No Pinks All Out in 2011 - Beyond?

[Harry 6674]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

You do realize that Pinks All Out has a time bracket, and a break out, right?

Yes thats true you could only improve maybe a couple of tenths but if you sandbag and dynamite the brakes your toast. ET and MPH had to be close not so with bracket racing.

[Gary Smith]

I threw the idea out there of breathing new life into class racing earlier this year but with very little support. Like Jeff Lee said "bad press is better than no press" which is dead-on. Yes the idea was to create sort of a circus format for our form of racing...but the ultimate goal was to get recognition while having some fun. Bland personalities and arrogance has not and never will sell, unless you have something spectacular to offer. Rich will move on to bigger and more lucrative things. We had our chance, but most "looked the gift horse in the mouth" and walked away.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Harry 6674

Yes thats true you could only improve maybe a couple of tenths but if you sandbag and dynamite the brakes your toast. ET and MPH had to be close not so with bracket racing.

You had to be inside a bracket they claimed was about 3 tenths or less. If you picked up more than 0.05, you got tossed. You certainly could not pick up two tenths, by any stretch.

[Gary Smith]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

You had to be inside a bracket they claimed was about 3 tenths or less. If you picked up more than 0.05, you got tossed. You certainly could not pick up two tenths, by any stretch.

Actually it was .5 . The reason was Rich's armdrop was timed anywhere between .45 and .55, where a racer can make it up on the drop.

[Harry 6674]

In Seattle it was .2. Not sure in other places but my son was picked in Seattle so I know what it was there.

[nickh]

I participated in the PINKS All Out at HRP in Baytown back in October, had over 500 entrants the place was more packed than the National Event. However they ran a quick 8 race and those guys put on a great show then once the smoke cleared and the winner appeared the whole group was told there was no purse that they were running for exhibition only. It sad because they were never told that they were told they would run a quick 8 Chicago style race for them. To say the least that debatical burned alot of bridges down here.

Agree with many of you Rich is a total pin head but with some tweaking it could be a fun racing format.

Just my opinion

[Tod Lane]

Originally Posted by nickh

I participated in the PINKS All Out at HRP in Baytown back in October, had over 500 entrants the place was more packed than the National Event. However they ran a quick 8 race and those guys put on a great show then once the smoke cleared and the winner appeared the whole group was told there was no purse that they were running for exhibition only. It sad because they were never told that they were told they would run a quick 8 Chicago style race for them. To say the least that debatical burned alot of bridges down here.

Agree with many of you Rich is a total pin head but with some tweaking it could be a fun racing format.

Just my opinion

I agree, I kinda liked the concept, but I am/was an unrepentant street racer. Arms, lights, it never did matter that much to me.But rich Christensen can disappear into his new career as a foot race promoter and I won't miss him

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Tod Lane

I agree, I kinda liked the concept, but I am/was an unrepentant street racer. Arms, lights, it never did matter that much to me.But rich Christensen can disappear into his new career as a foot race promoter and I won't miss him

I saw the You Tube preview.Did you see all the side betting in the background?Kinda looked like Connecting Highway back in 1968.All that was missing was the shootout when it came time to pay up.Right Artie?:>):>):>)