There might be a pesky little college basketball tournament hanging around, but SPEED has 7.5 hours on tap from the Auto Club Speedway on Friday.
John Roberts gets things rolling with NASCAR Live at 2:30PM ET. Kyle Petty will be alongside Roberts with Hermie Sadler and Randy Pemberton doing the reporting. This show has been a solid addition to the SPEED line-up and sets-up the day for fans with news and interviews.
The Cup guys come out at 3PM and Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds will be there to greet them. Krista Voda and Dick Berggren are the reporters. It should be interesting to see how the rainy weather has treated the tricky track and what happens with cars at speed.
Next up is Nationwide Series practice at 4:30PM. Steve Byrnes is joined in the TV booth by Kyle Petty and Jeff Hammond. Bob Dillner and Wendy Venturini are the reporters. There are certainly some very hot stories in the Nationwide Series and it should be interesting to see what goes on in practice and the garage.
The Sprint Cup Series gets a nice TV pop with qualifying at 7PM for the East Coast fans. Joy returns with Waltrip and McReynolds for this session. Matt Yocum and Voda are the reporters. This is a good opportunity to get some cars and driver faces in front of East Coast fans looking for something other than basketball.
A solid nightcap to the day on SPEED is up at 9PM with Trackside. Jimmie Johnson is the perfect guest for this venue. Byrnes hosts with Waltrip and McReynolds. It should be interesting to see Johnson as the solo guest for the full hour.
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I don't think the 7 PM qualifying is anything special. It is competing against the NCAA games and it is almost meaningless. Everyone who participates in qualifying gets to race. I can only imagine what drivel Walrip and company will come up with to fill the airways.
ReplyDeleteWelcome all Planeteers to the city where I now make my home, Fontana! It will be interesting to see how all of the broadcasters deal with the rain that will threaten the action on both Friday and Saturday. Y'all can come over to my house for a little shelter if you want. Just look for the guy wearing the "I kill gophers" t-shirt. >:-)
ReplyDeleteoops meant to say Happy RaceDay Weekend Planeteers <3
ReplyDeleteHate when I realize my boo boo after I hit submit :)
@Gymmie
ReplyDeleteThank you, and just today the Oxford English Dictionary recognized the symbol <3 as a legit part of the English language. Ain't that cool? I think so, anyway. :D
I like watching practice & qualifying. Just seeing where they all line up, and they usually update you on who has a paint scheme, they interview the drivers, etc. And not just the top ten, qualifying forces them to talk about everyone. I don't sit there glued to the TV, but I have it on.
ReplyDeleteNot everyone watches or even cares about basketball, believe it or not.
That's funny Ancient LOL! It should be :)
ReplyDeleteTrue Osbornk I don't know how many are into the NCAA so not sure how it would affect viewership. Have no idea what else is on Friday nights I haven't found anything worth watching. And I know networks often adjust their shows to air reruns during things like this.
Last night was the first night I watched because my friend had it on. I signed up for Billy's (Happy's Spotter) Fantasy Tourney thing where I'm in the basement on but it's fun but that's all my involvement. Sometimes I'll watch the final game but not into it.
Looking forward to no drama just racin' this weekend :)
CALIFORNIA LOVEEEE!!!!! Time to get this race weekend started :P
ReplyDeletelooks like everything is delayed but thats ok I dont mind
Have fun everyone
Happy Friday, Planeteers! Well, I always enjoy the chance to see qualifying when its on in the evening. Usually it's on when I'm at work and I don't follow basketball, so I'll be watching - even if I have to use the mute button, I can see the cars on the track.
ReplyDeleteI'll skip trackside -- I try to never have to look or listen to Jimmie Johnson unless I can avoid it. (personal bias, I know)
sounds like it may be rainy/snowy here in NJ on Sunday which means I may watch at least part of the race. I thought it was funny last week when one of the anons commented that he/she wondered how we'd review the race when we said we weren't going to watch.
Ancient - I have an OT question for you -- oh master of all things cat -- how do I persuade the kittens to NOT chew the edge of the curtains?
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Nascar could handle this sport if it were big time and thousand of fans were waiting in line for tickets and the Tv ratings were sky high.
ReplyDeleteLast week the timing and scoring was down. This week we have weepers. Water on the track. Fontana should have fixed this problem years ago.
To make this sport better we need people in Nascar that care and have pride in this sport.
whats NCAA basketball?
ReplyDeleteFar off coverage on KB wreck!!
ReplyDeleteWhy does DW try and make things worse with calling the track a JOINT and poor Larry mac unable to pronounce the month of July, JEW LIE.If NASCAR wants to be on par with the NFL and other major sports, these type of things need to be addressed.
ReplyDeleteI could barely tell that was a race car crashing in the replay of KyB's wreck! They were so far off. They'll make up for that during the race with a lot of closeups! LOL
ReplyDeleteWhat's amazing is that the Truck absolutely refused to focus on that 'weeper' that caused Kyle to wreck. You could see it as they followed cars going through that turn. Looked like a three foot wide swath of wet pavement. I'm not going to dwell on the guys in the booth, but they are all tiring, repeating the same giberish every week. I'd appreciate just silence unless something relevant occurs out on the track. I don't want to hear that Chase Elliot is a Hendrick development driver or Jeff Burton's kid is driving something. Now I promise I'll stop b*****g about the guys in the booth! Lol!
ReplyDeleteOh my..they keep telling of Wild Thing crashing a cup car in practice and rolling out a backup but do they have video of that??...Guess they would much rather have Waldrip natter on about things he THINKS he knows of....(Nattering Naybob of Negativism)....lmao
ReplyDeleteGina, chili powder does a pretty good job. A small spray bottle of water can be discouraging (and fun, too).
ReplyDeletethanks, Palmetto, I will try the chili powder and water bottle methods of discouragment! I had no idea that my curtains would be so tasty for the kitties.
ReplyDeleteso I'm guessing that Cup qualifying is delayed? Nationwide practice is still on Speed but they haven't updated any info (or at least not when I was watching)
ReplyDeleteguess I'll go make dinner!
Yes I was thinking the same thing Vicky on Kyle's wreck
ReplyDeletewill someone please tweet Kyle that Buck Owens LIVED in Bakersfield, he just wasn't born there, lol. Took me like 2 seconds to wiki it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a very weird day in Cali!
ReplyDeleteThis from Bob Pockrass at the track:
ReplyDeleteSprint Cup practice will go until 2:30 p.m. PT (5:30 p.m. ET). Nationwide practice 2:40-5 p.m. (5:40-8). Cup qualifying 5:10 (8:10 p.m. ET
Qualifying next at 8PM ET and tonight Trackside with Jimmie Johnson is at 11PM ET.
ReplyDeleteI'm not going to waste my time watching TV. I'll get my updates on twitter and email followups to this blog. Sorry DW.
ReplyDeletePrediction: Weepers will wreck havoc on the race. It's been POURING in SoCal, and the track is going to have problems.
ReplyDeleteBesides, who cares? Fontana is the worst track on the entire circuit (by a longshot) and I challenge anyone to name one that provides worse racing, with smaller crowds, more outdated facilities, in a geographic dead zone, in more uncomfortable climate. For the love of all things NASCAR, they need to put Fontana out of its misery.
Larry, you must obey DW or get called all kinds of names! Trust me on that one!
ReplyDeleteOne word: POCONO!
ReplyDeleteJD, I 2nd that motion! POCONO! I went once (bought my tickets) got offered FREE tickets to go again -- No, no, a thousand times, no!
ReplyDeleteso far everytime I have been back to look at qualifying Speed has been in commercial.
ReplyDeleteGina...i keep forgetting to switch back to Speed...darn... ;-)
ReplyDeleteDW's new saying this year seems to be "elbows up."
ReplyDeletego Joey...thanks, twitter...
ReplyDeleteIF I watch the race on DVR, I mute it. I guess I'll never hear DW's newest cliche...
ReplyDeleteLarry, LOL, not that you are missing much. think I'm going to watch Fringe. Based on the on line qualifying, my guy is starting in the back anyway, so I no longer give a hoot who gets the pole.
ReplyDeleteJuan on pole, Trackside shortly.
ReplyDeletejust saying...every time I turn over to CBS to check the game, they're in a commercial.
ReplyDeleteAnon, so it's the same with ALL channels/sports/programs. I know when I FF'd through programs, it takes 40 minutes to watch a show, rather than the 50 minutes it used to be.
ReplyDeleteGina, my point is more that the commercial breaks are at the same time. So those complaining that the racing was always in commercial would have found the same in reverse. Probably has a reason, I just don't know what.
ReplyDeleteThat you Pete?
ReplyDeleteGinaV24
ReplyDeleteGo to your Yahoo Mail. My best answer is there
if you're asking me, JD, the answer is no.
ReplyDeleteReally. That's just what happened, I was wondering about the NC game (where they were creaming Marquette, yea!.) CBS was in ads, at least three times. I think it must be something about when the networks want to take commercial breaks. Not saying I love ads. Just that it doesn't seem worse on racing.
Just kiddin around!
ReplyDeleteOne thing is for sure, the online world has made commercials on TV the biggest problem for some sports telecasts.
NASCAR and golf are the two worst right now, no way to stop the clock. Even the sports that do not miss any action now seem to stop the flow of the game for TV breaks.
JD
No question that I don't understand why NASCAR is so insistent about not allowing side by side. Crazy stuff. But I've always found the timing thing funny. Even on regular shows.
ReplyDeletePretty hard to arrange that with three TV networks that do not like each other, talk to each other or cooperate with each other!
ReplyDeleteGoing to take a big change to get that off the ground for 2012.
A big change that WILL NEVER HAPPEN :)
ReplyDeleteI'm not holding my breath. If we had one network for all....maybe.
ReplyDeleteI was watching when Mike Massaro was on the helicopter pad outside. It was ugly. Multiple networks have just made it so complicated.
Just wanted to add that Steve Byrnes, Kyle Petty & Jeff Hammond were great in the booth. Byrnes was taking questions from Twitter, Hammond & Petty took turns answering.
ReplyDeleteBob & Wendy were great in the garage. When Kyle or Jeff wanted more information, Bob & Wendy had all the answers. That is reporting at its best.
Anybody notice DW apologizing to Mike Joy when he butted in on Joy calling the qualifying when one of the Cup drivers almost slapped the wall??
ReplyDeleteAlan : it's all been said before ..
ReplyDeleteHe just seems to be on edge .. oh
never mind nothing will change. At
least Jabber Jarret is gone and
we dont need marty reed ..gone.
Happy to see that RW didnt have a
big expense sheet after the race
as in hs kid didnt destroy the car.
To the person who complained about
ReplyDeleteDW - calling The California
Speedway ... A """ jOINT """"
How much more info do we need
about the person -- to figure out
that he or she....
DOESNT KNOW A THING ABOUT NASCAR ??
At one time we really enjoyed all the pre race shows for the Sprint cup series but not anymore. Every one of them is polluted with mighty mouth Waltrips silliness.Thank the Lord for the Nationwide series and TNT and ESPN.
ReplyDeleteSaturdays Nationwide race was just great with Bestwick and company.