[Phil Veldheer Racing]

I was lucky and got one car in the ALL OUT race at US 131. I tried to get all five race cars in, but no luck. They sold out in 3 minutes, The one in Maryland sold 500 spots in 30 seconds. I went looking to have some fun and meet some new racers and I did. Made new friends from Indiana and Northern Michigan. The place was packed and I laughed out loud as the announcers made a 12.50 et race sound exciting and it was. Several stock and super stockers were there, the same weekend as the NHRA Points meet in Stanton, MI. (how many spectators were there) I ran 10.80's and they picked 10.30's. That's what happens...After seeing the well oiled PINKS ALL OUT in action, I asked several racers, "what would you rather OWN?, the NHRA? the IHRA? or PINKS ALL OUT? The same answer from everyone, PINKS ALL OUT. What a gold mine, the PINKS ALL OUT crew liked US 131 and I've heard they will be back in two years.
As a racer who relies on sponsorship to get the race cars to the track, I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY SPECTATORS at US 131 before looking only at SPORTSMAN race cars. The stands were packed and the fences on both sides were 5-7 deep the length of the strip on both sides. I've had "advertisers" of my race cars that have been involved for 5-10 years show up at this race for there FIRST EXPOSURE at LIVE drag racing because they became a fan of the race because they saw it on SPEED TV.. No Top FOOLERS, etc....the SPORTSMAN racers were the SHOW.....not a fill in....and the line up for the PINKS ALL OUT gear was HUGE....I had a camera on myself or my white/gold 69 Camaro around six times, we'll see if the we get any TV action on September 24th on Speed TV or the highlight show later. I had a great time and hope to get a stocker in victory lane at US 131 the next time. PINKS ALL OUT has its faults, but all in all its great for door slammer-sportsman drag racing.

Phil