SPEED has handled the pre-race action of practice and qualifying this weekend. Sunday afternoon at 1PM will be the first time viewers will be seeing the ESPN on ABC crew.
Allen Bestwick will start the ball rolling with Brad Daugherty and Rusty Wallace from the Infield Pit Studio. The NASCAR Countdown pre-race show should be interesting with Daugherty having just completed a deal to become a satellite team of Michael Waltrip next season in the Cup Series.
Other than The Chasers, there are some names at the back of the field like Terry Labonte and Kenny Wallace that may be a factor before the race is over. Not necessarily in winning, but in helping someone to achieve that goal.
Last season, ESPN was fascinated by "the big one" and said it over-and-over again during the pre-race show. Lost in the shuffle was the actual story of the race field and what viewers could expect other than accidents.
Dr. Jerry Punch will take over at 2PM and begin the race coverage. He will be joined as usual by Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree. Tim Brewer will be in the Tech Center. Down on pit road will be Shannon Spake, Jamie Little, Dave Burns and Mike Massaro.
It is very hard for the announcers to see the backstretch, so they will be basically watching the same pictures as the viewers at home when they are calling the action on that part of the track. The choice of whether they look out at the track or continue to follow the TV monitors in the booth for the other racing should be easy to determine.
The COT has shown both a tendency to allow two cars to run fast when hooked-up just right and to make for boring racing during the early parts of this race. If teams hang back and gather together it will be up to the ESPN crew to choose to inform the viewers or ignore it.
The TV gang has been making great use of the double video box effect that allows the race to continue for the viewers even as Brewer talks tech or a crew chief is interviewed. Look for increased use of the aerial shot and the speed shots, especially after a restart.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 818 Newer› Newest»ken: yeah, i hear ya'. that's what led to my "shut the eff up" comment earlier. so much talk, so little said.
david: you most certainly called it with the tire issue. colin braun had a blow out in trucks and we all know about earnhardt's tire explosion in practice. guess goodyear doesn't want it to be the story yet again.
aarrghh. we'er at lap 58 of 188 and we just got the useless "where they are now in the chase points" graphic. hey mr director? that is STILL a tremendously useless stat and really does not provide any information at a "normal" track. at dega? even less.
hey, i didn;t even know sterling marlin was still in the race . . .
I guess the 21 who hit the wall behind JG doesn't get a mention, he is also off I think
It sure would be nice if ESPN on ABC would actually show the lap and lineup on the restart on EACH restart... Not just random restarts.
Gordon channel switching to Burton
Just realized I spelled Lynryd Skynyrd wrong!
Guess Jeffy is the only one worthy of talking to :(
i saw the newracefan... the 24 hit the 21 car up into the wall when he dodged right.
Kurt Busch in the garage.
Did anyone say that Jon Wood had issues hitting the wall with Jeff Gordon's deal. Oh yeah, he's not a chaser.
I can still hear moody...sounds like he is watching an exciting race somewhere...
Please Doc, just raise your voice and make it exciting for just one lap!
Yet another missed lead change.... 43 around the 83..... while focusing on a telling a story about a Chaser in the middle of the pack. Thanks ESPN.
In some parts of the track you can hear the ambient sound of the track announcer...he is definitely watching a different race than the ESPN guys.
And as I hit "send" they talk to Ryan
I have watched the last 60 laps without the computer or any other input and I give up, I have no idea what the hell is going on and I am so dissapointed, this is my favorite race of the year.
I really hope that there is some pxp help from the infield, because DJ and Andy are not getting it done today.
Ryan Newman interview. At least he wasn't asked about his feelings.
ri88girl - no DJ & AP seem a little quiet today. Maybe they were told to shut up and let JP do the PXP.
2 seconds w/Ryan better than nothing, I guess.
Amazingly enough, after the long in-car camera shot of the 29 was finished there was a new leader. Yet another missed lead change.
The 2 failures (Friday and Saturday) weren't what gave me this fear. The ARCA race had 9 failures all of which were random and THAT made me think this would carry over. Goodyear has a FAR better compound than Hoosier does however its still not quite good enough for this track.
Haus the MRN guys aren't watching the race on the TV - so they are calling what they are seeing. Much better than tv "coverage"
Can somebody PLEASE stuff a sock in JP?
I wish Jimmie would bring his kobalt tools here to Houston - he'd be busy 24 hours a day with all the mess around here.
someone tell doc not to take allergy medication before he goes on....its the only explanation. We have three freight trains and people making questionable decisions all through the pack and he get "the 88....pushing.....former team...dei"
There's got to be some cases of AMP Energy Drink someone can send up to JP. If that doesn't wake him up, nothing will.
its a big one.. we miss it..
Great! Missed the wreck...another tire! geesh!
Who cares if there's a wreck?
WE MUST HEAR ABOUT NAPA!
the big one has happened at talladega, folks . . .
and we were at commercial.
right front blown on the 83 . . .
i missed this wreck...
tire?
heavens be...could i be right again?
Sorry I typed what I was watching its wood, gordon, Kurt & Newman out. Reut was making a move
7 or 8 car wreck
This is like the arca race all over. we are going to have 10 cars running at the end....
Okay, i want a job at ESPN.
Tire. 83.
debris!! I see debris in that shot;)
Karma for Vickers.
Red flag up
wow..abc cant STOP the audio for a big wreck.
PATHETIC.
Listen to MRN and PSPN if you are able...MRN guys are EXCITED!!
ESPN is one step away from General anesthesia....this is horrible.
what bad luck for all involved
tire blows
i hope everybody is ok
WHAT A WILD WRECK and cars so wide spread trying to GGET through...amazing
J.D.,
The HotPass director the Dale Junior is selecting shots that ABC/ESPN is not using. Rick Allen mentioned a big chunk of tire debris on the hood of the 48 car during the caution and then CUT TO: the chunk of tire on the track, as Rick Allen said it just fell off.
I wish I could had a choice of a Hot Pass channel with MRN but that will never happen.
No MRN in this market today because of MLB Post-Season. (San Francisco Bay Area)
Speaking of parades (just catching up) next weekend we'll have competing parades. In San Francisco, Columbus Day and the People's Republic of Berkeley will have Indiginous Peoples' Day. But I don't expect the ABC affiliate will bump NASCAR coverage for it.
Left Coast Kenny
Alameda, California
@jessice & anon--I know...I keep wondering why Rusty doesn't give him any 5 hour energy or Jr. give him some Amped!
Some guys barely missed that one! geez!
And NASCAR hits the "Protect Junior" button again! :p
The coverage has been rather boring up until now. Not much excitement from the booth.
hey david? is it your thinking it might be the TRACK as well as the tires? especially given the hoosier results at arca?
This was the ARCA race...every wreck was tire initiated...
wow. replay shows Truex got it bad..glad he could walk away but he wil have to be sore tomorrow
David, RE tiers did you call that, man what a mess and they missed it
Already learned more switching to HP 798 then did @ESPN about wreck they do try to cover it all
Is it my imagination or did they, not so many years ago, actually break out of commercials if a big wreck happened during one of them? I don't remember what network it would have been, but it must have been one that actually cared about the race!
I know its been said before, but how can you call the "move of the race", when the race isn't even half over, and BTW Harvick did nothing, it happened behind him.
Wow. That's all I can say. How does ESPN/ABC not break out of that?
If you remember, this is the race last year where ABC missed the winning pass on the final lap.
red said...
hey david? is it your thinking it might be the TRACK as well as the tires? especially given the hoosier results at arca?
Yanno I've been thinking about this for 2 days straight and my BEST guess is that it is a track problem. Its strange to see 2 compounds fail like this so randomly. There is no tell like there has been at other tracks...quite honestly the tires just fail.
I do remember back to truck qualifying, Hornday said he had a tire out of balance...maybe that was a sign though I don't know if they ever changed it or corrected it.
This is a HUGE story and someone needs to get on the ball and talk to a Goodyear rep. SPEED BLEW it at the ARCA race to do that...
The Big One happens while ESPN is on the air, but we miss it for full-screen billboards. JD, is it reasonable to assume that the production truck could have planned ahead and gotten those out of the way earlier during a caution flag, and thus spared us missing the wreck... or does it not work that way?
Interesting that Punch thought they were still in commercial and his first out-loud thought was "See if Carl Edwards was involved."
Does anyone know which cars were involved? You would think they would tell.
@alex--you're right! what were we thinking?They only show the commercial a million times...and can recite it word for word...how dare we think they actually break away! *giggle*
and during the ARCA race & this one so far (along with Friday's practice) - the tires really seem to EXPLODE.
They can't even get a good replay because of the super-closeup on JR.
Jessica:
"debris!! I see debris in that shot;)"
LOL... yep, you can work at ESPN. You're all over it!
Just heard on the scanner that the 29 and 31 are trying to buy tires from the 1 team. Insurance? I wonder if E$PN will elaborate on the tire problems?
if you have scanner pass herman and mikey are cracking me up!
Hotpass 24 channel switching to the 31
That disappointed me as well, the fact they didn't tell us who was involved, after seeing several cars spinning and so forth. Evidently they weren't chasers and not important enough to mention.
As this pace there will be another 3 or 4 wrecks caused by a blown tire. They should have known on Friday this would be an issue.
Everyone should go to Youtube and watch Allen Bestwick call the big wrecks at Talladega when NBC had the coverage. That is how it should be done not by Doctor Sominex.
bobinnev said...
Just heard on the scanner that the 29 and 31 are trying to buy tires from the 1 team. Insurance? I wonder if E$PN will elaborate on the tire problems?
October 5, 2008 3:41 PM
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No bob - that would be reporting & its forbidden by espn/abc
Oh well guess I'll start adding the Producer credits for HotPass :)
HARVICK
Keith D’Alessandro
JR
Ted Laukaitis
GORDON now BURTON
John Walsh
EDWARDS
Tim Deroin
david @ 3:40 -- what makes it more interesting to me is that it's two different tire compounds on two different styles of car. and arca was a hot mess by the end.
i don't recall as many tires blowing out as have this year. and CUT tires at 'dega are understandable but that's not what we're seeing this weekend by any means.
(and brad? the #83 tire did not "go down": it exploded. there is a significant difference, my man, a SIGNIFICANT difference.)
Those involved in the wrecking yard creation fest:
Vickers, Gilliland, Truex Jr., Kahne, Skinner, McMurray, Labonte, Raines & Almirola.
Jeeze ESPN, tell us who was all involved rather than making us go look it up somewhere else.
Another minor thing that annoys me about ESPN... If they're going to play music going to commercial, at least time it right. They play Crazy Train by Black Sabbath, yet only play about 3 and a half words of one of the verses. Maybe it's a problem of the transition to commercial, but it sounds out of place to hear 3 seconds from part of a song then cut right out of it.
Gee Truex, what did you see, how did it feel?
Shove a piece of sheet metal in her face, and slap her with a hammer. That should answer the question!!
are there some razor blades on the track? the tired issue the past few days is suspicious.
I realize Skinner is not a chaser but I LOVE his attitude!! So glad to see him today. :)
Jamie had to bring up feel to Truex but maybe she meant the car handling. Glad everybody is ok.
The blown tires better be discussed..Hoosier and Goodyear.
Vickers says a bomb exploded in tire..similar comments.
any idea what special tire they are using here?
This is scary
Red @ 3:44
I know thats what has me baffled.
When Jr lost his tire on Friday I didn't think much of it but then I saw the ARCA race...
Trucks reassured me then Collin lost his tire and my fears came back bigger than ever.
Someone has to answer some questions immediately.
Jamie has to add Vickers ONE AND ONLY win came at Dega as she wrapped up her interview...geez
Karma for Red Bull, lol.
@ Brusimm, right on.
@brusi - you are expecting reporting.
That really is forbidden by espn/abc unless it conforms to the scripted show .
I thought something was wrong with my eyes for a second looking at Da Biff's car but luckily they mentioned what it was there.
brusimm said...
Gee Truex, what did you see, how did it feel?
Shove a piece of sheet metal in her face, and slap her with a hammer. That should answer the question!!
ok, i KNOW that's just soooo un-PC but i'm still laughing!!
brusimm -- you may have earned "headliner" on TDP comedy tour with that line!
stricklinfan,
The production truck can break-out of a national commercial, but not a local break.
It was just amazing how they presented it to the viewers when they returned.
JD
@brusimm
I just read your sheet metal reply! LOL Priceless. Just priceless.
welcome to the tour.
JD
I think we will go over 600 comments for today's blog!!
We are only 1/3 thru the race.
Have we told you lately we LOVE YOU for having this blog!! :-)
I am doing the most multitasking ever...biggest boombox in the house on tv table next to my recliner, tv muted mostly, and TDP and great posters to fill us in.
Brus-thanks for telling us who all wrecked...my head is swiming with up and down volume of tv and radio and being here.
This old gray mare ain't what she used to be. I am geting tired
Not too off topic, anyone having static problems with pit command?
That had to be the LAMEST Allstate Good Hands award ever. What did Harvick do - move that car to the left a foot? LAME
LOL... yea, for a fleeting second I felt bad writing it and considered not posting it... BUT IT MADE perfect sense! Not to mention a wierd impulse! It must be ESPN doing it to me.
I wonder if anyone will try to defend ESPN at this point. I think the only nice thing I can say is "At least my cable hasn't gone out."
Good one Kasey... The Bud car is hammered.
Hey JD,
Think ya can put in a good word for me with a network to cover races?
lol.
Christ, im 21 years old with no idea exactly what imma do the rest of my life aside from the fact that i love racing...
i hate when i see these things that the so called "experts" miss.
then you have a mess like JP and the whole ESPN group...i could pull 5 or so people off THIS blog and put together a better broadcast lol. With your help of course good sir.
Brusimm that was funny.
Do yourself a favor and check out one of the best catches for a touchdown you'll ever see by Reggie Wayne in the Indy-Houston game. Absolutely amazing!
some interesting red flag chatter between junior and JPM. JPM learning from junior. Reminds me of junior learning from JPM on the road course;)
How many think they could EMAIL THE BOOTH and call the race from home with MRN and if we still had Race buddy. :)
oy, shannon spook with Kasey. Will she ask about his widdle feelings?
Hey SHE didn't use the word feelings.
Somebody fire those two chicks on ESPN...
sophia female chauvinist pig.
I hear AB on tv...is JP taking a nap? Meow
It seems to me like the entire broadcast got out of the blocks wrong and never regained their footing. The commentary, camera work, and overall coverage of this race is absolutely horrible. No story has been developed. There has been almost no calling of the action. There has been incessant calling of numbers (especially when the cars are shown in a pack, so it seems random at best).
This telecast is as much of a debacle in broadcasting terms as the Indy race was in tire terms. Goodyear isn't having a good day at Talladega, but ESPN/ABC is probably having the worst day I have ever seen. This is pathetic.
Rusty says the tire trouble is debris!!
OMG!!!
12:54 PM pacific standard time
Rusty Wallace mentions: TIRES!!!
Even though he is wrong and Jr blew a LR not a RR.
Splitters ARENT causing this. Not one single bit.
David
i was just posting about folks emailing the booth from home to cover the race on tv..and you made similar comments about some bloggers here could do better. INDEED.
alex said...
Good one Kasey... The Bud car is hammered.
sad part is . . . i don't think he got it as he said it.
now, they're blaming the splitters, saying the splitters are cutting the tires and then they explode. not sure i can buy that one b/c the tires aren't going down, they are exploding. as vickers said: "a bomb went off under my right front fender." in my experience, that's NOT a tire that's gone down b/c of being cut by a splitter.
tires are becoming the story. once again.
Speaking of the COT, I HATE the SPLITTER design...it messes up more cars when it breaks...it appears 'unfixable'.
You mean during YEARS of study none of the Einsteins considered this to be an issue?
Love the NAPA commercial
Rusty is wrong, as usual.
I cant even look at you espn...
00 = Lucky dog.
That was tough / bad luck on ABC being in the middle of those billboards.
I sympathize with this one.
Once those billboards started it was tough to just dump out of it.
Bad timing this time around.
Goodhands Move: Some days I have a hard time turning left! But good hands for a lane change! Awesome, I'm nominating myself tomorrow going to work... oh, wait, I ride a bike.
NewRaceFan: The static you might be experiencing with Pit Command is probably the proximity the transmission source is to the ESPN booth.
17 minutes since the big one.. have they shown a list of everyone involved yet? Yawn..
Good NAPA commerical w/Ron
Listening to the officials scanner. Many penalties on thid pit stop. Including the lucky dog 00. At least 10 violations!
p.s. my comment on the splitter had nothing to do with the tire issue this week...I did not hear Rustys comments...but in general, the SPLITTER is a pain if they go thru the grass or a crew member steps on it ane breaks it ala stewart last week i think.
The tire issue is separate than my gripe of splitter design. just to clarify things
Rusty Wallace -
Sir, when did they put splitters on the REAR of the cars?
Moron.
Blogger Jessica said...
I cant even look at you espn...
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Great LINE!!! one of the best of the day, lol.
SO TRUE!! Amen
WOW! great move by JPM!!
that could've been huge
jpm got them excited for a second..
More lead changes missed with full-screen replays.
JPM's heartbeat must be sky high. Whew!!
the "in the chase " ticker is annoying & stupid!!!
Full screen replay, another missed lead change. ESPN is putting on a clinic for how NOT to cover a NASCAR race.
David: I do think it was Jr's RR tire in practice that went.
Dale Jarett :
"At this point and time"
How many times can he use that phrase ??
I'm really disliking the ABC / ESPN audio.
BruSimm said...
David: I do think it was Jr's RR tire in practice that went.
I saw it as a LR. LR exploded and took the rear clip off the car.
stricklinfan82 said...
Full screen replay, another missed lead change. ESPN is putting on a clinic for how NOT to cover a NASCAR race.
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AMEN as I read your comment GIANT HEADLIGHT BUMPER CAM....sigh..and more bumper cam as MRN is at commercial. Worse superspeedway coverage ever...equal with FOX's BUTCHERING in teh spring.
Dang huge tire piece jumped thru the air....what is going on?
#33 blows a RR
I think someone needs to find Goodyear
Another tire!!! Rusty was this a splitter issue?
How long before NASCAR addresses the tire issue?
The Doctor is reading the Live LeaderBoard for his stats.
The leader board is 3 laps late and when Stewart took the lead, Punch read the numbers from the board, when in fact, he needed to ADD one to the leaders and Lead Changes headers.
I wanna job there! I can do it.
WHAT>. another tire takes flight!!
What's with the RR tires? Where's the Goodyear rep?
These tires are separating.
The tread is peeling off the tires...
WOW Mikey got a TON of damage
WOW! That tired piece jarred the camera on Mikey's car.
shazzaam
Jr says the new paving is too smooth with no place for the debris to hide and its cutting tires.
wow, that seriously stinks for mike wallace but what a great job of driving that thing after the 1/4 panel blew out.
i have a very bad feeling about these tires . . .
(and the phillies win! lidge gets the save -- again!)
Another one of those rear splitters at work destroying a tire :)
34 lead changes already... could flirt with that record.
Aww, crap. I was hoping Mike would have a good run.
ri88girl said...
How long before NASCAR addresses the tire issue?
October 5, 2008 4:08 PM
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When hello freezes over or when "safety" becomes an issue of concern
Actually, it didn't hurt the rear wing... If there's no more damage going to pit road and he stays on the lead lap, Mike isn't out of it.
I agree David...that is why he didn't spin out - he was running on the inner-liner.
espn's in race reporter just talked with his crew for two mn on his tire theory...how about asking him espn?
Had the 33 spun the second that tire blew we would have missed another huge crash while we were watching a ridiculous bumper cam shot. Note to ESPN... this is why wide camera angles are better. As fan at home I prefer seeing lead changes and crashes LIVE. As a veteran fan I don't sit at home and drool the 700th time I see two cars running close through a bumper cam.
@ Bevo, too funny. You're the headliner now. Sorry Bru.
ABC ratings about to take a hit in the DFW area - Cowboys game starting.
The phrase 'by the way' implies afterthought and I find it patrenizing in the way Doc uses it. The information he is relaying should not be treated as an afterthought. I would really like to see him get rid of this catch phrase more than any other he uses. Including sailing.
MRN is giving a rundown of pit lane & its exciting. If only I didn't need MRN, this blog FoxTrax & pit command to keep track of info while watching it on tv.
Thanks JD for all your work on this blog for us
I am sorry I did not hear Rustys comment that splitters were cutting the 'rear tires'.
to quote bugs bunny "what a maroon". :)
Well, I hope those of you that love this track had speed to watch the ARCA and trucks. I Figured ESPn would ruin things but I had no idea they would butcher things this month with INFERIOR directing of cams.
It has to honk off the camera guys working there...poor things
48 pulling out rev limiter chips, I feel a NP question in the making.
Remember Indy? Maybe we'll have competition cautions every 12 laps for the rest of the race.
Okay, watched Jr's friday wreck again.
It was a RR.
This is incredibly random though because Braun lost a LR yesterday, ARCA lost LR, RR, and RF's
Jr ain't right about the debris. This would have shown in previous races before today. I actually think it has something to do with the track starting to age and some of the rocks may be getting through.
Tires that are separating though as the ARCA and Cup tires have been shows that there is a compound issue here...
The dreaded Draft Track.
DRAFT TRACK! DRINK!
junior also interested in the football score. very relieved Kansas beat philly. In my world queens have monday night football...nothing like public humiliation to remind you of how bad you suck..
Kenny!
They're reading your email on HP
The icing on the cake for this broadcast! Draft Tracker is back.
JJ is having a problem w/ rev chip in motor & thats why he was back on pit road. where was espn?
"david said...
These tires are separating.
The tread is peeling off the tires..."
absolutely! when a tire separates like that, it is NOT because it was cut by a splitter. the tires are exploding outward, not going down b/c of a "slit" cut in the sidewall by a splitter. i find it hard to believe that all these teams are dinking with pressures and camber in the same way to cause the same result.
wonder if tim brewer can ---ARRRGGGH! it's draft track! -----
ok, so, back to my thought. maybe brewer should be showing us what's going on.
(and do you lnotice how respectful earnhardt jr's "yes, sir" is when he responds to dj? lotta admiration coming thru there from these longtime buds!)
J.D.,
I don't know if the network feed had it but on my JR. Hot Pass, the scoring crawl listed the status of the lapped cars (in garage, accident, etc.)
Bevo, I emailed the Hot Pass booth and asked them to pot down the audio bed of the engine noise, and they did. Thank you, Mr. Ted Laukaitis. By the way, a few seconds ago, he used my question on the air.
West Coast Kenny
Alameda, California
Draft Tracks with the 2008 version of ESPN's made-up term of the year - "Target Zone". Hopefully Dave Despain and/or the guys on This Week in NASCAR will take another playful jab at ESPN this year like they did last year with ESPN's 2007 made-up term of the year, "Draft Lock".
Bevo,
I think you mean ABC ratings about to take a hit everywhere.... Rear splitters don't exactly draw in viewers.
Bevo, what's the Q&A on HP from Kenny?
OK: Draft Track Defense:
Don't hurt me! But this is real technology. It's not a cartoon that's made up. Uses doppler radar and translates the data for interpolation.
Thought you'd like to know. Then again, it's not an invention of ESPN's.. which is why it's so cool.
Stricklin - amen amen
target zone? is that the bullseye on the 41?
I don't think I've seen TB today yet, but maybe I missed him a couple of times I was out of the room.
WOW
FINALLY some EFFORT to get a Goodyear rep on tv!
Wonder if Mr. Helton will come over from next door if we get any more blown tires before the end of the race.
@bevo--I'm not a Boyz fan...still upset over how they treated Mr. Landry...but it's tempting...
Well Dallas is on the board 3-0 over Cin. Yes JD the tv coverage is sooo bad I'm cheating on NA$CAR
oops there's TB with his sparkly ring and all.
A race on ESPN:
Tim Brewer teaches us about drafting, we get to see it with colored air, the cars then sail into the turns, and finally we get the adrenaline rush of another car's bumper close up. Oh, and the chase.
dot-
It was from earlier in the race about the 42 getting help and talking to his spotter
this is nuts... trying to keep up with you guys and live blogging elsewhere... thanks god espn is laps behind the action!
anyone from the bay area in here?
ALERT
ALERT
I don't know if any other California fans are watching on KGO-TV, but on the AT&T Uverse channel - the screen is SPLIT. This is only on the HD channel.
There is a line down the center of the screen and the left half of the picture is on the right and the left is on the right. This is no joke. I cannot believe this. It is ruining the race. This is only HD channel performing like this. I have to watch on the standard non-HD channel, which is horrible reception on a HD tv. UGH.
FULL SCREEN REPLAYS AND tony Jr???
Dear GOD..they lost the split screen capabilities....
david ragan to the lead during commercial per MRN
unbelievable --- all of that nonsense about jr. and his "push" and he isn't even in the lead...show us that stuff when it matters...after the checkers has fallen and it is the winning move.
??
On a bad scale of one to ten, with one being OK and ten being absolutely unwatchable, where do you guys rate this race so far?
see that draft between the 88 and the 08? THAT'S what i'm a earnhrdt jr fan! took it right up there in the crap and kept his foot on the pedal! awesome job and GREAT puch by the 08 car!
(and credit where it's due: that was a great line -- "junior was headed to birmingham!")
pockettens,
Give them a call or email them.
pockettens...mine is fine today, but this happened last year during one of the races as well...I have directv so I am not sure whose fault it is.
Ha as soon as I posed they fixed it -- but that was about 30 laps RUINED by KGO in San Francisco. DAMN.
pocket fan
Call your local tv station if somebody might answer the phone.
I do NOT have HD but once a soap opera came back from commercial with a black line on the bottom 1/4 of the screen and heads cut off..took them awhile to fix it but it was an HD versus regular station hiccup.
be glad you have alternative station if that's any consolation. Sometimes guys at tv stations are asleep at the switch or short staffed.
JD today is a solid 9.5
I'm watching the Boys on another channel & switching to race. I'm getting better race info on MRN - just got another thru the field.
Which is something this director can not do.
JD 3
JD, the race from what I can tell is pretty cool, the coverage is crap. lets put it this way, every time I am annoyed with espn I take a drink...typing this comment was hard. So that would be a 8.
jd, on scale of 1-10, 1 at the top and 10 at the bottom? a typically poor job being done = 8 from me.
Thanks for the rundown, lets see how far they get.
I did call (believe me - I called them long before I posted here. This has been about 30-35 laps!). 35 laps down the tubes - or at least watching on non-hd tv with frequent checking back. AWFUL.
predictions for the rest of the race:
-3 more blown tires
-at least one wreck missed by ESPN doing something else full-screen
-break track record of lead changes
-a Wallace finishes Top-5
-27 more bumper cams.
Blown tire Denny Hamlin.
4 tires
JD--it's a 9...pushing hard to be a 10
And there's Denny's tire
tire for the 11?
Dot,
On the Hot Pass audio channel (we have three choices, network audio, team audio, and Hot Pass audio which has the team audio and PxP and analysis by Rick Allen and Phil Parsons), T. J. Majors -- JR's spotter -- said, "The 42 is coming to help on the outside."
My question: Does this mean the 42's spotter talked to T.J. and said he was going to help?" Rick and Phil said it's usually a judgment call rather than communicating the 42 team. T.J. sees the 42 with a run on the same line as the 88 and is warning him the 42 will be coming up behind him.
Thanks for asking.
Left Coast Kenny (here. On Hot Pass, I'm "West Coast Kenny.)
Alameda, California
JD: I rate the race at 7 and the broadcast at 2.
(and sorry: it was the 8 and the 88, not the mythical "08" pushing the 88 wayyy up top! i was typing that while watching football for a moment)
"we definitely have some kind of issue here with these tires." "yes, we do."
Ya' think so?!?!?
JD
I rate it a 9 due to MISSING things live due to full screen coverage of replays and EXCESS bumper cams/in car cams/roof cams. and other baloney.
If Mike Wells directing, this would be EXCELLENT...even sans booth info...great pictures means EVERYTHING to me..I will choose that over today's trainwreck.
ouch..hope Denny H is ok..hard lick in the wall.
tony junior says...we done bought every tire nascar let us. Junior- it don't matter we're just waiting on who gets the next dud....
J.D.
Tony Jr. said the 88 team only has two sets of tires remaining. He's now using his penultimate set.
Left Coast Kenny
Alameda, California
WOW they are getting out a stretcher??? OMG
pockettens and any other comcast customers: Comcast packs way too many channels into it's HD product so the apparent quality is not very good. I did an editorial on them some months back.
And another tire bites the dust!
That's 2 debris and 4 tire cautions!
Jeeze.
If this race gets down to 10 cars, ESPN MIGHT be able to cover it OK.
MIGHT I say.
JD I'm backwards I ment a 7 and I'm not even drinking, guess it was the paint fumes from this morning.
JJ worried about tires
junior and tony "is he all right???"
Hopefully Denny is ok, this tire situation is almost as bad as the Brickyard.
JD, is 10 good or bad?
David, you hit it on tires. I cant believe that this is the same tire code that they ran in the spring
Leading the race can be detrimental to finishing today.
how many times has JP said "he's hit it a ton"!
Denny being helped onto a stretcher
Daly Planet Editor said...
On a bad scale of one to ten, with one being OK and ten being absolutely unwatchable, where do you guys rate this race so far?
October 5, 2008 4:25 PM
Does infinity count as a number? If so I'll use that.
I can't imagine being in that production truck saying "Alright, let's find as many different angles as possible to replay Junior taking the lead. Alright now let's show the crew chief's recation to it.... What? What do you mean there's a live lead change going on? Is that German you're speaking? What does that mean? Roll commercial!"
Now we miss another crash for a ridiculous "Up To Speed" among Chase drivers. INEXCUSABLE!
UNFORGIVABLE NASCAR
@ri66girl...its not nascar, its goodyear.
I hope DH is ok. Can't wait for that interview. Get the sheet metal and hammer ready for Jamie or Shannon.
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