CLASS RACER FORUM - View Single Post - Stocker almost wins PINKS ALL OUT--Seattle

chris3racing · 08-18-2009, 08:16 AM

I agree. I got some flack for even bringing up Pinks All Out after running the event at Z-Max in Concord. When you enter the event you know it is for television and have to accept the tv cameras, camera personnel and all of the formalities. The stands were packed and at times the sound was like being in a professional football stadium with over 30,000 screaming, standing, waving and flashing camera flashes. When they made a reference to the crowd during the actual tv show what you hear on tv was nothing like being on that track, being in the pits getting ready for the next round or sitting in the stands. I have already made this statement before and I have gotten some flack for it, but NHRA, IHRA and other drag racing events have got to question what is being done here to draw this number of spectators and cars to these events over and over again. As you said these are not multi-million dollar, professional type cars and racers and spectators did not get up and leave there seats for a group of cars. These are the same cars that can be seen in Stock/Superstock events and the week-end foot-brake and bracket events. Like him or not he is filling 450 car fields, classed cars based on your et, in less than 20 minutes on your computer, filling the manufacturer's mid-way and certainly jamming the stands and the pit area with spectators. The spectators and racers are young and old, you have racers who have been racing "for ever" and you have young men and women, 18, 19, 20 years old, racing in 50's, 60's and 70's model cars, wheels up, running the car flat out, there is no brake lights or nose dropping when you runs these races.

08-18-2009, 08:16 AM	#5
chris3racing Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 528 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Stocker almost wins PINKS ALL OUT--Seattle I agree. I got some flack for even bringing up Pinks All Out after running the event at Z-Max in Concord. When you enter the event you know it is for television and have to accept the tv cameras, camera personnel and all of the formalities. The stands were packed and at times the sound was like being in a professional football stadium with over 30,000 screaming, standing, waving and flashing camera flashes. When they made a reference to the crowd during the actual tv show what you hear on tv was nothing like being on that track, being in the pits getting ready for the next round or sitting in the stands. I have already made this statement before and I have gotten some flack for it, but NHRA, IHRA and other drag racing events have got to question what is being done here to draw this number of spectators and cars to these events over and over again. As you said these are not multi-million dollar, professional type cars and racers and spectators did not get up and leave there seats for a group of cars. These are the same cars that can be seen in Stock/Superstock events and the week-end foot-brake and bracket events. Like him or not he is filling 450 car fields, classed cars based on your et, in less than 20 minutes on your computer, filling the manufacturer's mid-way and certainly jamming the stands and the pit area with spectators. The spectators and racers are young and old, you have racers who have been racing "for ever" and you have young men and women, 18, 19, 20 years old, racing in 50's, 60's and 70's model cars, wheels up, running the car flat out, there is no brake lights or nose dropping when you runs these races.