Pinks All Out - Page 2

Evan Smith · 06-28-2010, 12:55 PM

Alan, I was at the E-town show/race and there was no script at all, and had access to the "war room." The cards fell where did naturally. This was a couple of years back and there are now a few different TV personalities so things may have changed.

With 300-500 cars why would think they couldn't find cars within a few tenths or hundredths?

What I could tell is that it was mostly folks looking for 15 minutes of fame, mixed with some real racers. Overall it was cool for me because four of my friends were picked and 1 made the final.

Evan

Alan Roehrich · 06-28-2010, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Evan Smith

With 300-500 cars why would think they couldn't find cars within a few tenths or hundredths?
Evan

If you have 16 cars, separated by a couple of tenths, there is going to be one or two that are faster than the rest. They claim they look for those that run consistently all out. So, they've picked a field, and it includes 1 or more cars that are consistently faster than the rest. They know who should win before their "final eliminations" even start. If they pick a field from 11.00 to 11.30, the guys running 11.10 to 11.30 aren't getting anywhere. Maybe a guy running 11.10 can catch the guy running 11.00 taking a nap at the "arm drop". If he doesn't, the 11.30 guys sure won't.

The point being, if you pick 16 cars, "running all out consistently", separated by 3 tenths from fastest to slowest, and you don't know who is most likely to win, you're an idiot. And if you pick a guy 3 tenths faster than most of the rest of the 16, or even half or more of the rest of the 16, you've picked a winner, all he has to do is not screw up real bad, and not break. I don't see how it could be more obvious.

And everyone else has wasted a day beating on their car for nothing, they never had a chance at anything other than a few passes, because they were never really being considered for a shot at the prize.

And hey, if that is your thing, and you enjoy it, there's nothing wrong with it. No one is forced to participate. Go for it. I'm truly happy for people that like it, at least they're having fun, with cars.

The thing is, Kevin and I could take "big orange" to one, and likely make the "highlight" segment by doing good burnouts and loosening the shocks to do 300' wheel stands. But we ain't gonna get picked to run for the money when they're looking for 11 second cars. So we'd beat on a $50K car all day after spending $300-$400 to get there, to get a quick 10 second TV appearance.

cad · 06-28-2010, 01:23 PM

I am not going to Topeka to race in the one coming up in the next couple of weeks. Seems like a waste of time and money to me personally.
I do enjoy watching it.
Last weekend, On Route 66 (Joliet IL) Raceway's FB page, they stated that they had the fastest PINKS field of all sub-8 second cars ever.

06-28-2010, 12:55 PM	#1
Evan Smith Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Tampa Posts: 400 Likes: 7 Liked 115 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Pinks All Out Alan, I was at the E-town show/race and there was no script at all, and had access to the "war room." The cards fell where did naturally. This was a couple of years back and there are now a few different TV personalities so things may have changed. With 300-500 cars why would think they couldn't find cars within a few tenths or hundredths? What I could tell is that it was mostly folks looking for 15 minutes of fame, mixed with some real racers. Overall it was cool for me because four of my friends were picked and 1 made the final. Evan __________________ Evan Smith 1798 STK

06-28-2010, 01:23 PM	#3
cad Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 703 Likes: 206 Liked 93 Times in 52 Posts	Re: Pinks All Out I am not going to Topeka to race in the one coming up in the next couple of weeks. Seems like a waste of time and money to me personally. I do enjoy watching it. Last weekend, On Route 66 (Joliet IL) Raceway's FB page, they stated that they had the fastest PINKS field of all sub-8 second cars ever.