A long day of NASCAR TV on SPEED will cap with the Camping World Truck Series race. Krista Voda starts the pre-race show at 8:30PM with The Setup. Ray Dunlap and Adam Alexander are the pit reporters.
At 9PM, it will be Rick Allen, Phil Parsons and Michael Waltrip calling the action. This should be a dynamic event for the series. The field is a good mix of veterans, Cup driver cross-overs and some of the young guns.
SPEED's telecast may go a long way toward answering some of the issues raised when ESPN and NASCAR had problems this last week after Talladega. The truck series TV team covered the Saturday race from the very same track and had an outstanding telecast.
The coverage tonight should be straightforward, simple and effective. The high speeds and fast action of TMS mandate no excessive in-car cameras, no soundbite playback under green flag racing and quick transition into and out of commercial.
SPEED uses the racing TV fundamentals to put a comfortable telecast on the air. Voda sets the tone in the pre-race and Allen carries it through the on-track action.
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1 – 200 of 258 Newer› Newest»Hi everybody, truck race time!
Well JD, we can't complain about poor scheduling with the trucks tonight and shouldn't get too many gripes about empty seats...should be a pretty decent show. See if Sauter and company can close the deal this time around!
S&P Predictions:
#08 Johnny Chapman
#21 Nick Tucker
#41 Marc Mitchell
#47 Brandon Knupp
#48 Bryan Silas
#85 Brent Raymer
#93 Shane Sieg
Hey Planeteers. Missed you today at work. Waaaay busy.
Looking to relax and watch the truck and hang with you.
Hey everyone...excited to watch the race with you all and Rick, Phil and MW...let's keep the folks at Ft. Hood in our thoughts and prayers along with all other US Troops!!
Happy Pick 'em Ups racin' :)
@Dot--BOOOOOOOOOOO work :(
You jsut know Mikey took that picture of the three of them with his cell phone. Great pic. Truck racing go Rowdy!
Would luv to play w/y'all tonite, but it's been a rough wk. Can only keep up w/a few things tonite & this is too late for an east coast gal..:( Liking this piece on the Set-Up rite now tho. A little behind the scences stuff.
cool piece there on Turner Motorsports
I like the GOAT hope he does well even if he lost the Pumpkin Carving Contest his was nice but that pug rocked :)
night Pam :)
another nice behind the scenes feature.
Bye Pammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
went out to the kitchen for a snack and missed good segment. SMH
Pamm
Gnite! Sorry you are so tired but understand.
Re: tails up pennies. You turn them over for the next person to pick up :)
JD, why doesn't ESPN ever have features like that about the smaller teams? TRG would be a great project for them, Baker-Curb in NW is another...
Graphic designer!?! That answer just about yanked my head off my sholders.
@ David, BSPN interviewing the smaller teams would detract from their JJ script.
I love that SPEED does that. That's how we find out about possible up and comers.
Another stellar piece!
I just love when they interview the women.
David, that is why they had no defense for the Talladega fiasco.
There are soooo many great stories throughout the field, regardless of whether the TV boys "want" the racing to be one way.
Amazing to me that one pre-race show can remind me of all the reasons I love nascar, really excellent piece.
I really think that one-upped ESPN's segment last week by a good amount
Smaller Teams aren't in the script :(
@ ri88, I agree.
Don't you wish ESPN could just get the same feeling for the sport going in the pre-race?
Maybe JP could be a key to that next season....hint hint...
it is neat when they interview the women...one of the main reasons I love this sport is because it really is a 'family' sport with families driving, being part of the crew, crew chief, announcers, on the staff of NASCAR...it is just so cool!
Excellent Anthem. Good voice.
beautiful anthem
@ JD, are you preaching to the choir, or do you know something?
Good crowd from what I can see.
hmmm started out a few off notes in and out of key and shoulda not tried the two point 'free' at the end.jmo
Sgt. Shultz.....I KNOW NOTHING!
other than that, good anthem.
My mouse keeps shutting down my FFox tonight and my touchpad makes my fingers hurt. Apologies ahead for any cut off sentences mid word
other than that, good anthem.
My mouse keeps shutting down my FFox tonight and my touchpad makes my fingers hurt. Apologies ahead for any cut off sentences mid word
I think JD knows WAAAY lots, he just won't ever tell, not sandbagging, just discreet ;)
That was NOT a very good rendition of the National Anthem ...
My sinuses hurt from it ...
I thought it was a great anthem, compared to what we have had to endure this year, she was an ace!
Krista pit reporting tonight too?
6po
You crack me up!! :)
We need some traveling anthem singers....
Waltrip seems to be getting the hang of this deal but Phil loves to give him grief!
David
I'm with JD..need some traveling anthem singers...that girl had a nice voice but it drifted off at times...easy to do accapella(sp) if you don't have a great ear for staying in tune.
You can tell the booth guys have so much fun together. I think that's what's missing on that other channel.
ok this mouse thing is shutting me down umpteen times and the race has not even started.
Need a glass of wine. No doubt will miss some tv excitement while I'm gone.
Pretty excited about tonight!
A couple of the really great anthem singers stand out this season, but I understand the track makes those arrangements.
The anthem started off fine, but right near the end we had to mute. It looks like a good crowd and wonderful weather. Wonder if Bevo is at the track?
It seems that there are more drivers from TX than the NC area these days.
David - She started off too high ... and wasn't able to properly go up the scale ... She'd have done much better starting on a lower note ...
Sophia - Just call me "Six" ...
The thing they missed on the "WaGs" bit was that Grampa's been married to Gramma longer than a lot of the drivers have been alive ... LOL ;-)
'Here at SPEED' Says Rick, soto voche 'unlike that OTHER network'
And where's David Starr from Phil?
The old TV war got a little ugly this week, even NASCAR jumped in.
David,
Look at KB's stats, how can he NOT be fun to watch!?!
Im not going to be a singing critic, since I cant sing to save my life. I thought she did well, no where near as bad as some of the others we've had. Besides, do you really notice how bad they are at the track after a couple adult beverages? lol.
Phil mentioned where Starr was from....
Green flag folks!!
So we expect 10 trucks to start and park?
So far so good.
To bad there is not enough money for practices and qual's.
Mikey haters beware, he's wound up tonite.
Then again all of they seem to be. Great excitement for the broadcast, but not the OVERHYPE we get from the other network. Just excited about what's happening.
Best anthem of the year for truck races.
Ri, Im a shrubby fan...i know =p
Man, these dudes are hauling the mail!
Daly Planet Editor said...
"Man, these dudes are hauling the mail!"
That's good. JP could add that one to his repertoire:-)
Is it just me or are the guys STARTING out chattier than usual?
David
I would put my money where my mouth is on anthem but no audio here. :) & Bubbletweet is only 30 seconds.
I love Mikey but he is yapping like a magpie...
these guys all over the track
Someone's off the track. A red truck.
nascar and espn = the blind leading the blind. The truck series and speed's broadcasts of it are the best of the top three series. I would LOVE to see speed do the NW's next year with the truck crew. Hmm maybe that would be hard if it isn't a companion race but they have planes don't they?
Mark Martin, in the 5 car, from Batesville, Arkansas is sailing his Hendrick Chevrolet into Turn 3.
-JP
Its ok Sophia, I'm twitterless anyways :p
@ dead horse, too funny.
But Beating, JP would not know what a 'dude' was. He'd think it was some kind of Texas referance?
@ JD, you forgot the 50 yr old part.
Rick Allen and I really went at it over him mentioning the start and park trucks.
He thinks it's not important and that it takes away from the racing on the track.
I think the duty of the PXP guy is to tell us what the fans at the track are seeing, including the S&P trucks.
What do you guys think?
Can't believe they are using this great old song in a Cialis ad...Be My Baby.
First Viva las Vegas...and now...
Detest dipstick commercial too but there seems to be a theme tonight..;)
it only take a couple seconds to mention the s&pers so why not? I don't think it detracts, and if it keeps people more informed he should do it.
JD, you left out "50 year old".
The role of the guys in the booth is to document the action. Parking an entry is part of the action and should be documented. If a wreck occurred would it be documented? (Don't answer that one, ESPN.)
How did the camera get their right when Phil said trouble? It can be done. I'll be go to he**.
@ JD, if a truck starts a race, they should be mentioned when they park.
Well I think that's a place where Rick Allen underestimates what we want to hear about. If a guy falls out of the race, we want to know why. Even if it is a start and park.
It only takes a few seconds and doesn't kill you to do. Even recapping during a long green run going through the entire running order or mentioning all the guys off the track or out of the race would be good too.
SPEED does many things right, as does Rick Allen and company, but on that lone issue I disagree with him. I want to know.
JD
Some talking heads in NASCAR don't understand the hysteria over start and park cars & being called out. Says years ago they were called Independent teams...since this person had 30 years of history in the sport...I tend to believe him.
Thus I figure if teams S&P to survive in hard times, it's ok not to call them out (or in some eyes) humiliate them on tv.
As long as I can have good camera work and get other info...I am ok with not calling attention to it.
But I've only been watching 5 years so what do I know.
Speed lived up to their name on that wreck.
I think we got a new nickname to add to the already-long list of names for ESPN:
TSPN (Too Slow).
We've been to all three series races at Texas and the vehicles really go fast and if they crash off turn 2 you can't see it from teh grandstands. The bad wreck we saw there was Reut & Lester in the trucks on the frontstretch. I think both of them were knocked out. Good racing and PXP so far sorry to see Stancil crash, he looks like a nice young guy.
No right or wrong, just different views on the subject.
Chris from NY said...
"Speed lived up to their name on that wreck.
I think we got a new nickname to add to the already-long list of names for ESPN:
TSPN (Too Slow)."
Today, they're the 'Eternal Self Promotion Network'. ESPN is a 24 hour/7 day infomercial.
Took Mikey a while, but he found a way to get back at Phil too funny
Sophia, I see your point and its valid. I just feel it does more good to call a bit of attention to their cause by addressing the team is in a tough spot and is seeking help, than ignoring them completely.
See how they incorporated a replay that was NOT a crash?
@ JD, you mean the split screen?
David
I think it's ok to know if a team starts and then tell us when it's out of the race. but you don't need to call it by the name on tv as it REALLY has a stigma attached and has divided many who've love the sport for many years. I meant to clarify I still want to know if somebody stops racing...but the name "Start and Park"...well, hard to explain...kind of like a caste system but I understand why it sparks emotion from all sides.
They replayed Rick Crawford going through the grass....no crash, just a moment in the race.
@David--I think Vicky was being funny since she lives in Houston and he's a local boy :)
I also think those who fall out whether legitimately or due to S&Ping should be mentioned. It's only a handful and it's not like it's going to take an hour to so. An extra 5 minutes isn't going to impair the broadcast.
SPEED is very timely. I love their coverage. The fact that they show things we missed on a split screen is great.
Sophia 9:43
If they call out all the start and park teams and give them the distinction it is still advertising. Bad advertising is better than no advertising at all. These teams need all the help they can get, and if we insist the pxp guys call them out, that helps them. Good for us, good for them.
@ sophia I always thought it was a more PC way of saying 'field filler' which I think is really pajorative. I agree with you, it isn't necessary to say much more than that the truck/car is out.
I wish they would interview the guys who crash out like Stancil. I suppose they don't have a reporter at the care center. Maybe Ray could do it if he was wearing roller skates.
So when the 21 goes behind the wall because of a vibration after lap 2 Soph? ;)
I get what your saying though, it does have quite the negative stigma especially now...but there are some teams that their questionable practices have earned that stigma...
we'll see what they do in Phoenix. Maybe Rick will give it a try and see what the response is?
At the very least, informing us if a team has gone to the garage or has fallen out would be nice
See how they leave under green with the "natural sound" from the track and then come back directly to the racing?
No drivers on video, crazy music bumpers or race recaps under green.
Beating a Dead Horse:
Like I said, the list of nicknames is long. There'll never be enough.
Could this be another Todd & Kyle show?
Vicky, SPEED does not have enough budget for a third pit reporter and all the gear and staff that comes with them.
Once and a while, they keep Krista and she reports like last week from Talladega.
Hope next season after all the success of this series on TV that SPEED spends the money and gets a third reporter for every race.
JD, could not be said better.
only 42 laps late
"See how they leave under green with the "natural sound" from the track and then come back directly to the racing?
No drivers on video, crazy music bumpers or race recaps under green."
Good example of doing more with less. No endless self-promotion. (Harping on that again. Oh, that's my name!)
JD I have noticed they have used less of that bumper music that you didn't care too much for....
Look at that. Split screen to show us what was missed. Amazing.
I think we should start the "Boot BSPN" petition.
@ Chris NY, where do I sign?
Chris, we are about three years and 400 million dollars too late!
We got years and years for ESPN to go....
No one's started it yet, unfortunately.
JD
I love the added natural sounds and the WIDE ANGLE camera work even if the cars are spread out, we keep a sense of perspective! Go SPEED.
David,
I don't care if they say the 21 went behind the wall because his dinner is ready. ;-) We can figure it out.
Still ALL CARS/trucks deserve to been SEEN on the tv without having to be in the top 10. Thus sponsors see value for their dollar.
Whatever helps the teams. I think we are arguing semantics maybe? Or splitting hairs? :)
Speed always announces the reason for caution after commercial break.
ESPN waits.
Speed wins.
@ dear Sophia, "his dinner's ready". You're killing me.
Where's the lap tracker so that we know what lap it is when they come back from commercial?!?!?
@ Chris NY. SPEED always wins over BSPN.
See how they held that triple split and let them all race off?
How hard was that?
JD,
Don't the rights to play commercial music cost a lot of money? You said Speed didn't have the budget for another reporter, does that mean they don't have the money for music either?
JD, couldn't they get a report from the Nascar folks in the care center and just report that's he's ok?
SPEED has an agreement, but ESPN actually bought the rights to a music theme when they first started. Six figures.
That is why it's so strange to hear ESPN playing random oldies into break OVERTOP of the green flag racing sounds...
It is fun watching this race.
Bring back the Castrol Danger commercials please. "How far'd I go?"
This dipstick is gross.
JD - But, they missed the post infield care center interview with Tayler Malsam last week ... And since KRKO-AM doesn't carry the trucks, some of us didn't know if he was ok or not ...
JD,
ESPN paying that much for music is no surprise. For years, The Disney company has thrown away bundles of money on stupid, unimportant stuff for years.
Sorry for my whack grammar there.
@ Chris NY. don't worry, you're among friends. Hey, they're doing a through the field.
How about that for a nice quick field recap?
I hear ya Six!
JD - and the thru the field didn't take a lot of time either. Good job guys!
Sophia,
I know "Think with your Dipstick" may sound a little gutter-minded and perverted, but this isn't as annoying as those stupid commercials run by ABC and FOX.
Especially those Progressive idiots.
what a revolutionary idea, have your young driver do some trucks before moving up to NW and then, maybe in a year or two a cup race. Ingenious
Hey, Rick mentioning the trucks off the track. JD, you must have gotten through to him.
I think "someone" from a certain network is reading this as we speak ... ;-)
It's an ongoing discussion. I told him to talk with Marty Reid to see how he does it with no sweat.
Rick and Ray read all the TDP comments after every truck race.
Ray yells at me all the time, he is great. Rick is intense as this is his first NASCAR gig.
@ ri88, that's how my boy Marcos did it. Fell in love with him when he started in trucks. All drivers should have to start that way, IMO.
what do you want to bet we never see that camera shot on Sunday from the stands
I can't wait until next year for the new (old) truck rules.
BSPN must not read this. Either that or it falls on deaf ears, like everything else that's based in New York.
Chris in NY
it's also, and ALOT of the WHIPPING sounds that make me cringe on the dipstick commercials...not so much gutter junk though it the gutter fits.. ;-)
Progressive commercial...I no can pull up at the moment in my mental dictionary...maybe that's a good thing...
I hate this truck two stop rule. So time consuming too.
Now, if we could get Rick / Phil / Mikey to say "what" lap the caution came out on ...
That's twice they've come out of commercial only to give us a caution ... after the incident's happened ... and we don't have a clue what lap we're on ...
Hey isn't it a sign of a great broadcast that we are whining ONLY about commercials and not the telecast..not the camera work...not the guys in the booth?
Priceless!
Mike Helton followed through on what he said on TWIN.
Pit stop rules changed for next season and double file restarts....shootout style!!
Just love saying that...
Only Mikey would say Uranus. Gotta love him. Some of us do.
That Mikey..such a stinker..but I can remember when we PRONOUNCED that planet in that manner :)
way back when I was a kid...
Six, plus we've missed one green flag. Why don't they give us an update on Benson's status too?
Sophia, there is another forum for commercial ranting. I'm not a member of it, but I like it.
forums.commercialsihate.com
FULL SCREEN REPLAY under GF???
made the high side work.
BSPNish?
Soph, I kind of think that was worth a GF repaly
Great scene in "Futurama":
Professor: We stopped calling it Uranus in the 24th century to stop all those tasteless jokes.
Fry: What do you call it now?
Professor: Urectum.
***
So how's everyone doing tonight? I just woke up from a nap a little while ago. Truck race looks like lots of fun from what I've seen and heard while reading everyone's comments.
SPEED is doing an excellent job, as usual.
--KarenB
These full screen replays aren't so BSPNish. Better announcing and no mispanned cameras.
complain and ye shall recieve a two box
@ KarenB, YOU are killing me now.
No biggie to me seeing full screen replay since Weed is leading. Sorry David ;).
SPEED Dream Ride...no clue.
How come they haven't said anything about the logo/decal on Tayler's hood??
I wished there was a fox trax for the truck series race oh wait I don't even need because speed keeps me inform all the time through out the race.
Working on that for next year too....oops, did I say that?
That is two commercials now for the Nascar Week in Las Vegas. Nothing is said about what is going on>
Digger:
Go kill yourself already.
Digger ad?????????????
@ JD, you're just a wealth of information. We have ways to make you talk.
Unfortunately.
lol @Dot I can just see your ginning.
I've already seen the 2010 Digger die-cast, and it makes me wanna hurl more than I did this year.
If Lumpy can't get Digger, either Digger should just hang himself or I'll come for that little S.O.B.
Dot - the toothpicks under the fingernails works great I hear.
What? You haven't loaded up on Digger placemats for Xmas?
Why would I? I wouldn't want any.
Get it out of your system tonight KyB. No more wins this weekend.
Digger bobbleheads anyone?
@ JD
Didn't hear from the Fan Council at all this week, not even the points thingie email.
My feeling has been hurt.
--KarenB
So, no Digger cartoon in the Fox pre-race shows next season and fewer animations during the race.
We will see how that goes....
26 laps to go and not even 200 comments.
Just like BSPN coverage.
HA! most of these comments have been fun minutia, not criticisms ..well, mine anyway, I can only speak for myself and that one comment the kitten typed about Digger
@Karen
Welcome back from ur nap.
kb, looks like it was a small email this week...interesting.
Shhh, don't tell JD but, Digger is my secret weapon to get him to talk. I'm going to redecorate his house.
Vicky,
I'd like to pop the heads off those bobbleheads and line them up under his trailer.
Hey JD, I drool during those dream ride commercials so hush. Karen, I LOVE Futurama!
Here we go....20 to go!
Ginning? R missing? :)
@ JD
There have been a couple of other times I've not been contacted after a race weekend (and those haven't been a Cup off-week).
I've seen no discernible pattern to weeks when they don't send me a survey, though honestly, I haven't been looking hard for one.
--KarenB
LOL @ Chris. Pent up anger much?
At least his merchandise trailer has been getting less and less people...
OK Rick, bring it home dude.
Did Larry Mac say Jim Hunter is in the hospital during practice? Doesn't he sometimes do the PR for nascar? Maybe that's why Poston opened his mouth and inserted his foot.
SPEED scheduled until 11.30 my time
11:30PM off time. Gonna be a LOOOOOOOONG post-race.
JD, they might even be able to talk to David Starr after the race.
I saw the full-size Digger at Universal Studios this summer.
I wanted to do something really crazy and/or unspeakable to him...
but I remembered what happened when some guy from the Bronx beat up a character at Sesame Place, so I just had to...HAD to refrain.
You think they'll go to regular programming? Wrecked, Pinks, Pimp My Ride?
@ David
"Futurama" is one of my favourite shows. See...we old people can have a send of humour too. :-)
@ Dot
You could pull a KristaVoda™, redecorating JD's house like she did the set of Wind Tunnel when she filled in for Dave Despain.
--KarenB
Trackside is scheduled after this race.
Can they blow any more smoke up Kyle's rump?? Too much Kyle worshipping ...
Don't forget, Dave Despain hosts the World of Outlaws final from Lowe's Motor Speedway at 8PM on SPEED tomorrow night. Live...
Hey KarenB, is Krista a brand now? TM?
Is Digger Jerky still verboten around here?
I like the - Speed at the line
Trackside was great JPM is hilarious.
I never heard of Futurama...had to google it!
@ Dot
No, just Krista's brand of redecorating.
Please don't let Shrubby win this race. Please. Please. Please. (Sorry David.)
--KarenB
Fox took a whuppin on that one, we will see how much Digger we see in Feb.
I wouldn't want to even EAT that deplorable thing.
Karen, I am okay with either of the top 2. I wanna see Kyle do the triple, but Matt needs to win. I think Kyle is toying with him though
Groundhog day again....sigh
Busch wins...
Where else have we heard this?
Crap.
--KarenB
Carpetbagger!!!!!!!!!
sorry weed fans
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