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The MTI Racing C5 of Paul Smith won Pinks All Out at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce Georgia this weekend. Several other corvettes were participating amongst the 450 entries shooting for the Final 16. Paul Smith Jr was competing with a field of seasoned racers that had all qualified between 10.32 and 10.35 for a heads up shootout with a $10,000 cash prize and an $8,000 set of tools and tool box. The tool box was slightly larger than Paul's first house! We were informed by the PINKS staff that a Corvette had never made it past the 1st round. Paul was focused, hit the groove and ran through the field winning EVERY pass during the weekend.
The final battle was to meet a Mustang in a hot lap competition with no stopping, no shutting the car off, and no exiting the vehicle. Man to man, heads up. The 1st car to win 2 out of 3 races was the Champion. The stands were PACKED with at least 30,000 people! After Rich dropped his hands, the Corvette screamed down the track to win race 1. We were told that the reaction times of Paul Jr were the best they had ever seen in a PINKS competition. With a normally aspirated footbrake car we were obviously in the minority. The Corvette waited for the Mustang to ready himself for another run down the track. They line up, the arms drop, and Paul Smith rockets down the drag for the WIN!!!
This was a major television victory for Corvette owners and drag racing enthusiasts. We wish all of you Corvette guys and gals could have been there. It takes Corvette Drag Racing to a new level. We couldn't have been prouder of Paul Jr. and Sr.
You can see more at
http://www.mtiracing.com/artmaverick/
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UPDATE:
Thr SPEED Channel has notified us that they have moved up the Atlanta show one week to August 7th at 9:00PM eastern time. Please mark your calendars
The final battle was to meet a Mustang in a hot lap competition with no stopping, no shutting the car off, and no exiting the vehicle. Man to man, heads up. The 1st car to win 2 out of 3 races was the Champion. The stands were PACKED with at least 30,000 people! After Rich dropped his hands, the Corvette screamed down the track to win race 1. We were told that the reaction times of Paul Jr were the best they had ever seen in a PINKS competition. With a normally aspirated footbrake car we were obviously in the minority. The Corvette waited for the Mustang to ready himself for another run down the track. They line up, the arms drop, and Paul Smith rockets down the drag for the WIN!!!
This was a major television victory for Corvette owners and drag racing enthusiasts. We wish all of you Corvette guys and gals could have been there. It takes Corvette Drag Racing to a new level. We couldn't have been prouder of Paul Jr. and Sr.
You can see more at
http://www.mtiracing.com/artmaverick/
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UPDATE:
Thr SPEED Channel has notified us that they have moved up the Atlanta show one week to August 7th at 9:00PM eastern time. Please mark your calendars
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