Pinks All Out
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Pinks All Out
Lastnight there was a re-run on Pinks, and a MTI Racing...C5 won it all. I thought he was a forum member. Can anyone enlighten me on the subject? The young man had a common name, but after I slept on it...I forgot. Paul Smith...or something like that. There's a thread on OT about it, but if it was for sure a forum member, and his name hasn't came up yet. Surely someone on the C5 forum knows something....thanks.
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Yeah I saw that too, I think his name was Scott from Atlanta.
Questions: Rich (host) "congratulations your the first Vette to make it this far", in regard to final 8,
then he won everything with a bored over 5.7 427 LS1,(and A4).
How come Vettes do so poorly on that show?????????????????????
And if Scott won with 'just' a 427 mod, what about all the others (Vettes), with F.I., and other HiPo mods, there never on Pinks and if they are they, sorry, suck compared to the other heavy muscle cars?
(though many are gutted and obviously only track cars, maybe thats it ?)
I don`t quite get it, why is the Vette a general "no show" on Pinks.
I have noticed other Vette drivers on the show, CAN`T LAUNCH at all, couple Z06 come to mind, the do lower 13`s when mid to high 12`s should be more in order. I also strongly note those dang Mustangs BREAKING down all the time on the show, fast but CHEAP.
Scott (if that is his name), stated "I`m representing" probably MTI in mind but Buddy, you made us all proud, congrats to him. He walked the talk, great job!
Questions: Rich (host) "congratulations your the first Vette to make it this far", in regard to final 8,
then he won everything with a bored over 5.7 427 LS1,(and A4).
How come Vettes do so poorly on that show?????????????????????
And if Scott won with 'just' a 427 mod, what about all the others (Vettes), with F.I., and other HiPo mods, there never on Pinks and if they are they, sorry, suck compared to the other heavy muscle cars?
(though many are gutted and obviously only track cars, maybe thats it ?)
I don`t quite get it, why is the Vette a general "no show" on Pinks.
I have noticed other Vette drivers on the show, CAN`T LAUNCH at all, couple Z06 come to mind, the do lower 13`s when mid to high 12`s should be more in order. I also strongly note those dang Mustangs BREAKING down all the time on the show, fast but CHEAP.
Scott (if that is his name), stated "I`m representing" probably MTI in mind but Buddy, you made us all proud, congrats to him. He walked the talk, great job!
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I think it's because a lot of those vetter owners don't drive their cars let alone race them lol.
There are a lot of fast cars that aren't on the show. Vipers and Supras for instance. I think they just pick unique cars and cars that will make for good close races.
There are a lot of fast cars that aren't on the show. Vipers and Supras for instance. I think they just pick unique cars and cars that will make for good close races.
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Also keep in mind they LOSE their vehicle if they lose the race. You want to go on the show and chance something like that? Nope. All of those people racing have team sponsers and are not at jeopardy of losing their own car. The Supras, Corvettes, Vipers etc stay in their owner's hands.
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Also keep in mind they LOSE their vehicle if they lose the race. You want to go on the show and chance something like that? Nope. All of those people racing have team sponsers and are not at jeopardy of losing their own car. The Supras, Corvettes, Vipers etc stay in their owner's hands.
-Alex
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Yeah I saw that too, I think his name was Scott from Atlanta.
Questions: Rich (host) "congratulations your the first Vette to make it this far", in regard to final 8,
then he won everything with a bored over 5.7 427 LS1,(and A4).
How come Vettes do so poorly on that show?????????????????????
And if Scott won with 'just' a 427 mod, what about all the others (Vettes), with F.I., and other HiPo mods, there never on Pinks and if they are they, sorry, suck compared to the other heavy muscle cars?
(though many are gutted and obviously only track cars, maybe thats it ?)
I don`t quite get it, why is the Vette a general "no show" on Pinks.
I have noticed other Vette drivers on the show, CAN`T LAUNCH at all, couple Z06 come to mind, the do lower 13`s when mid to high 12`s should be more in order. I also strongly note those dang Mustangs BREAKING down all the time on the show, fast but CHEAP.
Scott (if that is his name), stated "I`m representing" probably MTI in mind but Buddy, you made us all proud, congrats to him. He walked the talk, great job!
Questions: Rich (host) "congratulations your the first Vette to make it this far", in regard to final 8,
then he won everything with a bored over 5.7 427 LS1,(and A4).
How come Vettes do so poorly on that show?????????????????????
And if Scott won with 'just' a 427 mod, what about all the others (Vettes), with F.I., and other HiPo mods, there never on Pinks and if they are they, sorry, suck compared to the other heavy muscle cars?
(though many are gutted and obviously only track cars, maybe thats it ?)
I don`t quite get it, why is the Vette a general "no show" on Pinks.
I have noticed other Vette drivers on the show, CAN`T LAUNCH at all, couple Z06 come to mind, the do lower 13`s when mid to high 12`s should be more in order. I also strongly note those dang Mustangs BREAKING down all the time on the show, fast but CHEAP.
Scott (if that is his name), stated "I`m representing" probably MTI in mind but Buddy, you made us all proud, congrats to him. He walked the talk, great job!
It's not the vette's. If you have ever been to a filming of Pinks, they do a lot of sandbagging and "turn down the boost" or "NO spray". To make the cars as even as possible.
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All Out, is nothing like the 'sand bagging' series that your talking about. There are usually 3 to 4 hundred cars show up and they pick the top 16 that are running close to each other. Usually the group that are running close to each other are in the 10 to 11 second range.
Larry
P.S. Budlight on the OT forum said the young mans name was Paul Smith, Jr. He didn't know his Sig, tho.
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yep he is a member on here
Paul Smith Jr. Iam pretty sure is a member on here, I just don't recall his forum name.
He was at the NCM last month where I had the nice opportunity to meet him. Really nice guy, very willing to talk all about Pinks and the MTI car. I have attached my link, just scroll down it.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...=paul+jr+smith
He was at the NCM last month where I had the nice opportunity to meet him. Really nice guy, very willing to talk all about Pinks and the MTI car. I have attached my link, just scroll down it.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...=paul+jr+smith
The MTI Racing C5 of Paul Smith won Pinks All Out at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce Georgia this weekend.
Several other corvettes were participating amongst the 450 entries shooting for the Final 16. Paul Smith Jr was competing with a field of seasoned racers that had all qualified between 10.32 and 10.35 for a heads up shootout with a $10,000 cash prize and an $8,000 set of tools and tool box. The tool box was slightly larger than Paul's first house!
We were informed by the PINKS staff that a Corvette had NEVER made it past the 1st round. Paul was focused, hit the groove and ran through the field winning EVERY pass in qualifying.
The final battle was to meet a Mustang in a hot lap competition with no stopping, no shutting the car off, and no exiting the vehicle. Man to man, heads up. The 1st car to win 2 out of 3 races was the Champion. The stands were PACKED with at least 30,000 people! After Rich dropped his hands, the Corvette screamed down the track to win race 1. We were told that the reaction times of Paul Jr were the best they had ever seen in a PINKS competition. With a normally aspirated footbrake car we were obviously in the minority. The Corvette waited for the Mustang to ready himself for another run down the track. They line up, the arms drop, and Paul Smith rockets down the drag for the WIN!!!
This was a major television victory for Corvette owners and drag racing enthusiasts. We wish all of you Corvette guys and gals could have been there. It takes Corvette Drag Racing to a new level. We couldn't have been prouder of Paul Jr. and Sr.
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Several other corvettes were participating amongst the 450 entries shooting for the Final 16. Paul Smith Jr was competing with a field of seasoned racers that had all qualified between 10.32 and 10.35 for a heads up shootout with a $10,000 cash prize and an $8,000 set of tools and tool box. The tool box was slightly larger than Paul's first house!
We were informed by the PINKS staff that a Corvette had NEVER made it past the 1st round. Paul was focused, hit the groove and ran through the field winning EVERY pass in qualifying.
The final battle was to meet a Mustang in a hot lap competition with no stopping, no shutting the car off, and no exiting the vehicle. Man to man, heads up. The 1st car to win 2 out of 3 races was the Champion. The stands were PACKED with at least 30,000 people! After Rich dropped his hands, the Corvette screamed down the track to win race 1. We were told that the reaction times of Paul Jr were the best they had ever seen in a PINKS competition. With a normally aspirated footbrake car we were obviously in the minority. The Corvette waited for the Mustang to ready himself for another run down the track. They line up, the arms drop, and Paul Smith rockets down the drag for the WIN!!!
This was a major television victory for Corvette owners and drag racing enthusiasts. We wish all of you Corvette guys and gals could have been there. It takes Corvette Drag Racing to a new level. We couldn't have been prouder of Paul Jr. and Sr.
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Definitely Paul Smith Jr. Not sure of his forum name though. He is a regular at Atlanta Dragway, and his '98 'vette is not too far removed from the street. It runs in the low 10s, and his A4 was stock for years. He finally did have to replace it though.
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just what i was going to say!
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Yeah I got 3 on order from GM, it was a buy 2 get the 3rd one free. I am going to use them to drive around in the Wisconsin Winters.
Still a slow car compared to lots of the cars that Drag race, some have well over 1000 HP.
Still a slow car compared to lots of the cars that Drag race, some have well over 1000 HP.
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Pinks All Out is a blast to watch.
No stereotypical cookie-cutter cars for sure.
It's a crap shoot to be picked tho, as they pick the closest 16 cars running that day ..all usually within a tenth of each other.
No 'baggin, no 'tuning down' ..you run the car all out or you get sent home. The crew is good at spottin anyone playin with throttle settings and you can't second guess the time spread they pick.. it's different every show, all depends on the closest 16 cars. They've picked 11 second cars down deep into the 9's .. all depends on what's runnin at that track that day.
Very much would like to run in it.. I'm thinkin a car that will run low tens would have a good chance at it.. providing 15 other cars there that day ran within a tenth of my time
-Frank
No stereotypical cookie-cutter cars for sure.
It's a crap shoot to be picked tho, as they pick the closest 16 cars running that day ..all usually within a tenth of each other.
No 'baggin, no 'tuning down' ..you run the car all out or you get sent home. The crew is good at spottin anyone playin with throttle settings and you can't second guess the time spread they pick.. it's different every show, all depends on the closest 16 cars. They've picked 11 second cars down deep into the 9's .. all depends on what's runnin at that track that day.
Very much would like to run in it.. I'm thinkin a car that will run low tens would have a good chance at it.. providing 15 other cars there that day ran within a tenth of my time
-Frank