Slips on MTV - 1st time I've seen it

[Tim in Belgium]

The show is basically racing for V5s, they have two UK 100m sprinters, one with a Megane Cope and the other a Civic.

They choose a tuning "package" then race, winner gets the other's car.

Anyone seen this before, am I years behind? Is this a repost?

[CheGuevara]

They started this years back on Speed in the US, but it was called Pinks (pink slips are the US version of a V5). The racing was proper quarter mile drags and some of the cars were worth quite a lot of money (a lot of classic muscle cars and fully prepped drag cars).

[yorkie_chris]

I saw a bike one with something like a GSX1135 against some POS h*rl*y, first run the h*rl*ys clutch went pop, second one the GSX spanked it.

Give h*rl*y ferguson 20 years... they may make something to beat the jap bikes .... from the 80s :smt082

[Lozzo]

Give h*rl*y ferguson 20 years... they may make something to beat the jap bikes .... from the 80s :smt082

My old friend, ex-500GP racer Paul Lewis, was managing director of a chain of Harley shops before he retired back to his native Australia. Paul laid down a challenge in MCN and it was open for many years, but no-one dared take him up on it. The challenge was to race him round Mallory from a standing start, one lap only. Winner got 20 grand from the other person.

To enter the challenge there were rules:
1) No-one who had ever held any type of ACU bike racing licence could enter against him.
2) The challenger could use any size/make/model bike he liked with any tuning mods he liked.
3) Standing start with a race to the finish line
4) Paul could ride any Harley tuned only with parts from the current Harley catalogue.
5) The challenger and Paul would have to deposit £20,000 each with a mutually agreed person before the race.
6) Winner takes all.

No-one ever dared to take him up on his challenge, and after seeing what he could do on a Harley I'm not surprised either. I still think they are utter sh1te though