i had alot of fun and would go again , spectator count was about half of what i was expecting


2 complaints though
the pinks announcer is terrible and why was the scale off so much

how much was the scale off by ?

BAD72SS wrote:

how much was the scale off by ?

weighed our car on friday and it came in at 3108...on saturday it weighed 3258...heard it was off 200lbs on friday??