TooMuchBoost
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I'm sorry but there is too little emotion when somebody loses a high dollar ride at the end of an un-timed half-arsed wanna-be street race.
The first giveaway to me is when they supposedly sign the titles at the beginning of the show. How many titles have you seen on white 8.5" x 11" paper?
If you have ever been to a real street race where they wager many thousands of dollars per race the pre-race BS goes on forever with usually much more detailed inspection of the cars. Then, once the race is over and somebody loses $5K or $10K, typically all hell breaks loses whether arguing, a fight or some drunk thug waving a gun around. The point here is I have never seen people shake hands and/or hug and say 'good race' (like after a little baseball game) after a race when someone only lost $5K or $10K let alone a high dollar race car like what tends to happen on Pinks. What real street racer runs the best of 3 passes anyway?
I'm obviously a skeptic but I say at best racers might officially sign over titles but have an unoffiical agreement stating whoever loses gets to buy his car back for $X when its all over. There are simply too many variables and too many ways to cheat in what is nothing more than a ghetto street racing event where the best of 3 passes typically wins and spotters guess how many car lengths the winner won by so they can negotiate the next run.
I base this on years of watching street races of Moreland Ave in SE ATL where I've seen everything from Explorers w/N20 up to trailered Outlaw/Pro Stock cars run for as much as $15K per race.
What say you?
The first giveaway to me is when they supposedly sign the titles at the beginning of the show. How many titles have you seen on white 8.5" x 11" paper?
If you have ever been to a real street race where they wager many thousands of dollars per race the pre-race BS goes on forever with usually much more detailed inspection of the cars. Then, once the race is over and somebody loses $5K or $10K, typically all hell breaks loses whether arguing, a fight or some drunk thug waving a gun around. The point here is I have never seen people shake hands and/or hug and say 'good race' (like after a little baseball game) after a race when someone only lost $5K or $10K let alone a high dollar race car like what tends to happen on Pinks. What real street racer runs the best of 3 passes anyway?
I'm obviously a skeptic but I say at best racers might officially sign over titles but have an unoffiical agreement stating whoever loses gets to buy his car back for $X when its all over. There are simply too many variables and too many ways to cheat in what is nothing more than a ghetto street racing event where the best of 3 passes typically wins and spotters guess how many car lengths the winner won by so they can negotiate the next run.
I base this on years of watching street races of Moreland Ave in SE ATL where I've seen everything from Explorers w/N20 up to trailered Outlaw/Pro Stock cars run for as much as $15K per race.
What say you?
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