Mach1girl/Prospeed Preformance raced on Pinks!

[mach1girl]

Hi all

I am sure some of you have heard that Prospeed Performance out of Powder Springs, GA raced on Pinks and yes i was the driver. Back a couple months ago right after FFW ATL weekend i had emailed Pinks in short trying to set up a grudge race against Tim Barth(@ModularPowerhouse) and Jeff Harris(Shankin) as well as some of the guys that had raced at FFW ATL. Long story short Pinks came back and said they wanted a female driver and well Jeff Harris @ Prospeed took on the task to help create the team and build the car as well as teach an inexperience female driver to drive a race car. A ton of people were involved in helping make it all come together. So the outcome? well we lost. My experience in driving has been limited to the Mach 1. I have been racing about a year and only in the Mach1. And I wouldn't really call it racing, more like making passes here and there in my modified street car. My fasted time in the Mach had been a 12.60 prior to jumping in the Pinks car and making some passes. Jeff Harris did a great job of teaching me to drive a race car in a super short amount of time. Awesome teacher i must say. My best timed, (note timed most of my runs in the pinks car were not timed) was an 11.39@121mph on motor. But the reality is I did not have the experience to go up against a 10-12 year veteran racer. The good of it all, it was an opportunity of a lifetime for the entire team and we had fun and hopefully Prospeed will be invited back.

So with that... make sure to check out the build, testing and race @ www.prospeedperformance.com under "gallery" once again Matt Campbell @ Atlanta Performance Photography did a great job of taking pictures through out the entire project, start to finish.

I'll keep you posted on when the show will air.... we are thinking in mid to late august..

M1G

[4dmin]

man that sux

[Miranda]

So you lost the car? That sucks.

Glad you had fun though!

[mach1girl]

So you lost the car? That sucks.

Glad you had fun though!

yes we lost the car, but it is all good. We had sponsors and prospeed built the car in about 2 1/2 weeks. It was tough, but a cool experience. The car made a 9.59 pass, so it could haul ass!

[Ruiner]

yes we lost the car, but it is all good. We had sponsors and prospeed built the car in about 2 1/2 weeks. It was tough, but a cool experience. The car made a 9.59 pass, so it could haul ass!

Actually, don't you have the ability to buy it back at the end for like $200 or something? I remember hearing that somewhere...

[mach1girl]

Actually, don't you have the ability to buy it back at the end for like $200 or something? I remember hearing that somewhere...

200 would of been nice to buy it back....

[Ruiner]

200 would of been nice to buy it back....

So, there is NO buying it back at all?

[BABY J]

yes we lost the car, but it is all good. We had sponsors and prospeed built the car in about 2 1/2 weeks. It was tough, but a cool experience. The car made a 9.59 pass, so it could haul ass!

So do you feel that you LOST the car (driving), or that your teams lack of "drag math" knowledge (failure to negotiate properly and sandbag properly) lose the car? There are more than a few ways to lose on PINKS.

[mach1girl]

So do you feel that you LOST the car (driving), or that your teams lack of "drag math" knowledge (failure to negotiate properly and sandbag properly) lose the car? There are more than a few ways to lose on PINKS.

True True. But it is kinda hard not to take on the responsibility of being the one to loose the car when i was the one driving. It is just like when it is the last 3 seconds of the national championship, it is FSU vs Miami and the score is tied. The field goal kicker kicks WIDE RIGHT. But the reality it took the whole team to get them to be tied up yet the field goal kicker takes on the weight of loosing the game. Man he still is haunted by that game that happened 10 years ago. Everyone from the Prospeed team worked real hard to get to St. Louis and the last thing i wanted to do is disappointment my team, which are bottom line my friends. At the same time the team went up there with the knowing that we may loose the car. After the emotional whirlwind of everything you kinda step back and can look at things a little bit more logical. So at first I took it hard then I woke up and said wow i got to do something pretty damn cool with my friends.... an opportunity of lifetime. Because reality is, Pinks is not a sanctioned event, it is a street car race, with all the games of street racing and then magnified 1000 times by being on TV. We were there for ratings. We can negotiate and sandbag all the right or wrong ways but then if Rich doesn't agree well he has the final say so. We sign the cars to him when we get there then if a team does something against the shows rules etc he can keep the car. We have tons of paperwork to sign and agree to prior to being on the show. I signed paperwork several weeks before going and if we didn't show the production company could come after me legally if they so choose. Which is a lot new rules they have put in place because of the no shows and issues they ran into from previous shows. So net net agreed but there is a lot that goes along with it I had fun and so did the team and i am excited that we had the chance to go and have all the pictures to share our cool experience.

M1G

[GirlieZ]

awesome

[B16a2 Civic]

is teh host gayer in person?

[Ran]

is teh host gayer in person?

I second this question. He seems like a pole-smoker on TV.

BTW, you should ask for you car back since you two seem to know each other.

[mach1girl]

is teh host gayer in person?

He was actually very cool to me.... His wife came up afterwards and had some cool things to say. I will tell you this, who you see on TV is not the same in person.

[BTEC]

He was actually very cool to me.... His wife came up afterwards and had some cool things to say. I will tell you this, who you see on TV is not the same in person.

THEY LUCKY I DIDNT BRING MY CAR OUT THERE. I WOULDVE TRADED IT BACK TO JEFF FOR ALOT OF TYNO TIME. LOL!!!

[B16a2 Civic]

He was actually very cool to me.... His wife came up afterwards and had some cool things to say. I will tell you this, who you see on TV is not the same in person.

hmmm, he is married....maybe he just plays gay on tv

none the less, im happy you made it out there and gave it your all, i'll be lookin forward to watchin it on tv, will it be on this upcoming season?

[mach1girl]

hmmm, he is married....maybe he just plays gay on tv

none the less, im happy you made it out there and gave it your all, i'll be lookin forward to watchin it on tv, will it be on this upcoming season?

yes season 3. i was kinda hoping the end of season 3 so i didn't have to relive it so soon LOL.

[BABY J]

is teh host gayer in person?

Hey watch it. He's been taking TONS of steroids to look cooler, and has altered his wardrobe to showcase that he works out at LEAST once a month.:jerkit: Give him a break B.

[SwurvinIn]

damn i wish i could lose a 9sec car.....

[JITB]

atleastu still have the marauder... i love those cars

[BTEC]

HELL YEAH!! MAN IT FEELS GOOD TO KNOW THAT JEFF IS DOING BIG SHIT. I GUESS ILL GO BY AND SAY WHATS UP AND CONGRADS TO HIM.

[mach1girl]

HELL YEAH!! MAN IT FEELS GOOD TO KNOW THAT JEFF IS DOING BIG SHIT. I GUESS ILL GO BY AND SAY WHATS UP AND CONGRADS TO HIM.

yes jeff is kicking some butt over there. he is always busy. We are all headed out to the yearone races this weekend. So he will be racing his green car.

[BTEC]

yes jeff is kicking some butt over there. he is always busy. We are all headed out to the yearone races this weekend. So he will be racing his green car.

COMMERCE. I USED TO ROLL WITH THEM, ME IN MY CIVIC AND THEM IN THEIR DAMN MUSTANGS. THE GOOD OLE DAYS AT FUN FORD. LOL!!!

[fawk_you]

Hey girl, glad to see you are out there schoolin and taking names....sorry about the car. Congrats on the show though!

[civic95]

Are you into younger guys?












































Please say yes

[mach1girl]

Are you into younger guys?





Please say yes

Well thank you i will take that as a compliment. But i have a boyfriend

[mach1girl]

Hey girl, glad to see you are out there schoolin and taking names....sorry about the car. Congrats on the show though!

Thank you! i am still working on the schoolin and taken names, give me a few and I'll be there! No worries on the car...it is all good. We had a ton of sponsors that helped with a bunch of parts. I said i was going to take a break from racing, but i am already itching to get back on the track and I am thinking now that Mach isn't going to be fast enough.....

[A.P. Photography]

but i am already itching to get back on the track and I am thinking now that Mach isn't going to be fast enough.....

I told ya, the Mach isn't going to be fast enough now. I told you that at Paradise and at Steele.

[AudiGirlTT]

you gave it your best!!!!! Thats awesome

[B16a2 Civic]

awww dont worry about you losing, theres always 1 winner and 1 loser in a competion

[USDM CTR]

wow awsome ima have to watch this one.

[Big Baller]

Congrats its hard to go from a 12 second car to a 9 second car. You did good just by not putting it in the wal.

[mach1girl]

Congrats its hard to go from a 12 second car to a 9 second car. You did good just by not putting it in the wal.

Thank you... i have to say running the pinks car became addicting and i am ready to get back into a car and start racing but more like FFW etc... but the cost of building fast car can be a bit prohibiting... so the Mach1 and i will be out at the track and some races coming up in august.... And now after running on slicks, I just might have to put the ET Streets back on the Mach and see what times i can get.

[Rican219]

GOOD JOB Sorry you lost the car! WOMAN DRIVER FTW!!

Quick Question what were they doing with that mic in this picture??!

BWAHAHAHA JUST KIDDING!!!

[mach1girl]

GOOD JOB Sorry you lost the car! WOMAN DRIVER FTW!!

Quick Question what were they doing with that mic in this picture??!

BWAHAHAHA JUST KIDDING!!!

HA HA... thanks for being so kind to find that picture out 154 and point that out!

[Rican219]

HA HA... thanks for being so kind to find that picture out 154 and point that out!

LOL SHE LOVES ME!!!

[tony]

Hey Ms. Mach1girl (dont know your name) If I can say anything I am very impressed in how you've handled the loss.. it doesnt even seem like you look at it as a loss but more of an experience. That is saying much more than a lot of guys who can't take a simple beating on the street while yours will be shown on national television. Good luck in the future, I think you will be alright.

[boosted1jz]

cool experience!!!! wish we could have known.... im sure some of IA would have come down and supported.....

sorry 4 the loss...... hope to see u at the track sometime

chris

[mach1girl]

cool experience!!!! wish we could have known.... im sure some of IA would have come down and supported.....

sorry 4 the loss...... hope to see u at the track sometime

chris

that would of been very cool. Maybe if prospeed gets invited back some folks from IA can be there. honestly i had no idea what to expect. Now that we know it will be easier next time.

[HyPer50]

Yup, now tell Jeff to hurry up and finish my car haha, I've been missin' it for about 2 months lol.

[mach1girl]

Yup, now tell Jeff to hurry up and finish my car haha, I've been missin' it for about 2 months lol.

i plead the 5th.

are you going to ORSCA this weekend?