R U Faster than a red neck.........

[Daeldalus]

the show really is bad....... they make sure to do everything they can to cheat the imports.
my friend knows the guy with the v8 swapped FD from the first episode and they would not let him run at all until they decided that it would good for ratings to show him being disqualified.


but on the other hand the track they are running at is amazing. It is Carolina Motorsports Park(CMP) I haved raced the track before and it really has a good mix of corners and straight that makes it really fun. too bad the show only runs half the course

[Nick_S]

I can't stand the host's overly stereotypical redneck act. The idea of the show is cool but like any "reality" show, it's all staged.

[Xat1cZ]

Did they comment afterwards on how "that's some imprussive piece of machinery right thurr but can it beat ours muSTANG" ..

[QUKBMER]

The only 2 cars that beat them were, i think was a a4/a6 bi-turbo quattro wagon w/mods and a newer gtr w/mods.

[evandael]

the target audience is the redneck. of course they're going to stack the cards in the favor of american muscle to stroke the redneck ego.

[randomtask37]

i think its a great concept, but executed very poorly.

I agree with whoever said its all setup. I think it would be a great show if they used race class requirements + rules and had even match-ups with american vs non-american cars.

the way its setup now, the american cars just get more HP as the rounds grow which makes things unfair. I dont remember which episode, but i do remember a final matchup with an import with ~250hp vs a muscle car with 750... I mean come on. what do you expect. thats not even close to a reasonable matchup.

[hfabricius]

I was watching an episode of this with my dad one day and thought it was just awful. They had some showroom stock e36 m3 up against a 500+ hp resto-mod/pro touring style camaro, I think. I think they try and make it look like the import owners are cocky assholes.

[QUKBMER]

Wait a minute..... you hear that? I think i hear banjo's playing.

[Kevinl]

I watch it anything on Speed that's not NASCAR makes me happy

[bimmer630]

I did a track day in Millville, NJ .. It was a pro-touring meet set up by the guy Bill who is on that show. I ran my E30 on the track against mostly resto-mod pro touring stuff with tons of money put into them, and I ended up right in the middle of the pack with best lap times, that was when I had the M20 still.

This year I hope to go again with my S50 swap and give those rednecks a better showing. I recognize most of the cars featured on that show, many of them were running on the track with me

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=244736

[chance]

My friend knew a guy that went to compete on the show. They make the imports run 400+ tread wear tires.......

[matthugie]

I wish they used the full course. There would probably be a much bigger difference in lap times if they had the more technical section of the course open.

[Don Stevens]

If you look at the show as simple entertainment it's OK.

Last year's Spec E30 National Champ was on one of the first episodes driving his E46 M3. He won the first round race then went up against a 600hp something or other.

As someone mentioned earlier, the average redneck does not have a $100K restomod.

Don

[GThomas]

I wish they didn't try to market this assuming their demographic is retarded. The show is awful, the muscle cars are very impressive builds and I wish the racing sequences were shown as they actually happened, as if it were a real race. More info on the cars, setups and actual racing would make this interesting. I'm tuning into this show for drama or comedy, this is what happens when producers step in with their ideas. My 2 cents...

[gath]

I can just say the show is funny ;)