New Show on TV...
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New Show on TV...
A new show debuts tomorrow on TV..I beleive it is called "King of the Street (or strip)"...it is hosted by Melanie Troxel and her hubby Tommy Johnson, Jr......from what I was told, 13 cars race each other till one is left...if you lose, you lose your ride but not to your opponent...when one racer is left he gets the option of taking home the other 12 cars or what is in a trailer loaded with cash and prizes...sounds like Let's make a deal...lol..anyway, they are using a tree not some arm waver and the show is on at 10:30 AM tomorrow on Espn or ESPN2, not sure which...
It is supposed to be a classier version of Pinks...we'll see...I tried to post a link to the show explanation and tv listing but could not get either to come up...oh well...
It is supposed to be a classier version of Pinks...we'll see...I tried to post a link to the show explanation and tv listing but could not get either to come up...oh well...
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I've seen it and Pinks is a much better show.
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I have watched the first two shows...the cliff notes version is...don't bother...Melanie and Tommy are not good hosts of the show (they are both to soft spoken) and the 30 minute show is about 26 minutes of negotiating by the racers...booooooooring!...they negotiate time instead of lengths for the handicap...as in a 1 second head start or 1.8 seconds, etc...
John is correct...Pinks is much better...the NHRA missed the boat when they produced this show but that is nothing new...Scelczi would have been a much better host...
John is correct...Pinks is much better...the NHRA missed the boat when they produced this show but that is nothing new...Scelczi would have been a much better host...
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After watching both this show & Pinks... my suggestion would be to have a "Bracket" race!! NO Negotiation's ... No BS about lengths or NO2 on or off... just "Dial" your ET and cut a light, Run your # & if your better than the other guy/girl you win.. simple ! That would eliminate sandbagging (Unless Farley was on The Show) 
and if a racer did want to sandbag ..so be it as long as he/she didn't break out!!
Now I think I'd find that a lot more interesting!
and if a racer did want to sandbag ..so be it as long as he/she didn't break out!! Now I think I'd find that a lot more interesting!
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Those type shows need the 'drama' that these character/contestants bring to the show while 'negotiating' terms of their 'race':
bracket-racers, being calm & focused, wouldn't be as viewer-friendly and entertaining, and while the on-track action would be better, the 'other' 26 minutes would be a snooze-fest of epic-purportions.
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I used to sell Snow to Eskimo's and once sold a bucket of water to a drowning man.. Thus I might have just the right personality for one of these shows..
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"Let's each lay $5,000 over the A-board, and run for winner-take-all, or do you wanna keep yappin'?"
What little I saw of those shows had to-do with actual 'racing', and all to do with quasi/reality-TV shows and personality-problems.
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I agree..on the "King" show the only interesting person was the chunky monkey lady who whined about every pass in her borrowed 13.5 second car...she was a female version of Whit but add 1000 donuts...
It was mildly funny when she lost and instead of congratulating the winner she tells him what he did will catch up with him someday...get a life, toots or get a job at Pillsbury but don't let the door hit you in the butt (if possible)...LOL
It was mildly funny when she lost and instead of congratulating the winner she tells him what he did will catch up with him someday...get a life, toots or get a job at Pillsbury but don't let the door hit you in the butt (if possible)...LOL
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I wastched an episode today and am watching another.
First, the Troxel/Johnson team is nowhere near the Rich and his crew and this proves, Rich makes Pinks.
The second thing this show proves why bracket racing is not on TV. Cars leaving different times just takes something out of it.
Third, you watch the same guy racing and he runs from 9.29 to 10.50 and he says he is not sandbagging.
Fourth, is this Jon Phillips the NX guy?
Fifth, the camera work is HORRIBLE. Shadows on all he faces all the time
Still watching though
First, the Troxel/Johnson team is nowhere near the Rich and his crew and this proves, Rich makes Pinks.
The second thing this show proves why bracket racing is not on TV. Cars leaving different times just takes something out of it.
Third, you watch the same guy racing and he runs from 9.29 to 10.50 and he says he is not sandbagging.
Fourth, is this Jon Phillips the NX guy?
Fifth, the camera work is HORRIBLE. Shadows on all he faces all the time
Still watching though
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Edgar,
Yes, that's Jon Phillips, he's been keeping me posted on what went on. He did very well and went a couple of more episodes before breaking an axle. The peroxide blonde had a lot more to say that didn't make the show.
Yes, that's Jon Phillips, he's been keeping me posted on what went on. He did very well and went a couple of more episodes before breaking an axle. The peroxide blonde had a lot more to say that didn't make the show.
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..... all I'm saying that if these shows were of a dial-your-own/break-out bracket-racing format, after 24 minutes of listening to my playuh/wannabe opponent talk and whine, I'd be inclined to say:
"Let's each lay $5,000 over the A-board, and run for winner-take-all, or do you wanna keep yappin'?"
What little I saw of those shows had to-do with actual 'racing', and all to do with quasi/reality-TV shows and personality-problems.
"Let's each lay $5,000 over the A-board, and run for winner-take-all, or do you wanna keep yappin'?"
What little I saw of those shows had to-do with actual 'racing', and all to do with quasi/reality-TV shows and personality-problems.
By the way....Pinks ALL OUT at Moroso a few months ago was one of the best times I've had out there. I NEVER seen the stands packed with so many spectators in all the years I have been going there, and I ran into so many racers that I have not seen for quite a few years. It was a blast...Sunday that is.
Registering on Friday was a nightmare.
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Unrelated but I watched two pilots put out by the same retard that waves his arms on Pinks late last night.
One is "Name that test and tune" (how gay is that title?) where contestants try to guess the e.t. a car will run based on some basic data about the ride. Closest guess to the actual time the car runs wins and the one with most money at the end takes the other contestants' cash as well.
The other is "Blow it up" where two cars race until they blow up. No clue what the prize is. Maybe if I understood what the prize on "Blow it up" is I would like it more. They had two low 9 second cars on some *** backwards track in TX. Both drivers kicked the living chit out of their cars constantly hot-lapping them. Kinda cool.
One is "Name that test and tune" (how gay is that title?) where contestants try to guess the e.t. a car will run based on some basic data about the ride. Closest guess to the actual time the car runs wins and the one with most money at the end takes the other contestants' cash as well.
The other is "Blow it up" where two cars race until they blow up. No clue what the prize is. Maybe if I understood what the prize on "Blow it up" is I would like it more. They had two low 9 second cars on some *** backwards track in TX. Both drivers kicked the living chit out of their cars constantly hot-lapping them. Kinda cool.