I just talked to John, and Darryl, some fast times,:thumbsup: and some major Bummers.:sad:

I got a TH350 case, and parts that are yours for the taking.

Im home now. Wow what a great time :thumbsup: I left early as it was two pretty long days and our guys didnt get picked. I can watch the rest on TV:D

All I can say is that John (Outcast) did an awesome job of driving today:thumbsup: I will let him let you know the #s.

It was an honor to be his crew cheif and he did his part with his driving to give himself a great chance to make it but they decided to go with a faster class of cars.

Congrats to all!
I look forward to all the reports!

I second that, John did an excellent job. :thumbsup:

I made 3 passes all weekend the best being 13.0@101.9mph came back and found that that pass was on 7 cylinders, plugged the eighth in and blipped the throttle to about 4500 and it squealed and seized

That sucks Paul, I hope for an easy fix.:thumbsup:

I just meet John, at the Alger Texaco, He's heading for the border.

I dunno, it sounds like fun, but, I gotta say, it seems like an awful lotta work to get sent home, after 2 runs.:confused:

It was a good event from what I saw, and nobody I talked to said they had any 'event staff' problems(I did ask). The final 4 cars were exciting to say the least:yes:.....let's just say when you guys see it on TV(for those who didn't see it) it was good racing.

The odds for a 12 second field were slim, but I had a blast. Ran a new personal best of 12.60 at 106.75 and had Ken Herring sign the timeslip. :thumbsup: For all the complaints about Rich, he is a great showman. I give him kudos for fessing up to being a douchebag in the episode where he wiped out on the motorcycle! :D

http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/1/1711/621/4275310025_large.jpg

Dang Andy, I saw your car a few times and didn't know you where on here. It would have been good to meet, it's a really nice though and those are some decent times too:thumbsup:

Well that was one hell of a show, and a good time. I have a LOAD of pictures, I took over 900 during the whole weekend. Darryl and Tammy were gracious as always and fed Mel and I... Darryl ran low 11's all weekend as did John, Martin and Jimmy D had good passes with Jim getting an all time fast run I think. The show was worth the 20+ hours we spent there and nothing better than watching Kevin do his imitation of Rich from Pinks do his arm drop. We had great weather, and as you guys will see from the pics the cars were amazing. Only bad part of the weekend for me was the fact that they it looked like they ran a 10.50 or so class andd I would have been right around there times. Oh well next time........ Thank you to everyone, I was a blast.

Here is the like to the pink..... pictures!! These are the raw photos and I have not touched anything up yet but I figured you all would like to see them.

http://picasaweb.google.com/thornehillfarms/PINKSALLOUTDAY2#

They picked the wrong Group,,,,,,,,,... John and I ran 11.02 and 11.04 all runs less our firsts in the 11.0's. How cool would it have been to end up running each other for the title! We both made the field for our times had they picked it.

My last run I ran heads up run to make our field with another fat tire early nova that had ran a 11.05 the previous run and I had had a 11.04. Closest race I've ever had and didn't know who made it to the line first. Although they didn't pick our group, I finished with a smile. Only possible run that would have been better would have been lined up against my buddy John in the Punisher.

On another note, the most inspirational and best run I've ever watched or ran was Jim's lone run with the entire Crowd on their feet applauding him. I almost missed it and ran my ass off to get to the stands when I heard what was happeneing.

It was amazing and emotional for me and made my eyes water to watch. I'm proud to be friends with Jim and wish him the very best.

Jim you rock buddy,,,,,,,

It was really great to see the large turnout of TCNW members and their famlies/buddies!!!!!!!! just by chance I got a primo pit spot. after the first pass Sat, at the E.T. booth they gave me an invite to a wheelie contest but it didn't evolve, too busy with 24 second big rigs. I had set the bars as high as they would go but didn't get to try it out, uhmmm TNT I guess!!:yes:

Mel's pics are loading currently...

http://picasaweb.google.com/thornehillfarms

That was a riot. It was great to hang out with everybody and see so many people from TC. I think everyone in our group ran personal best times. My buddy Gary with the '65 orange Nova ran a p.r. of 10.02, so he was ecstatic.

Huge thanks to Kevin for crew chiefing for me. As things started to get more serious, he was big time help for me in the lanes, getting staged, taking video, and helping me rip my car apart trying to lose some more unnecessary weight to find that elusive 10 second slip.

I'm really happy with every run I got to make. I was able to get 5 full throttle bottle passes in. First three runs were on the pro tree, last 2 were against Rich's arm drop.

Run one I was a little anxious and got squirrelly at about the 330, and had to back out of it. Still ran a best ever of 11.30. Next pass, I had the butterflies under control and was able to hook it right up and knocked down an 11.09. :hurray:

Day 2, Kevin and I stripped the exhaust system and passenger seat out of the punisher, threw in 2 more degrees of timing, bolted on Mike Parker's skinnies, (THANKS A TON, Mike !!!) and were rewarded with an 11.02 at 118.

Next run it was beat the floating minimum and arm drop time. As per Martin's advice, the second Rich twitches, it's hammer time. I ran against a nice older fat tire Camaro, and it was fender to fender. He beat me with a 10.96 to my 11.09. However, at the time slip booth, the girl said the computer screwed up, so that run didn't count and we were told to run again.

On that 5th and final run, they lined me up against a beautiful flamed orange Willys. He is definitely on TV, as he went for one very sketchy ride on the previous pass. He lost it at about 3/4 track and veered right at the other guy, narrowly missing him and the wall. Some good luck and good driving there.

I said a quiet prayer hoping he wouldn't try that again with me trailing a second behind him.:noway: The punisher again layed down a run that counted, beating the floating minimum and matching my 11.02 from earlier in the morning.

It would've been awesome to have run Darryl, as that will probably be the only time I'll get to run close with Tammy's car ;), and it would have been nice to be in the show, or crack into the 10's, but there is always next time.

Thanks to everyone for their kind words and gracious hospitality towards me. I had a great time and look forward to seeing you all again soon. :)

How did the guys from the North end of the Island do John?

Tim, with the '66 ? Cuda was running in the low 10's. I thought he would've made the program.

Here's a link to some of my pics and video's.
Hope you guys enjoy them.


http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t227/66buickspecial/Pinks%20All%20Out%208-15-09/

ok, I have to share a couple of pictures taken during my 13 seconds of fame.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t227/66buickspecial/Pinks%20All%20Out%208-15-09/PrestagingtheSpecial.jpg


This is a couple of seconds before things took a turn... my first wheels up photo!:thumbsup::hurray:

(excuse the quality I don't have a scanner, so it's a picture of a picture.)

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t227/66buickspecial/Pinks%20All%20Out%208-15-09/Wheelsup.jpg

Nice Greg,,, That is a real wheels up shot:thumbsup:

Wow cool photo!

Cool shots Greg, great job on airing out the front end!

Holy Crap! Greg pulls wheelies! :hurray:

well as everyone said, it was a GREAT experience. i ran a best of 12.38 at 111 mph. i had a garbage 60' of 1.95 so i need to get that sorted out so i can run into the 11's :D it sucked that greg broke i was getting excited that doc and johnny were runnin so close that they would have been in the finals together. im just ready for some tnt action to get the nova dialed in. i think my hand me down slicks have served their purpose and now that im putting down some power theyre not wanting to hook. they really do put on a good show there and i would gladly do it again. here are the pics that i got there
note the slicks with 8 psi im them and how hard the bump stop on the slapper bars just hammered against the springs
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll301/bwhyte1972/pinks%20all%20out/scan0002.jpg
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll301/bwhyte1972/pinks%20all%20out/scan0001.jpg

Those are great shots Ben! :beers:
I'm sure you are going to be close to a 12.00 without nitrous once things are dialed in.:yes::thumbsup:

Wow, excellent photos !!! Those are awesome shots of you and your car, Ben !!!

Joel and Melanie, excellent photos of the whole weekend. :thumbsup:

Greg, thanks to you and Jill for the gallery of cool pics and videos. I've got one as my desktop now...like you said,

"Nothing wrong with a little shameless self-promotion." :beers:

On another note, the most inspirational and best run I've ever watched or ran was Jim's lone run with the entire Crowd on their feet applauding him. I almost missed it and ran my ass off to get to the stands when I heard what was happeneing.

It was amazing and emotional for me and made my eyes water to watch. I'm proud to be friends with Jim and wish him the very best.

Jim you rock buddy,,,,,,,

X2, that is probably the best pass I have ever seen:yes::yes: Im sure thats going to be on the show.

This is a couple of seconds before things took a turn... my first wheels up photo!:thumbsup::hurray:

(excuse the quality I don't have a scanner, so it's a picture of a picture.)

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t227/66buickspecial/Pinks%20All%20Out%208-15-09/Wheelsup.jpg


I'll bring this one back up for a 2nd curtain call and the standing ovation that is due for this drag racing moment!
Good job Greg!

This is an amazing photo and one of my fav's.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t227/66buickspecial/Pinks%20All%20Out%208-15-09/Wheelsup.jpg

Man, I'm sorry I missed it! Greg those pics and vids you got were great, sorry you broke,but hey, you pulled the wheels! Same goes for Paul, hope the Elky is okay.

Congrats on all the fast times, and Jim D, the Headhunter looks best in its natural environment. :D

On another note, the most inspirational and best run I've ever watched or ran was Jim's lone run with the entire Crowd on their feet applauding him. I almost missed it and ran my ass off to get to the stands when I heard what was happeneing.

It was amazing and emotional for me and made my eyes water to watch. I'm proud to be friends with Jim and wish him the very best.

Jim you rock buddy,,,,,,,

that burnout was awesome and the ovation you received was amazing and im happy you got that run in, i was half expecting darryl to have thrown some 300 jets in the nitrous ... :D

How fast can you leave on Rich's arm? About this fast:

http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww260/lambertracing/FLINCH.jpg

Did they announce when this would be on the air?

No Wheels Up action for me ( :( ), but I still like the pic.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g274/roundyround/pinks20093.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldxs1_D0AfA


Punisher on youtube!

Thats hot D!

One of these days it's going to stay tweaked like this...:o

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w167/Out66Cast/PinksAllOut2009055.jpg

Thanks again, Kevin.:thumbsup:

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w167/Out66Cast/PinksAllOut2009005.jpg

Excellent pics!
Love the Outcast Racing shirts!

Awesome pics guys!:hurray::beers:

John there's not much left of those sidewalls during the launch is there?:noway:


Darryl, (and when I say Darryl I mean Tammy:D) that's an awesome pic of the 67!

Did someone say anti roll bar or some mondo air bags for Outcast?

Did someone say anti roll bar or some mondo air bags for Outcast?

I want him to do an axle upgrade first. Squeeze launches at 11.0's are pushing the limits of those axles right now.

My Pinks video. Thanks for the pic's ya all. I have a much larger video I am working on that has just about everybody's car in it. I will burn it to DVD and hand it out to everybody at our next get together.

http://jddracing.com/images/video/pinks2.wmv

Very cool Jim,,,,,,,,, :thumbsup:

Nicely done Jim!:hurray::hurray::hurray:

Did they announce when this would be on the air?
based on other shows, it should be in October.

based on other shows, it should be in October.

Will somebody PLEASE put it on a DVD and save it for me? I'll still be out of TV range in OCT:(

I throughly enjoyed looking at the pics, thanks everyone for posting them.

I want him to do an axle upgrade first. Squeeze launches at 11.0's are pushing the limits of those axles right now.

I wanted to try to pop my axles, and QTP's on to the pussy, i mean punisher.:D But he didn't wanna try anything different.:noway:

Hey PNB,

Check out your motor pass to my nitrous pass last year with the purge solenoid in place of the superpowershot... I guessed before you ran it you'd be 11.9-12.1...
I think you're an easy 11.90 with a dialed in 60'.:yes:

Your time from this weekend...

first outing with the 355
60'-1.957 spinnin hard out of the hole
330-5.275
1/8-7.997
mph-89.98
1000-10.368
1/4-12.38
mph-111.36

My time with the Voodoo cam and about an 80-100 shot...

10/19/08

R/T .137
60' 1.72
330 4.89
1/8 7.59
MPH 90.77
1000' 9.96
1/4 11.97
MPH 111.4

You actually gained more mph in the 2nd half than I did with a small shot.:thumbsup:

I think you're gonna need a cage over the winter.:cool:

My boss scored a couple of compact 4hr video cam (about the size of a pager). He told me to try one out at Pinks and see if we wanted to purchase one for "work".

Since my car decided to end the festivities early John did me the honor of taking it with him on a pass.

Here's the clip:
http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t227/66buickspecial/Pinks%20All%20Out%208-15-09/?action=view&current=JohnsincararmdroppassatPAO.flv

Greg did the camera run out of memory or what. It cuts off just before the burnout :(

Thanks for letting me know Greg. The file on my hard drive is 10 minutes long and goes until after he talks to the lady regarding his timeslip (you can't hear the conversation but I know what was said).

I'm trying to upload it again, maybe photobucket has issues with long video?

The camera's are pretty cool, it has 4hrs or battery life and hold 4 hrs of VGA 640x480 video. It only has one switch and it doubles as a lens cover/on/off button. The one hour version is $199, this version is $399.

We'll find out in a few minutes if Photobucket will cooperate or not.
Watched it crawl to 60% and then jump to 100% complete. When I viewed it, it was only the first 60% of the video that I'm trying to load.:mad:

Was there with the blue malibu with black hood and red Canadian Tire decals.
Was asked e.t at tech , and I guessed 10.01 , well as luck would have it first pass on Friday was 10.01 next pass had an issue with the line lock and pushed the car out of the burnout box.
Spun on launch and was behind the guy in the other lane but managed to catch & beat him
and ran a 10.47 (in hindsight should have run this time on Saturday as well , lol).
Saturday was warmer and our car loves the heat and was faster. Ran a 9.905 on the tree
and a 9.903 off Rich's arm drop.
Was a real good experience as we are new to dragracing .
Enjoyed the whole weekend and the company of the many friendly racers that were there.
Might take me some time on posting picts , but will try.
Looking forward to another .

http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll408/71bluemalibu/timeslipspinksallout.jpg

:D:D:D:D:D:D
http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll408/71bluemalibu/chevelleatpinks0002.jpg

Was there with the blue malibu with black hood and red Canadian Tire decals.


dude! i was so pumped to see your car there with the huge canadian tire decals! right on man you need to convoy with john down here more often!!

Sweet car and some quick times!:thumbsup::beers:

Congrats on the quick passes!

I was able to download some pics that my mom took at Pinks.
I found a picture of Martin's holeshot.:thumbsup:

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t227/66buickspecial/Martinsholeshotcropped.jpg

I think I can take him!!!!!!!!!!! :noway:

I think I can take him!!!!!!!!!!! :noway:

Rich, Martin or Taz?:D
I'm pretty sure you can take Rich.:yes:

I'd take a run at Rich.

Martin, no way. But I would by him dinner at the chinese smorg.

Heck, look at Martin, Rich hasn't even dropped the arms and he's 2 car lenghts out already. :D

That is a beautiful photo.

Heck, look at Martin, Rich hasn't even dropped the arms and he's 2 car lenghts out already. :D

I keep thinking that one day someone is going to bust an axle and turn right into that box he is standing on.

I was able to download some pics that my mom took at Pinks.
I found a picture of Martin's holeshot.:thumbsup:

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t227/66buickspecial/Martinsholeshotcropped.jpg

Cool picture , thanks for sharing.
We took cameras along and never really used them :clonk:
Took a couple of shots of that old Mercedes with the bigblock in it
and that was about it.
Too bad too cause we were pitted along the staging lines and had a car show all weekend long .
Was a good time that is for sure.

I just was looking through my newest Speedtv.com newsletter and thought you guys would like to know... (drumroll please)

PINKS All Out – Season Three
Premiere Schedule (All Times Eastern)

Thursday, Oct. 1 - Pacific Raceways (Seattle) 8:00 p.m.

PINKS All Outtakes – Season Three
Premiere Schedule (All Times Eastern)

Wednesday, Oct. 7 - Pacific Raceways (Seattle) 8:30 p.m.

Just saw this on youtube. I had the pleasure of running against this guy on his very next run.:eek:

YouTube - SKID Marks!

I don't know how he gathered that one back up.:eek:

lol its called skid marks! I think in his pants. :yes:

I keep thinking that one day someone is going to bust an axle and turn right into that box he is standing on.

I think that all the time - at least some parts will come flying his way.

that is even more awesome watching it again like that.

When I was watching it live I was screaming for him to collect it up. Either a great job of driving or he was SH)&ING his pants and got lucky:D

that is even more awesome watching it again like that.

When I was watching it live I was screaming for him to collect it up. Either a great job of driving or he was SH)&ING his pants and got lucky:D

I would have to think maybe a little of both.

Hey guys, Jill just came home from visiting her mom.
We don't get the Seattle Times but her mom does...

Jill just happened to be flipping through the the paper when she got to page G1.

The article is titled, "Car Stars "Pink's All Out" races into town, bringing fame and fortune"

Want to guess what the picture on the top of the page is???

It's John and the Punisher lining up against the Willy's coupe!:hurray:

I checked online and the picture there is of the wheelstander pickup.

I'm going to pick up a couple copies tomorrow for him.

Here's a picture of the picture.:D

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t227/66buickspecial/Pinks%20All%20Out%208-15-09/ThePunisherintheTimes.jpg

YA JOHN :hurray::hurray::thumbsup::beers:

Thats cool John made the cover :thumbsup:. If they had only shot the picture with a little wider of a angle they could have caught Kevin doing his best "Rich" imitation :D.

Fricken AWESOME!!!!!!! :thumbsup: Way to go John.

I can't believe that.

For the first time in my car salesman career, I'm speechless.

Good time to chew on a piece of humble pie.

I have to say, without the unbelievable help, support, and friendship of team chevelle, and specifically all my bud's in the Northwest, I never would have even made it to Pinks.

Thanks to each and every one of you for your support. I really mean it.:)

John

We're on a roll here...:D

I have mentioned Jay Rowland's movie project "Clutch" a few times on this site.

Jay was at "Pink's All Out" and had his two "Clutch Girl's" (you saw them in the picture with Jim and the "Headhunter") passing out flyers about the upcoming release of the movie.

I periodically check his website for updates on the project and this morning when I went there I found a picture of the girls in front of Jim's car.:thumbsup:

Here's the link: http://clutchthemovie.com/status.html

Might as well post it again. :D I think they could have done better though.. :yes: Whats wrong with bikinis?
http://clutchthemovie.com/images/08-2009/IMG_2479_244x183.jpg

They handed me a movie promo card then, gave a cute smile and snickers when I told them I also make movies!!!!!!!!!:D

They handed me a movie promo card then, gave a cute smile and snickers when I told them I also make movies!!!!!!!!!:D

lol, then they went and threw up. :D

They handed me a movie promo card then, gave a cute smile and snickers when I told them I also make movies!!!!!!!!!:D

You do kinda look like Ron Jeremy.:yes::D

We need to get the vomit smiliy in here.

lol, then they went and threw up. :D
Geez, they told me it's how they stay skinny.

http://ronbaltazar.com/MOTORSPORTS/Pinks-All-Out-at-Pacific/9285912_W7px6#623893760_CauoH

Page #8 has a pic of Jim's car and page #13 has a pic of Johns car.

John's Chevelle torques and twists like those old 409-powered beasts from the 63-65 era

John's Chevelle torques and twists like those old 409-powered beasts from the 63-65 era

It also stops with similar-era big-car drama.:eek:

Let's just say we are nearing the effective limit of my drum brake system knocking on the door of 120 mph.

I am, however, getting better at controlling the pucker-factor. :D