Anybody see the "small-block shootout" last night?

musclecarjohn · #1 10-19-2005, 02:42 AM

On Speed last night...a '69 Camaro Z/28,'70 Boss 302,'70 Challenger T/A,Javelin (didn't catch the year),and an vintage east coast '69 Camaro SCCA T/A car (University of Pittsburg?)ran 1/4 mile times as well as braking and road course times against each other for best times.The street Z/28 took top overall spot closely followed by the Boss 302...but then we already knew that,didn't we?

The vintage T/A car supposedly had a lot of input at the time from Roger Penske,hence the Blue w/Yellow wheel color combination.

I tell you,that Peter Klutt guy from Dream Car Garage can't drive worth a s**t!The guy just is not smooth.

The good thing about this show was that it was on Speed and it wasn't about NASCAR.

I have had several conversations with Craig Jackson from B-J about ponycar/musclecar shows on Speed and spoke at length with Vic Edelbrock at this years Historic Races in Monterey regarding a vintage T/A series...looks like it may be a reality in 2006.

Is it just me or is anyone sick with the 24/7 NASCAR coverage on Speed?

I'm hoping that this is just the start of many more musclecar-type shows from Speed in the future.

Chevy454 · #2 10-19-2005, 04:27 AM

John, if memory recalls, when Speedvision sold and it became Speed Channel, the plan was to eventually transition it into an "all NASCAR, all the time" channel...

musclecarjohn · #3 10-19-2005, 04:47 AM

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Is that what we really want?

If the powers that be @ NASCAR want to flood the airwave 24/7,why don't they have the NASCAR network and show varied,creative,historic important musclecar featured programming on Speed...like we all wouldn't watch that?