Street Outlaw star Ryan Fellows killed

[stavanzer]

https://deadline.com/2022/08/street-outlaws-fastest-in-america-ryan-fellows-dead-crash-filming-1235087240/

I know many here are fans of the series.

RIP Ryan

 

[slusher]

I have just started watching again.  May the Lord comfort his family.  No racer expects to die when he climbs in his car but it’s a risk.  R.I.P. Ryan..

[Snake45]

6 hours ago, slusher said:

No racer expects to die when he climbs in his car but it’s a risk.  

Really? Memphis Street Outlaws used to start every episode with JJ da Boss saying, somberly, "Every time you get in that race car, you know tonight might be the night you die."  (And last season on America's List, both JJ and his lovely wife Tricia very nearly did.) 

[Jantrix]

I figured it would happen at some point. Racing drag vehicles on a street? C'mon.

[Mike 1017]

3 hours ago, Jantrix said:

I figured it would happen at some point. Racing drag vehicles on a street? C'mon.

I agree. I stopped watching it after 3 episodes What is the point of street racing Door Slammers on the street and running away from the cops?

Mike

[Snake45]

16 minutes ago, Mike 1017 said:

I agree. I stopped watching it after 3 episodes What is the point of street racing Door Slammers on the street and running away from the cops?

Mike

I haven't seen any "running from the cops" on there in years, if ever. It's pretty obvious that the whole thing is legally sanctioned in some form or another. And you can bet insurance premiums have been pad. 

[Mike 1017]

2 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

I haven't seen any "running from the cops" on there in years, if ever. It's pretty obvious that the whole thing is legally sanctioned in some form or another. And you can bet insurance premiums have been pad. 

Running from and getting busted by the cops was in the very beginning. It was funny when the cops showed up and they were trying to load up the cars back into their trailers. I can't remember if any of the cars got confiscated

[Snake45]

9 minutes ago, Mike 1017 said:

Running from and getting busted by the cops was in the very beginning. It was funny when the cops showed up and they were trying to load up the cars back into their trailers. I can't remember if any of the cars got confiscated

Remember, this is "reality" TV. I wouldn't be 100% sure that all those incidents with the cops weren't scripted. 

[Joe Handley]

5 hours ago, Snake45 said:

I haven't seen any "running from the cops" on there in years, if ever. It's pretty obvious that the whole thing is legally sanctioned in some form or another. And you can bet insurance premiums have been pad. 

By the way this looks, it's kinda being run the way the early NHRA events were in areas that did not have a sanctioned strip of some sort

[slusher]

15 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Really? Memphis Street Outlaws used to start every episode with JJ da Boss saying, somberly, "Every time you get in that race car, you know tonight might be the night you die."  (And last season on America's List, both JJ and his lovely wife Tricia very nearly did.) 

Snake, I just start watching again. No matter how many episodes that may be said, doesn’t make you believe it will happen. Every driver believes he will beat the odds. I ment it out of respect.  It still a scripted program.

Edited August 11, 2022 by slusher

[Mike 1017]

Maybe I will give it another look. From the pre-views it looks like they are racing at Drag Strips?

Mike

On 8/10/2022 at 12:16 PM, Snake45 said:

Remember, this is "reality" TV. I wouldn't be 100% sure that all those incidents with the cops weren't scripted. 

I know that one was scripted. One of their friends wore a rent a cop uniform and drove up in a Crown Vic. It sure got their attention for about 60 seconds.

Mike