Here we go with the second half of the Monday NASCAR doubleheader. The Nationwide Series is on ESPN2 at 5PM from the Texas Motor Speedway.
Marty Reid will call the race with Rusty Wallace and Andy Petree alongside. On pit road are Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch, Jamie Little and Dave Burns. Tim Brewer has packed the Tech Garage up and gone home.
This race is also in hurry-up mode, trying to get finished between 7 and 7:30PM when both SPEED and ESPN2 have TV shows scheduled to review the races.
The familiar scenario should be in place of Cup drivers vs. the Nationwide regulars. ESPN did a tremendous job of promoting the series during the rain delay on Saturday.
Hopefully, that momentum will translate into a telecast that chases the racing on the track and stays away from the bells and whistles. ESPN has been hit or miss with the directing lately, but very good with the commentary.
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It's Rusty time!
ReplyDeleteI have soccer on ESPN 2.
ReplyDelete5PM my friend!
ReplyDeleteRWI/Cup Regular show!
ReplyDeleteJD - verification is still on
ReplyDeleteStay open minded there hombre.
ReplyDeleteSteve Wallace's twin brother singing the anthem.
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling this is going to be a good one.
ReplyDeleteSo while this is probably going to be the Cup B-show, again, at least we'll see the drivers that FOX mostly ignored today!
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree, JD, I think it's gonna be really good.
ReplyDeleteThe station that had the Cup race doesn't have the Nationwide race on. :( Can't find another affiliate online either. Guess I'll just have to wait 'til I get home from work in about an hour. Hopefully I don't miss anything good 'cuz I didn't record this one (I did record the Cup race tho).
ReplyDeletethat was a good in-car reporter
ReplyDeleteMark Green behind wall
ReplyDeleteFor those in Canada who are wondering, TSN has a hockey game later on that the race would have overlapped with and TSN2 has a basketball game that is supposed to end at 10:30pm, so we have to wait until after the basketball game to see the race here in Canada.
ReplyDeleteI can't get the radio broadcast to work on NASCAR.com. Are there any other sources for it?
Marty can get it cranked up!
ReplyDeleteLove it when Marty Reid calls out a "start & park".
ReplyDeleteFOX doesn't have the gall to do that.
The contrast between Marty and Mike Joy is insane. Marty is actually doing play-by-play, and telling us where cars are on the track.
ReplyDeleteWeird, isn't it? Someone must have told Mike to back off this season.
ReplyDeleteHe used to have me on the edge of my seat, now I am snoring.
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ReplyDeleteMartin
ReplyDeletehere is a link for race on radio. I listen in basic player so nothing needs to be downloaded :)
http://www.wnpv1440.com/asx/wnpv8700asx.asx
I have really enjoyed Marty Reid this year and the entire Fox gang could take some real lessons about not only play by ply, but maybe we could get rid of Rusty Wallace and DW all at the same time, how annoying can one person be.
ReplyDelete@Sophia - Thanks, I won't see the pictures until 10:30pm tonight, but at least I can hear what's going on. I think it's my first time following a race strictly on the radio.
ReplyDeleteRusty is the odd man out. Love to see Ricky Craven with Andy and Marty.
ReplyDeleteMartin
ReplyDeleteToday it's PRN and I MUCH prefer MRN but radio is still better than nothing and better than tv camera work.
I was thrilled to discover local AM free radio covers Indycar over weekend! Woo hoo! :-) never had Indycar before on local radio. They are working hard to get more fans.
I'm still not a fan of ESPN booth voices like I am FOX..listening to radio now and caught last 20 laps of CUP on DVR. Still love the Fox guys no matter how much they get hated on here.
Looks like ESPN had some scoring & timing issues on that one. Did they have time to get the transponders installed in the NW cars?
ReplyDeletejd, need to wash Kylie's mouth out with soap.....
ReplyDeleteSo, we're not gonna get to see "NASCAR Countdown" next week in Seattle / Portland ... again ?!?!?
ReplyDeleteNothing exciting better happen today ;-)
( just sneaking in here b/c i'm still at work so i've been keeping track of race monday via my laptop.)
ReplyDeletethat being said: @sophia: i'm loving that you recommended wnpv 1440: they are my local station -- and by that, i mean about 3 miles from my home & next to my vet's office! good ole reliable 1440!
Timing and scoring is having an issue. NASCAR.com is down right now and it should be interesting to see if that affects TV.
ReplyDeleteThis race is like night and day with the Cup race. The camera angles are showing 10+ cars at once. It hardly even looks like the same track. Tons of side-by-side racing. It's impossible to know if that's due to the directing of FOX or the actual racing but this, at least, is fun to watch.
ReplyDeleteWonder what happened to the music from that teenage rock group?
ReplyDeleteListened to the Cup race at work. Sounded exciting. Cup Lite race looks exciting....hmmm.
ReplyDelete@David - Is McCumbee out or just off?
ReplyDeleteJD, I'm listening to the radio broadcast thru Nascar.com and running the live Leaderboard with no problem.
ReplyDeleteCamera work like this is why we get to see real time wrecks/hitting walls and not just replays of it after it happened.
ReplyDelete@JD - Live Leaderboard works for me too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that update!
ReplyDeleteThis is so easy to watch, even with Rusty!
@red
ReplyDeletelove listening to the radio and taping/dvr race instead. Listened to CUP randomly in car radio this afternoon.
great alternative when out and about since I don't have internet in my car :-D
Had to work today and taped the Cup race. So far I'm liking this broadcast. They are really showing the action on the track, but would love to hear more about some of the 'regulars'.
ReplyDeleteCool, that's my photo used for this post! Thanks for using JD.
ReplyDeleteWelcome Steve, all your pics are awesome!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'll be heading to Dega this week, should be a blast!
ReplyDeleteHe's back.
ReplyDeleteIt's fortunate for Fox that they had their race first. The complaints would have far worse if this broadcast was first and was used for comparison.
ReplyDeleteBrewer on memorex.
ReplyDeleteThe in-race reporter curse strikes again! Or is this the JWT curse?
ReplyDeleteBowyer waiting on Harvick?
ReplyDeleteWe saw the Bowyer wreck in the distance but the truck and the booth seemed to miss it.
ReplyDeleteWas JWT in the back seat?
ReplyDeleteSuch good camera choices! I feel I'm watching a RACE and not endless in-car cam commercials.
ReplyDeleteBooth sounding good, too.
Makiki
Honolulu
Heads up on the spotter for Bowyer, telling him to slow down after he hit the wall so he could get in the pits on that lap.
ReplyDeletePRN's take "the Zaxby's chicken machine is officially cooked"
ReplyDeleteWow, Chicken Man curse strikes again!
ReplyDeleteLot better than the Fox coverage.
ReplyDeleteBetter than last week's ESPN coverage, too.
Rusty and Andy don't seem to work that good together. I wonder if there is some old history animosity...
@tia - So this whole time, it was the sponsor's fault and not the driver's fault?... They should give JWT a second chance, but without the chicken sponsor just to see how he does.
ReplyDeleteWould be funny to see a plucked chicken car like in Stroker Ace!
Safer barrier taking a pounding... needing repairs again.
ReplyDeleteThis is just fun to watch.
ReplyDeleteI really like it that ESPN starts showing the running order BEFORE they throw the green flag after a caution. See? It isn't impossible, Fox.
ReplyDeleteNice to see so many cars on the tv screen. Nice camera work for a change.
ReplyDeleteJust looked at tv a few minutes after hearing LESS car cams..but remember this is NW..they often have less in car cam than the BIG SHOTS in CUP with paid in car cam commercials. But I NEVER watch the races on tv anymore but a few laps.
ReplyDeleteGot tired of screaming at tv...but nice to see a few laps without in car stuff AND more wide shots...as they go to SPLIT screen albet briefly :)
Still listening to radio tho
p.s. spoke too soon..a side or bumpber cam looking at J All
Wide shots show you can have two sets of drivers both racing and you can see them both at the same time.
ReplyDeleteMV - When Zaxby's was in the Trucks, they had problems and replaced the driver (JWT?) ... Then the replacement driver had problems too ...
ReplyDeleteLook at the Fastenal sponsorship ... I don't think I've seen it have a successful run since they parted ways with the late Bobby Hamilton Sr ...
Sometimes ... sponsors just seem to be cursed ...
The person controlling the bummer cam. Don't move it, just keep it straight.
ReplyDelete@tia - Upon further review, it was JWT's driving and not the chicken on the hood.
ReplyDeleteCompton and Kvapil had lots of top-10s in the Zaxby's truck and Wimmer and Fellows also had top-10s in the #5 Fastenal Nationwide car.
It just made for a funny scenario though.
Look! Racing in the BIG BOX. I didn't know they could do that anymore.
ReplyDeleteI like the lap counter at the top it says 132 of 200, not 68 to go like Fox does.
ReplyDeleteOoh, full-screen green flag pit stops. Have to take a point off for tha...oh, look, they fixed it already!
ReplyDeleteCan somebody tell me if #04, #05, #21 and #26 are all officially out of the race?
ReplyDeleteLooks like the Fastenal jinx continues
ReplyDeleteKRKO-AM is playing extended commercials ... Ugh!!
ReplyDeleteBut, at least they've carried both races today ...
This is like the truck races. The comments slow down because people are watching!!
ReplyDeleteI dunno who is on PRN ... but they seem to be expressing the SAME feelings that we do ... esp at the 1.5M tracks ... LOL
ReplyDeleteMV, according to PRN, the following cars are out of the race:
ReplyDelete05, 21, 26, 71, 07, 90, 56, 91, 49, 92.
@JD - LMAO.
ReplyDeleteIt's been really interesting to see the differences between FOX and ESPN confirmed. Carl's axles breaking really bites as this race may now be over, and yet it's still entertaining thanks to ESPN.
Also, I think that this is the best job Rusty's done in the booth in years. He sounds like he used to for the IndyCar races - knowledgeable, not cartoonish.
@NCF - I'm listening to PRN too, but they were wrong earlier, saying that McCumbee was out. Wasn't sure I could trust them again. Just wanted to ask what the TV ticker said.
ReplyDeleteThis is only the beginning of the "deuce and a half" tour this season.
ReplyDeleteLots of stinking racing at very fancy tracks.
WOW. ESPN (nearly) came back from commercial for a caution...or at least they came as close as anyone does these days.
ReplyDeleteDid you see how they let Jerry take it directly out of commercial for the pit stops?
ReplyDeleteThat is the mark of a TV team on their game.
You got that right, JD. It always irritates me when the media makes such a big deal that each track has it's own 'personality' and set ups. What they choose to ignore is that the type of races at most of these tracks are identical...mostly single file (at least for the Cup cars), and whomever gets out front tends to stay there.
ReplyDeleteWho on ESPN2 thinks the Cup race was "yesterday" ???
ReplyDelete@JD - If I had the money to build a track, I'd copy Rockingham or Darlington or North Wilkesboro or Bristol. One of the tracks that actually does have a "personality".
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate that ESPN is finding the closest racing on the track instead of showing KB running all by himself up front.
ReplyDeleteMV - tv ticker says the 6, 01, 04, 05, 21, 26, 71, 07, 90, 56, 91, 49, and 92 are out (in that order).
ReplyDeleteNice split screen!
ReplyDeleteSome great dicing back and forth!
ReplyDeleterichmoond Andrew?
ReplyDelete@NCF - Thanks!
ReplyDelete@David - Yeah, Richmond is good too. I seem to have dropped an "other" from that comment. I just don't get why nearly all of the recent tracks have been these cookie-cutter 1.5 mile ovals.
ReplyDeleteFantastic job by ESPN today. They managed to make a mediocre race much more exciting than the Cup race.
What race track was Fox at. It couldn't have been this one.
ReplyDeleteNice Job Espn.
I wish NASCAR could find the advantage that Gibbs has in this Nationwide team. If it's the driver, why doesn't he dominate the Cup Series?
ReplyDeleteAndrew, I would choose Richmond over Bristol since they took Bristol's unique personality away with the repaving.
ReplyDeleteAndrew it was during the phenomina where tracks wanted to have the facilities to host NASCAR, IROC, IRL, CART, NW, CWTS, ARCA, etc. Only now people are realizing to build different designs.
ReplyDeleteI get why people dislike Kansas and Chicago though. The other 3 "sister" tracks are uniquely similar and I enjoy them
I expected to get so much done during the Nationwide race but I have been glued to the TV.
ReplyDeleteDuring the Fox coverage that I saw of the Sprint race, I cleaned my entire kitchen.
I'm sure that FOX/ESPN watch each other's telecasts.
FOX, what part of this don't you get?????
Makiki
Honolulu
i slept through the wrong race! lol
ReplyDeleteThanks again to everyone for stopping by. We have the post up for your race wrap comments.
ReplyDeleteJD