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''Pinks'' is a franchise series of television programs on MavTV based on street racing, held at legal closed drag strips with a theme around drag racing. The original aired from 2005 to 2008, with the spinoff ''Pinks: All Out'' following in 2006 until 2010. The name of the show, and the tagline "Lose the race - lose your ride", refer to common slang of ''pink slips'' representing a vehicle's title document recording ownership, and the derivative street-racing phrase, "racing for pinks," meaning a race in which the winner earns the loser's car. (In California, until recently, the vehicle title was on a pink slip of paper.). Pink slips were common in the Need for Speed franchise, especially under the game Need for Speed: Undercover. The original was aired by Speed Channel in the United States and Canada, and also airs on Fox Sports 3 in Australia. The series is produced by Pullin Television. The 2015 version will air on MavTV. Reruns of the original series air on Great American Country as the Best of Pinks All Out. Competitors compete in a drag race (although in the original Pinks, there was a stepladder shifter kart race in Series 1, and the original franchise was based more on illegal street racing) in the franchise. The formats differ between the franchise's formats. In the original series, the illegal street racing style drag race has provisions of the winner claiming ownership of the losing vehicle. The race format changed slightly through each season: * Early Series 1 (2005): 2 out of 3 races * Later Series 1-Series 4 (2005–2007): 3 out of 5 races * Series 5 (2008): 4 out of 7 races As the show starts, the host, staff, and contestants sign a binding contract that will transfer the legal title of the two cars in question to Pullin Television, the production company of the show. Since the production company owns the vehicles it guarantees that the show will award the titles to both cars to the winner of the race and eliminates the chance that the loser will refuse to forfeit his/her car after the race. ==Negotiations== Each team is allowed to inspect the opposing team's car to attempt to assess its performance before negotiations for the first race, or in cases where the negotiations are not held for the first race, before the second. Each team chooses a negotiator to act as its spokesperson to discuss the terms of each round. In recent seasons, the first round of each match is often held without negotiation except for terms over the use of nitrous oxide, and features a heads-up start (each car side by side with no time or length handicap) Negotiations generally deal with starting position, similar to bracket racing (except it is negotiated in car lengths, not seconds), nitrous use, and other such issues, the purpose being to handicap the perceived stronger car and create an even race. In Series 5, negotiating car setup for bracket racing times were permitted. After the negotiations (which can last considerably longer than what is shown), the cars are sent to the start line for the burnout. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pinks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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