The SC and I are going to be on Pass Time on Speed channel.

Mike Puckett

SCCoA Member
Pass Time from Speed channel was at Atlanta Dragway this weekend to tape 10 episodes. For those of you who may not have seen this program yet, it's on weekday evenings at 7:30 and 11:30 where contestants try to guess what ET each car will run. They had a time trial session on Friday but picked the cars on appearance and crowd appeal rather than how we ran. My 2 pit mates got picked for the 1st episode and I'm in the 10th episode with 10
cars per episode including the combo round. Unfortunately, 3 big rainstorms put a bit of a damper on the weekend and slowed everything down quite a bit but they managed to get all 10 episodes completed by 2am on Sunday morning. Being in the last episode, I got home at 3 in the morning. It was taking over an hour to tape each episode so we did a lot of standing around and socializing rather than racing. There were lots of fast and beautiful cars there so I feel fortunate to have made the field.
Friday night's taping was marred by a bad crash but that was the only mishap. It was an Outlaw 10.5 Mustang that ran a 6.42 @ 223mph in the afternoon. Apparently he was carrying the front end off of the track most of the way down and when it dropped, it veered into the wall and barrel rolled across finish line with an 8 something ET. Fortunately, the driver was unhurt but the car was totaled. They got the whole thing on tape and will air it complete. They did the intros where they show the driver and car closeups in the staging lanes and then we lined up for the passes. I was wearing my SCCoA T-shirt so hopefully we'll get some exposure. My 3 questions were: How much HP? (315 on last dyno tune), How much does it weigh? (just under 3500lbs), and What kind of tires? (M/T ET Streets). I ended up having to make 2 passes though. There had been a problem with the clock off and on during the day and I didn't get a time on my pass so I had to hot lap it and do a retake. I still ran a good clean 13.31 but will always wonder what time I ran with the long cooldown and cool temperatures. The dew had set and I was looking for a 12.99 or so but now I'll never know. A 13.31 is quite respectable though, and the SC has been real consistent running a 13.3 almost everytime I run except after the dew sets where it picks up about a quarter of a second.
They were cautioning everybody not to be touching Paige when she escorted them from the car to the interview.:D Apparently, at the Tucson event some of the guys played a little grabass with her and she got a bit upset over that.:rolleyes: All in all it was a great experience and I don't think I embarassed myself any so I'm looking forward to watching the episodes and my 13 seconds of fame when they're aired in Sept and Oct.
 
Awesome! Can't wait to see it. I have a little bit of info I need to post about pinks all out at zmax.
 
Awsome! I can't wait to see it.

You didn't get asked if you had NOS?! That is always the question that Ken Herring asks. :p Do you know who guessed the closest time, and what their guesses were?
 
Awsome! I can't wait to see it.

You didn't get asked if you had NOS?! That is always the question that Ken Herring asks. :p Do you know who guessed the closest time, and what their guesses were?

not only NOS but how much boost.:rolleyes:
 
Mike,

That's cool you got picked...I always watch that show and will be looking out for you.

David

PS: So what were their guesses for your car ?
 
I was anticipating the How much boost? question and am surprised nobody asked it but no mention of NOS. I didn't get to see the part where they guessed the times so I've got no idea how close anybody came. I forgot to put my helmet on on the 2nd pass and Bret Wagner had to motion to me to put it on, oops.:rolleyes: I didn't do much of a burnout either but the track was gripping really good and I got a good launch. Some of the guys were really overdoing their burnouts for the cameras. No idea what my short time was because we didn't get a timeslip. They put a camera in the car too so maybe they'll show me banging gears. There is a tremendous amount of editing that's got to be done so I suspect that's why it won't air until the fall. I'll keep checking with Speed channel to see when the actual air date is.
 
Awesome! Can't wait to see it. I have a little bit of info I need to post about pinks all out at zmax.

I got to see them run cars in all four lanes at the same time......:eek:

Four 10 sec cars all burning out at the same time.....:cool:

It was awesome......:D
 
That's really cool.. My wife and I usually watch that at night. She likes for both of us to guess so she can beat me at a drag racing thing. She's pretty good at guessing now. I'll have one up on her when I see you and your car show up.

I wondered if we'd ever see an SC show up.
 
fall needs to get here soon so i can see your run. i am hoping to get mine out to the track next thursday. we only have 1/8th mile tracks around here. i will create a post when i get back from the track.
 
Yeh, that's the 2nd time I've had a car stuck in same spot and had to be pulled out.:eek: I need to fill that hole in. I will for sure tape that episode.
 
Look forward to seeing it. I love the sound of the SC going through the gears. Did anyone find a vid of Lynch's run? I have seen him run several times before, and was always amazed at how straight it went on the back tires. I guess it was just a matter of time.
 
That is really cool! I watch the show a lot because it has a lot of sweet cars in it!

You must have had a ball and I am sure the camera's caused some butterflies! Been there years ago. Not car related but they can make you a little anxious!:confused:

Congrats, can't wait to see you SC in action on tv!

Stephen
 
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