This is going to be a very interesting night in many different ways. The night race from Bristol is on ABC across the nation, but some key ABC local stations have opted to carry preseason NFL football.
Here is the list and the available options for viewers in those markets via ESPN:
The following markets will have alternate viewing options for ABC’s telecast of the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol tonight (DT2 = Digital Tier 2):
Detroit (WXYZ) – will show 7:30 – 9 p.m. on its DT2 channel then switch to primary channel at 9 p.m. due to coverage of annual Woodward Dream Cruise
Houston (KTRK) – will show entire race on its DT2 channel due to coverage of Houston Texans preseason game.
Richmond, VA (WRIC) – will show entire race on WUPV-TV (CW station in market) due to coverage of Washington Redskins preseason game.
Weslaco, TX (KRGV) – will show entire race on its DT2 channel due to coverage of Dallas Cowboys preseason game.
Madison, WI (WKOW) – will show entire race on its DT2 channel due to coverage of Green bay Packers preseason game.
LaCrosse, WI (WXOW) – will show entire game on its DT2 channel and in-market on CW station due to coverage of Green Bay Packers preseason game.
Wausau, WI (WAOW) -- will show entire game on its DT2 channel and in-market on CW station due to coverage of Green Bay Packers preseason game.
NOTE: Joplin, MO (KODE) and St. Joseph, MO (KQTV) are both showing Kansas City Chiefs preseason games. Neither station has DT2 channel and due to limited alternate clearance options in the markets, race will not air in either market.
The NASCAR Countdown show will be hosted by Nicole Briscoe for thirty minutes at 7PM ET. Briscoe is filling-in for Allen Bestwick, who is attending to some family issues. Our best to Allen and his family.
Ray Evernham, Brad Daugherty and Rusty Wallace will join Briscoe in the Infield Studio. Actually, both the pit studio and Tim Brewer's Tech Garage are located outside of the track this weekend due to the small size of the BMS infield.
Briscoe has filled this role before with no problems, but Bristol offers an entirely new challenge of directing high-speed traffic and offering recaps and highlights during the race. She is in for a long night.
Marty Reid gets his first turn as the play-by-play announcer for this race. He is joined by Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree in the broadcast booth. These three called the Nationwide Series race on Saturday and learned some valuable lessons about sticking to the action on the track. There is no time for other discussions.
The director faces the biggest challenge of continually cutting cameras all night long as the 15 second laps tick off. BMS bit ESPN Saturday night several times when the director tried to use the in-car cameras live. Other action happened in a split second and it was over before the cameras even found it.
Tonight will hopefully feature the aerial shot, the high cameras on top of the race control tower and the low angle "speed shots" that let the cars zoom right by the camera within inches. Bristol can make great TV if you let it.
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«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 510 of 510Why would you go to commercial in the middle of battle for the lead?
They don't care about the race!
This type of coverage is one of the many reasons I hate the chase! They virtually ignore the race they are covering to concentrate on something that hasn't happened yet.
Well I hope the race gets better. Off to watch the Packer game.
What lap are we on? they didn't say
That was an intersting way Kyle got ahead of Jamie on pit road.
DP after last season all of that should of been on the list of what NOT to do during the pre-race meetings lol why why whyyyyy
400 laps down with 200 have been ran under commercial....and they wonder why ratings are down. You can't attract fairweather fans when they're flipping through the channels and not stumbling onto race coverage. Show the race and people by stumble onto it and watch.. Crazy concept, I know.
Love to see camera flashes going off in the stands 2+ hours into the race.
TV Viewer: This is not good TV.
ESPN: Boy, you don't know good TV! We'll tell you what good TV is!
TV Viewer: Sir! Yes sir!
Debris caution - show the debris
I dont think ive ever seen this many commercials in a race. It seems like were averaging 5 laps of racing being shown followed by 20 laps that get ran under caution. Pathetic, we didnt see these problems with the races on ESPN, so I think that the ABC network is the major problem tonight.
1 more thing, every time rusty has spoke tonight ive heard the exact same thing come out of his mouth. They should replace him with someone like Buddy Baker, someone who has the ability to talk alot but provide excellent analysis instead of the same thing over and over again. I guess if someone dosent punch anyone tonight, they will do it next week as Rusty will prolly say.
Of course, they dont show the debris because it is hard to see what doesn't exist.
This is like wakeing up from surgery.
11 cars on the lead lap? Who are they Marty???????
Chadderbox - could you please put cats back in truck?
Why can't we be friends again.And more commercials, yes siree, thats what I tuned in for, more commercials.
Gordon's scanner - Stevie told him to turn on the front fans because the bead was getting melted on lots of tires.
Wow, that movie trailer will make me rush right out to buy a ticket
they are about to miss the green flag
Missed the green flag! Good job !!!
less than 100 to go, and missing restarts?! ESPN of old, is there any connection with this being on ABC?
Now why would they update us? And they miss the restart. Lovely. just when you thought it couldn't get any worse....
Jr. is P8 on lap 420. Keep diggin there #88.
Does anyone understand the "waive around?" The announcers mentioned it, then it didnt happen--or did it?
ah, rich, I think you jinxed my guy --- he's losing spots
The expression is "chrome horn" Marty, not "chrome bumper".
The booth guys should receive combat pay for having to struggle through this disaster.
Could this be the worst ESPN race ever? Except for the infamous JJ in the garage" show.
Makiki
Honolulu
There's everyone passing JJ make sure we see and hear about that! Marty we hope we get to see the green lap racing.
Harvick up to 14 a lap down. Nice recovery.
All I can say is, good thing Sophia isn't here tonight.
MORE COMMERCIALS!!!!! How is this possible?
You have got to be kidding me...battle for the lead and another commercial. These people are fools!
3 Way race for the lead, lets to go a commercial
well, guys, its always nice being here with you, but I've had all I can take AS THEY GO to COMMERCIAL again.
I'm going to bed, maybe Jeff will get to VL in my dreams.
lead change - go to commercials. Cowboys/Chargers are tied.
Ahhh the ol chrome bumper
I wonder if the copywriter who wrote about "Timothy Richmond" knew that Tim Richmond is a former Nascar star, before his unfortunate death.
So many commercials.....
It really seems like 20 - 25% of this race was under commercial.
This is insulting!
Good night Gina - at least in your dreams you will see the race ending! LOL
The number of posts reflects the quality of the telecast. Lousy race coverage shows.
Wow, it's changed from bad to just simply brutal.
Yes, let's see Kyle running all by himself. I'm sure here's nothing else worth watcdhing on track.
Why is ABC sooooooo in love with Kylie and his possible sweep??
Aren't there other cars on the track??
Marty is making me SICK!
What is this? Commercial AGAIN!?!
And back into the darkness
WTH was that graphic about?
More commercials. A battle for 2nd we get told as the commercials start up again
I feel a debris caution coming on.
It's like their made up stat about how many races Kyle has won...as long as you count every race in every series. Why don't they do the same thing with other drivers? It makes it seem more impressive.
chadderbox I said that before the race started when ABC decided to show PRE SEASON football games on ABC insted of Nascar.... i think there doing this on purpose, you dont go from what we saw the past 4 races on ESPN add the race last night to this! This is an inside ESPN job! Remember its Football season and they know what the Nascar fan likes and dosent and they decided to go back to last seasons broadcast style for this race to turn any new fan off! Just my thoughts Jd what do you think trust me im sure ESPN sees all the tweets and so on but there giggling as we speak
Another commercial? really? I thought there was a race tonight...
dead silence here...this prn/mrn whatever it is is so dang annoying...why the silence? I just don't get it, why does direct tv not use the tv broadcast audio?
Is this ESPN's way of guaranteeing they can get the races in the next contract cheap?
Simply gut-wrenching.. Aren't there laws about cruel and unusual punishment? This is ranking right up there.. Wow!!
Has there been even ONE thru the field yet?
I could be watching the Browns on CBS but I have not changed the channel even once tonight because I want to be fair.
I have been glued to this tv since 7:45. This is awful. Its sad.
@JD 10:13:
Which is yet another reason you must keep this blog.
After 40+ years as a NASCAR fan, I wouldn't follow anymore if it weren't for TDP.
Makiki
Honolulu
What does ABC have against showing actual racing?
Shut up cRusty
Speed 51's Trackside Now data feed from Bowman Gray Stadium tonight is more enjoyable and has more information than this broadcast!
More footage from last night, more in-car/bumer cams, still 1 car on the screen.
arrgghhhhh! why why why.... my husband gave up...
Would it be so hard to stream a constant aerial shot with radio commentary? I think we would all be happy with that, simple, easy, cake.
I agree Makiki, it's actually more fun to see the comments then watch the race, it makes me feel like I'm not alone
I appreciate the comments Jonathan - if true it's just sad.
I don't know what they are doing tonight. I feel like I am on NyQuil having a bad dream.
I need another beer! Man I would of bought something harder had I known I would have to sit through this :(
I am trying like hell to enjoy this race! I really am.
Yee Gad!!! Alot can happen at Bristol while we are seeing commercials. With 30 laps to go---at Bristol.
I am betting ABC knows a debris caution is coming.
This has got to be a frikkin joke. 3 minutes, commercial. 3 minutes, commercial. 3 minutes, commercial. My family is simply amazed, there are no words to describe how bad this is.
Living room crew is no longer watching the race, they are playing cards & listening to radio. Like when they were young. And more commercials
Cowboys/Chargers tied at the half
I don't think they love Jr. any more, haven't heard his name all night...
OK, how about some opinions on this one.
I have been surfing the internet and happened upon a
Live "screen Broadcast" of the Bristol Race. Is this the way of the future? Or is it even legal at all to do this?
The guy broadcasting it jumps back and forth between the in car broadcast and the Live on ESPN show. Interesting to say the least. What do you all think?
We have plenty of going to the bathroom time and going to the fridge for another beer time tonight, don't we. In fact, I have had enough time to paint the den just in the commercial breaks so far tonight.
Is the race over? who won? What happened? where am I?
Terrible, terrible, terrible. No matter how great the on-track racing, this kind of coverage is a sport-killer.
So sad.
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lol
Right now I am not convinced that ESPN cares about the races. I know they have Nascar Now and they love the stories though.
Part 2 re-broadcast thoughts.
I am thinking about reporting it since it may be an infringement.
Where's the late race caution that kills the leader's car ??
FYI Sometime in the last 200 laps Kevin Conway pulled off the racetrack.
i think JD fell asleep lol or stormed off cause he cant take it anymore... I hear ya this is just wrong
If they time it right we could miss the checkers! Commercials c'mon
If ESPN cares about the racing they need to hire the right people to get the job done.
More talking heads isn't the answer. More infield pit reporting is not the answer.
Do they care?
Geez, Marty Reid ...
We know you LOVE Kylie ... Now, Shaddup!!
This is Karma. Kyle B. wins and I am at Bristol to see it.
Clarke
I have to say this is reminding me of DW's domination of Bristol! This kid is nutz
In 43+ years of watching NASCAR racing either live, (Atlanta, 1967) or on TV, this race ranks up there with the best. Not the best TV coverage, but never-the-less one of the best historically. Kyle B. may not be very popular, but he is a hell of a racer. Race on!
Clarke, so sorry. I feel your pain.
add to the misery...busch wins
While ESPN created the 'Trifecta', while ESPN was in commercial, while ESPN hyped Brad K and Kyle Busch, while ESPN played with the bumper cam, there was a race.
King Kyle Busch
Please tell me Kyle will not be at Chicagoland next weekend for the truck race, i dont think i can take seeing him win another race!
Booooooooooooooooooooooo!!
What an incredible waste of time!!
Congrats to 18 team & fans
@Clarke - at least you didn't have to watch it on TV. You got to see the race
SHOW THE FINISH. They've done everything wrong possible tonight. Horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And they effed up the finish again. Surprised. ESPN is operating a sheltered workshop in the production truck. I am P.O.ed.
Night, all. It may have been a good race, but the coverage killed it.
I hope they realize that very few people care what Busch did..
ESPN/ABC still does not understand that unlike the stick and ball games there are other drivers/teams still racing after the winner crosses the finish line and their fans want to know how they finish.
Announcer: Kyle Busch just radioed and said he either has a track bar coming loose, or a flat tire.
Announcer 2: Lets listen to his radio.
Kyle Busch (On radio): I either have a track bar coming loose or a flat tire."
Just scintillating....
I wonder how loud the boos will be? Did he really call Kyle a class act? since when?
Kyle is on fire!
No denying it. the #18 team is strong. That kid is nutz for sure.
After the great Nationwide broadcast at Watkins Glen, and the crap tonight, I'm really looking forward to the Nationwide race in Montreal next week.
Even though there is a post race show, I have the "Your Turn" post up for your comments on the ABC production of the race by the ESPN guys.
If you are heading out now, please take a moment and leave us a comment on this one. Thanks!
ESPN:
Be very sure you cap terrible coverage by not showing cars cross the finish line.
Makiki
Honolulu
The coverage was the worst I have ever seen in my 30 years watching Nascar.
Thanks JD. Like I said it's more fun to read the comments than watch the race. Thanks everyone for making me laugh. (and feel like I'm not alone)
Mike
Mike, I just wish we had better things to talk about.
ESPN could change this in a heartbeat....but they won't.
For this lousy coverage I ran out and bought an antenna?
I know; its only little Shrub /
But I like it.
w/aplog. to Jagger/Richards
Clarke
Thanks everyone! Going to move the comments up to the new post.
I appreciate you coming by and hanging out during this tough telecast.
JD
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