Coverage switches from ESPN over to ABC for this night race. That means no RaceBuddy or Watch ESPN app as ABC is a broadcast network and has exclusive rights. There will be ESPN Nonstop commercials in the second half of the telecast.
Some ABC local stations might be showing local news during the pre-race show, but all will join for the race which has total national coverage live. Please let us know if any station does not join for the green flag.
Mike Massaro is handling the hosting duties for the Infield Pit Studio. Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty are the analysts. Tim Brewer is in the Tech Garage.
Rusty and Brad are once again going to be asked to talk about the Chase, but not neglect the race. It's a tough mix that ESPN has struggled with for years. The script this week may be Jimmie Johnson, but keep an eye on the topics featured in the pre-race. They often become the script for the race coverage.
Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree have been on the air for three days now on ESPN working hard. We will see how much gas they have left in the tank for a couple of hours of night racing on the ABC side. The good side is they handled the practice and qualifying coverage, the downside is they have to be exhausted.
Jamie Little and Vince Welch are out in Las Vegas for the final IndyCar race of the season. Shannon Spake and Mike Massaro are working pit road for the race with Dr. Jerry Punch and Dave Burns. Pit road could be a lonely place if this becomes another gas mileage race or a hectic mess if incidents happen on the track.
ESPN has a great Nationwide Series race and a rough Cup telecast last week. Somehow, the Cup races seem to keep the tradition of "hper-tight" coverage rolling along. CMS has a ton of action on the tight two-groove track and it's easy for TV to miss a lot of it with the focus on only one or two cars at a time. Keep an eye out for how ESPN produces the actual racing.
The quad-splits for caution flag pitstops are still outstanding. The ESPN Nonstop makes a big difference. Having Allen Bestwick has made a huge difference and closed the information gap. Punch has been outstanding on pit road. Those are the good things.
The bad is that ESPN still tries to work back to the stories from the pre-race show. Rather than let the racing just happen, it's been about the topics selected in advance and then forced into the telecasts. That has alienated fans and TV viewers.
So, here we go. This post will serve to host your opinion about the ABC coverage of the Sprint Cup Series race from the Charlotte Motor Speedway. To add your comment, just click on the comments button below. Thanks!
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Like to hear that scanner.
Kevin Harvick is 12th Allen
Did I just hear AB say that Kevin Harvick was leading????
anybody going to martinsville
As I said earlier, AB comes across as this happy-go-lucky guy that doesn't let anything bother him or take anything too seriously. He needs to get his head in the game.
The leaders were just cycling through. He got it back together.
I think ESPN tired these guys out over the last three days. Just my opinion.
They show you a pass in replay with 3 cars but only show you one or two cars live. Come on.
Need Tony to win tonight A driver that MIGHT tell the truth THIS IS BORING and I LOVE Racing!!!!
Hermie Sadler is like seven laps down. He's a rolling road block. They parked Andy Lally for this?
ohhhhh boy here comes jj ,have we seen this b4
PRN: "Lets pick up the battle for the lead, Jimmie Johnson stalking Matt Kenseth"
ESPN: cuts to commercial
Chris - Sadler = $. Lally parked last week with no sponsor. The $ tank is almost dry by October.
What's up with those ugly yellow walls? Is this Servicemaster Motor Speedway?
TRG is a "lean" team....their display car, a Ford, is really last year's Chevy with a decal on top. :)
Biffle gets the Lucky Dog for debris!!!!! You can't make this stuff up! Time's running out. Have to get Biffle back on the lead lap. Let's hear it for the WWE! Swing your chains and yell..."We're going racin' tonight!"
I'll tell ya if someone would dub the PRN/MRN audio over the tv race cast we would have a great race week in and out.
aj have a good run tonight
I am kind of sad to see racing represented this way. Does Brian France know or care what fans think of this sport?
What do the times on the pit split do if you don't see the whole pit stop?
Anon @ 9:12:
Sprint's gimmick I presume. Not nearly as eye-catching as red and white, is it?
I like that shot of all the cars coming off pit lane
This restart is going to be iteresting. Got to get it now.
Kind of hard to gauge what the fans think when a thousand different fans want a thousand different things.
Little side-drafting festival.
mark martins car is a spotters dream
Hope they follow up on this one. Hub issue for HMS?
why do these issues only happen to the 5 car? R & D for hendrick is a pretty tough job...
Nice job by Petree he was right there on the bearing explanation.
I think the debris was Brad Keselowski's golden horsehoe.
Interaction between Andy and Tim?
Seemed to me they were really racing very hard at that last restart. Position is everything before they get strung out and cant pass
lots of seats in 4
big section of 4 is family section, no alc allowed :-(
I understand about everybody wanting something different in racing. I will tell you this though, I had a nephew that raced in Nationwide series and met alot of different drivers. He was part of the 16yr old team at Daytona a few years ago. I got to meet Boris Said, Paul Newman and numerous others. Everything was not about a corporation. I know what makes the world go round but there should be some balance. By the way Go Tony!
Can you believe we're at the half way point??
Been having some intermittent problems with blogger. Page sometimes won't re-load. Anybody else?
I would'nt mind if Tony gets another win tonite
Chris, I promise we will not be using this next season. Sorry for the old technology, but the price is right and everyone can use it.
Chrisk Hit refresh alot!
So guys why not talk about the race.
addington is a goob man to put up with that bs.
JD, then definitely you will be losing me. Sorry, but that really isn't fair. Not everyone likes it, much to your thought.
charlie ok kbusch is complainug about passing what happened to this track?
Have they even mentioned Marcos Ambrose, running fourth? I guess since he's not in the chase...
did anybody notice that BofA is sponsorinf this race
This 'NASCAR Non-Stop" is useless when they only show one car at a time. Sheesh.
If Addington goes after the season, I hope he punches Kurt in the mouth on the way out the door. You know that he wants to.
The 21 car is there. Anybody?
"Objects in mirror..." I have a 40" HD TV...can't see that window!
I met the guys in the booth. There is a race going on.
I like the split screen showing live racing. Will they cut to race if something happens?
Addington must be a masochist to crew chief for BOTH Busch brothers! He went from the frying pan....
5 laps covering KuBu. I guess it strung out that quick.
The racing box in the "nonstop" coverage should have some kind of title that says what position you are watching.
The side by side box is smaller than it was last week.
Would not mind at all if Steve Ad. has words with Kyle
What was that a thumbnail of in that small window?
Anon, if you want to take a moment and get a blue nick we can see which comments are from you.
what car did the pop can come off of.
I think Dale Jr. had one thing right. These races need to be shortened. Go Tony!
Right there is the problem with coverage. Bayne passes Hamlin and they're telling a story and not calling the action.
I heard what Kurt said but what did Addington say in reply?
Does anybody know when Hamlins contract is up? He seems to always have an excuse
Addington is denying the rumor according to Jayski's. Seasons not over ...yet
Four non chasers in the top ten, and I don't believe they've gotten four seconds of coverage.
And no mention of Ragan in sixth or Trevor Bayne running eighth. Also not in the chase. Looks like a typical chase broadcast.
This game is more of follow the leader. Hopefully Talladega and Martinsville, the last two races I'm waiting so much for, are impressive.
Charlie it was a blue Miller Lite, so the #2 of course.
There's more than one of us "anons" muhahahah
Oh, what happened to side by side? Only soemtimes?. WTH?
Local commercial here in Phoenix for another bank. :)
WTF
same here yawn
No side by side for local commercials. Broadcast TV.
MtVjay
Thanks for the link! been busy drink tweeting w local folks & just found my way back here :-D
appreciate the info it big time!
pit stops going on and we are watching a commercial aaahhhh!
Why can't the telecast show us every driver in the top 10 and not just those in the chase. I wonder if Nascar thought of this when they came up with that?
Sorry missed a few minutes has Tony pitted yet?
Sorry missed a few minutes has Tony pitted yet?
I walked out of the room for 10 minutes. JJ Yeley?
I believe Nascar figured people would switch to one of the drivers in the chase as their driver.
Little do they know.
lol Anon 945's and I had the same idea. Gotta move around to stay awake.
5th, 6th and 7th are 3 of the first time winners. Allmendinger, the one who should join them is 12th, sigh
More I see Nonstop the smaller the live box gets.
You re probably right Charlie. They do it in other games, but this is a whole different sport and 43 teams all at once. I'll NEVER cheer for the 48, other than a bronx cheer!!!
Please dont let Kyle B this one Nascar needs a something new to happen
Taking in account the side by side commercial, look how many laps we have seen the 18 in a tight shot.
I don't understand why they can't have the interval behind the leader on the ticker at all times.
Oh wait ... it came back. But still ... it should always be up there in my opinion, except under caution.
I think Charlie is right the box side by side gets smaller and smaller
I cant believe the whole commercial break was the 18 car in side by side, and when they come back its still the 18 car?
Just saw on the bottom ticker where the who was wrongfully convicted and spent 26 years in jail before being exonerated won his first professional fight, at age 52. I tip my cap.
Kyle B Kyle B are you kidding me? Do they get paid by his team?
WOW ! WTH this pic in a pic as AB sells some smart phone junk. geez. What terrible camera work.
why am I surprise.
Then next week, I used to love Dega and now it's synchonizedswimming in pairs!
Would like some wide shots.
Broken record
lather, rinse ,repeat
the *boxer* who spent 26 years in jail
It's a shame that Tommy Baldwin's team has a sponsor and runs the distance every week, yet they get the same amount of tv coverage as Robby Gordon.
Is Wallace drunk?
Roland, Jeremy Mayfield JOKE!
All that time just spent on Biffle and no comment on how he's rallying with an obviously ill-handling car.
Well, at least AB admitted there's not really any passing.
Back to Maryland vs. Clemson.
Why in the world would they go to Rusty for a technical explanation? Is Brewer on a break?
The pit reporter did some investigating about the hub and she said it was a broken part.
No mention that Jeff Gordon is actually up to 19th, highest he's been all day
Mark Martin broke problems? same thing with the whole team?
Bayne/Kahne?Hamlin are in the top 10,but aren't getting much attention. Instead,we get #48 talk.
Who looked puffy at the press conference?
All the pit reporters seem to be really off their game tonight. Not sure why.. But there's a lot of fumbling/stumbling when they've been reporting.
It is my belief the tv crew thought Johnson would dominate this race.It turns out that some of the other teams showed up and they dont know what to do.
Most of the time when they re-play some radio traffic from a driver I can't hear it because the car noise is so loud. Don't they listen to their own audio once in a while?
This is a great example of a TV network unable to change how they shoot an event.
You have to search back every lap for the best racing, regardless of the driver's name or position.
Just not happening tonight.
It's 10:00, do you know where your cautions are?
cautions coming soon DEBRIS
I agree JD.
OMG! My house mate is watching movies in his room & letting me have 52 in tv. Can NOT believe how TINY the race is in the side by side. On normal sized or SD tvs must be a joke.
Geez. Now we have split screen with LOTS of wasted space.
Sophia...is that Sobieski kicking in? :)
There was a Chase race a few years ago, where all week and the day of the race,the media had all but engraved a driver's name on the trophy. That driver had a terrible day. Yet they kept talking him up and showed all these taped segments. It was utterly ridiculous. They just can't react to what's happening.
Is there a chance this could be another fuel mileage race have not been keeping up with pit stops
Man,Bestwick really sounds off his game.
thought so
Hardcore bummer for Trevor Bayne
Trevor was having a great race
This is the 3rd best race of the season. Go Kyle.
Anon
Yes, been busy tweeting some locals i know & have met. Multi tasking..thus I don't get so annoyed at the broadcast...but seriously. the wasted space in modern TV amazes.
Why not just a split screen like they do on talk shows if somebody is on removed? Why all this gauzy, cloudy, blue junk?
It's a Boondoggle this widescreen digital tv stuff.
Even though I dont like Kyle Really like his crew chief
Kyle better hope he stays away from some drivers. Due pay back from several he shoved out of the way coming through from the back.
JD did you see this tweet from Eddie Gossage?
"Visited with ESPN prez George Bodenheimer, VP John Wildhack and had brunch w/ the SportsCenter crew today in Charlotte. They love NASCAR."
All the races turning into fuel mileage does not endear me to the sport...imagine folks brand new to the sport.
Most he shoved have nothing to lose.
What happened to the side by side boxes? Full screen commercials?
And is anybodys signal breaking up & stuttering every so often, or is it just my wonderful Time Warner?
Chris, they took a huge group there and had some talent assigned to each pit box of key teams.
Very interesting we never saw any of them on TV tonight.
@Anon at 10:07 Dave Rogers is a great crew chief. He could turn Kevin Conway into a winner. Dave owned the Nationwide series for a couple years. Won with every driver he had.
I dont mind fuel mileage if it is competitive race. This is kind of a joke. Hope it gets better
Charter cable ok here.
This is the playoffs. More basic info. If you're a new veiwer, just hang around and learn. I feel stupid listening to that.
Kyle on breaks at the start Give me a break!
Roland, don't forget Rogers had to earn it after the failures with Jason Leffler after his first shot in Cup. Would love to see Ratcliff get a shot too.
Ratcliff deserves it
Why do I follow mulhearn?
Stupid question Can drivers of other teams speak with each other during the race?
Am I right in thinking that ABC is NOT broadcasting with the letterbox flag enabled, as ESPN has been doing? They seem to be keeping all the graphics in the "safe" area tonight (look at that bottom ticker) and it would also explain the usage of triple pit instead of the quad we've been getting on ESPN.
A rising (Ford) tide lifts all ships. JJ Yeley is having an excellent run tonight.
Earnhardts pit crew screws him every race.
that side by side box is set up for folks who dont have a wide screen TV. Its keeping the pic's within the SD 3x4 frame. sux for us widescreeners. huge waste of real estate
When I look at the 14 car I keep thinking "Mobil Economy Run."
Should be the series sponsor
Back at the beginning of the chase, I measured the box on the non-stop screen on my TV and it was 8 3/4 X 5. Tonight it is 7 X 3 3/4 without the title at the top.
Must be because BofA is sponsoring it. :)
That's an animated GIF in that small icon, isn't it?
Whoever wins this championship can credit pit road and luck.
Yes drivers can talk to each other as long as they have that driver's frequency programmed in their radio, it is more typical at Daytona and Talladega though. Only teammates will talk to each other most anywhere else
I feel bad for supercross fans tonight. Their going to have their version of the all star race, the Monster Energy Cup, telecast interupted by NASCAR Victory Lane. Oh well, we used to be moved to other networks because of womens tennis and America's Funniest Home Videos.
You were right JD. The box is smaller Chris K. measured it.
Thanks LOOSEWHEEL
anon 10:16...not a stupid question....if they have the radio programmed to reach them they can talk (as they do now with the tandem cars at 'dega & Daytona). But mostly, they ask their spotter to talk to the other spotter & relay a message.
we interupt the racing for more commercials.
Didnt we just see some about 3 min ago?
Nascar non-stop is pointless. If you can't give the fans a bigger box of live action, then just forget it. It's almost insulting.
Never thought I would hear big and rich o a ESPN broadcast /sarcasm
There are no dominate cars anymore.Circumstances win the race.Johnson's team learned how to cheat the timing markers on pit road,among other things.There is almost no racing AT ALL for so long,the end of the race, that i'm amazed anybody tunes in.
Roland, no Victory Lane tonight for that reason. Tomorrow at 8PM!
The only reason I ask about team to other team contact during the race is that I have been to a couple of Daytona 24 hour races and 1 formula race and they were very protective about their info
I feel sorry for Allen Bestwick. He has to carry the booth, infield studio, director, and the lack of racing.
Busch, he must want to leap out the freaking window.
The truck is just lame tonight. No clue to actually what is going on.
How can ESPN/ABC get away with talking to crew chiefs during green flag racing? That seems awfully rude to me. Let the guys concentrate and do their jobs. Leave 'em alone.
I cannot wait to hear Sirius radio tomorrow morning what a great race blah blah blah by the way first time on this site great job! Daly Planet Editor Really enjoying it
Buschseries61...
I agree completely with your comment about AB. This is such a bad race, not even Gus Johnson could make it exciting.
Hating all the commercials
really overboard tonite
I would love a caution in about 15 laps to scrunch up this shrimpy field, have pit stops occur and pretend fuel strategy doesn't exist.
Even if the racing up front is not awesome, TV has a job to go and find the stories. Same issue as last year.
It's like ESPN wants it delivered to them on a silver platter.
Use the cameras and show us the racing.
They've only been talking to crew chiefs for thirty something years.
I think the whole booth has been solid tonight espicallly Petree.
The pit lane guys have been solid.
The rest not so much.
Dont Laugh Bring on Danica!
JD, Reason I bring it up is I saw on the Speed ticker during Raceday that an abbreviated version of Victory Lane will air after the ABC coverage goes off. Full version tomorow at 9.
Daly Planet Editor said...
Even if the racing up front is not awesome, TV has a job to go and find the stories. Same issue as last year.
If one is given lemons, one must make lemonade
And for the 2nd time tonight, car issues interrupt pit stops
A real question I get very confused about drivers in pit road then a caution comes out? any easy explanation?
With the wave around and so few cars on the lead lap, it doesn't matter as much anymore if a yellow interrupts the pit stop sequence.
Wow. Have a lot of fans left the race early, or were they that empty at the start?
Chris, I disagree, considering it's benefited those such as Jeff Gordon to get up a bit further than before.
I have no idea how that #24 team managed to get up to 8th. My only guess is they actually had some luck and caught the cautions/pit stops at the right time
I believe that andy petree could carry the booth without any trouble.
We get nonstop for cautions but not under green. I understand the full screen breaks are for local ads, but still.
There is racing on the track. If you have cars a lap down they get passed and sometimes that pass is interesting.
Does anybody know why Kyle didnt take an interview last night ego?
No easy explanation for a caution during green flag stops. Depends where your at when the caution comes out, depends where the leader is at when you exit pit road, depends if the cars that lap you stop or do not, etc. It can get awfully complicated
Kyle was probably upset after last night. I am really REALLY not a fan of the tapered spacer and that really showed when Carl broke his momentum in 1-2 last night.
My guess anyways was how upset he was for running 2nd
These are the circumstances I spoke of earlier that determine the outcome.
I would hate to be that camera guy on top of the platform above turn 3 between the billboards. I mentioned it last night that not having a catchfence there is unsafe.
I hope that irl race draws a 0.2, I like the racing, hate most of the fans.
Kyle get off the brake! Jeff is done
Damn it. Just after getting into the Top 5.
And there goes the luck for the #24.
That's why David is looking or a ride.
They Wrecked-Um
ABC's favorites are so obvious - J Gordon & K Busch. Our Matt is just a second thought!
Yeah, it was about time for it to get stoopit
IRL prez said 70K at race. Same guy said Kyle Busch and Kasey Kahne would race. Wrong on both.
I am also a Harvick fan Jeff has really bad luck hope he does not hang it up
I'm not enjoying this. He finally gets to the Top 5 and gets in a spin. Why?
There's a lot for Bestwick to update after commercial.
No way Hendick and Gibbs were gonna sign off on that. Now he's "hoping" for 40k.
I think they maybe making fun of the viewer with such a small box to show the race in when they do this side by side stuff.
Their saying. - we told them we would have the race in a separate box. We just didn't tell them the size, ha ha.
hate to say this hope somebody takes kyle out safely
Its not over yet folks
LOL Anybody want to buy Dale Jr. bud jacket?
Come on AJ!
Anon, we mostly do TV and media stuff in here, so if you would keep that in mind we would appreciate it.
Not into the taking drivers out kinda deal.
How about an aerial for this restart?
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