ZMAX DRAGWAY EXPECTING PINKS ALL OUT SELLOUT
Officials at zMAX Dragway expect Saturday's taping of PINKS All Out to be "all out" of grandstand tickets by Saturday morning. Advance ticket sales have been better than expected with drag racing fans lining up to take part in the taping of SPEED's wildly successful program and witness history with the first-ever nationally televised four-wide drag race.
"We knew that PINKS All Out was an extremely popular event and we
thought all along that we could sell the place out," said Marcus Smith,
president and general manager of Lowe's Motor Speedway. "But, the buzz
around this has been incredible. We have over 500 cars from more than two
dozen states signed up and we're going to be hosting four-wide drag racing
on Saturday-something that hasn't happened for over 30 years. We're prepared
to sell standing room only tickets to get in as many fans as we can."
The expected sell out is nothing new to the Bellagio of drag strips
as the first-class facility sold out during its inaugural NHRA Nationals
last September. A limited number of standing-room-only tickets will be sold
once grandstand seating is sold out.
PINKS All Out, the popular spin-off program to the original PINKS
series, is hosted by creator and executive producer Rich Christensen and
offers grassroots racers a chance to win $18,000 in cash and prizes and an
opportunity to run their cars in front of a national cable television
audience on SPEED. Each racer is asked to run their car "All Out," but if
they are caught sandbagging or slowing down they will be eliminated from the
competition. The show, a production of Los Angeles-based Pullin Television,
will be shot in 720p high definition.
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