The usual cast of characters is along for the ride this week on FOX. Michael Waltrip is driving in the race, but will still be a part of the TV coverage from start to finish. It will be interesting to see just how much FOX uses him and in what type of a roll once the race begins.
Originally, we were told Jeff Hammond would return to his past role of being located in the Hollywood Hotel since Waltrip was racing, but things have a way of changing at FOX these days.
It's been a tough comple of weeks for Darrell Waltrip and the FOX gang. It should be interesting to see if anything changes for the coverage today once things get underway.
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No Hammond in the HH today!
ReplyDeleteI'll bet he comes in when Mikey heads to the track.
ReplyDeleteHearing 1:15PM ET for driver intro's as revised schedule today.
ReplyDeleteMr Editor -
ReplyDeleteSorry that FOX persists in pushing dumb and dumber in pre-race ...time for a little A&E and Billy the Exterminator ...guess it's too much to hope for dumb and dumber to be trapped and relocated to non-broadcast TV, eh?
Walter
This is really painful watching these clowns. So far, no mention of DW's comments about the fans or Fan Council. I get the feeling I'm wasting my time. Oh well, hope you have a great turnout at Twitter today. Should be a lot to talk about.
ReplyDeleteThis is disjointed at best. The Waltrips continue to try and top each other while both offering the driver viewpoint.
ReplyDeleteIt's lacking a crew chief perspective and hard news/interviews.
Rather watch pro wrestling so far. What a load of crap.
ReplyDeleteI hate to give DW props, but the pretaped segment he did on the prerace show about Talladega racing with a split screen of Carl Edwards' wreck and Bobby Allison's wreck was some of the best stuff he has done. Don't know who the producer was on that but they deserve a pat on the back. Great work!
ReplyDeleteThe return of Pizzi!
ReplyDeleteGot ESPN3 on the lap top with the NHRA and will add MRN when the clowns are done. Too bad we don't have F-1 this weekend too.
ReplyDeleteTwo Waltrips in the infield studio is two too many!
ReplyDeleteNASCAR confirming track dry, ready for 2PM start.
ReplyDeleteCleared off here in NJ, so I got some of the grass mowed. I never watch the pre-race crap anymore, too much junk, not enough info.
ReplyDeleteGoing to watch the start then go out and do some more yard work. According to the clock on trackpass, there's 15 minutes beore the race starts, but they gave the command, so are they just going to burn fuel and warm up the track for 15 minutes?
Well, in response to your column earlier in the week, they just promoted 'the big one'.
ReplyDeleteCrashing has been the theme, including a feature done by DW that just replayed all the biggest crashes in the history of the track.
ReplyDeleteIt's been pandering to the lowest common denominator.
"...a big or exciting crash" - Jeff Hammond
ReplyDeletenice start looking good w camera work! Oh and look at that crowd a healthy healthy looking one much better than a year ago!!!!
ReplyDeleteNice to know I'm "the lowest common denominator". Wrecks are part of racing. They have changed the way race. I don't watch racing to see the wrecks, but they wreck when I watch racing.
ReplyDeletePretty good camerawork so far. My only complaint is DW yapping away.
ReplyDeleteThey have changed the way race.
ReplyDeleteThat's supposed to be they have changed the way we race.
Oops.
They could get away with close-up on the tandem stuff, but these big packs just won't allow for it.
ReplyDeleteMike Joy did a great job doing a recap of all the changes/penalties after pit stops.
ReplyDeleteLarry just shouted four wide, but I can't see it from a camera under the bumper.
Anon your the one that kills it for us. grow up go somewhere else get a hobbie... go sleep with a boy or somthing cause you sure are gay!
ReplyDeleteFox can you cover every race like this???!!!?!!
ReplyDeletePLEASE :) cause I love what im seeing so far
ReplyDeleteWhy all of a sudden - the Fox crew
ReplyDeleteDW Joy etc -- what is it with the
OVERLY LOUD TALKING AND TOO MUCH
TALKING?????
They were the last bastion of
hope and sanity. And Gordo..will
not can not win .. because when
he brings th kid to the race ..
no can do.
Of course he is NO CAN DO for the
last few years Peace Oot
FOX has done a better job taking DW's claim how hard the drivers are working and showing it on tv. I feel very focused into the race rather than feeling disconnected like the past few FOX races.
ReplyDeleteWe've seen more of the side-by-side battles in the back of the pack rather than watching single file drafting in the front.
They have kept the cameras wide and kept a nice perspective of the pack.
What they need to work on:
- They haven't really documented how hot the water temps. are in the cars. They haven't given us an answer what the problem was with the 78 and the 39...now they are doing the 39 as I type
Is it so difficult to put a stopwatch on a pit stop?
ReplyDeleteNow is not the time to go to Jeff Hammond!
ReplyDeleteWhat drivers are overheating the most? Are there temperature differences between Chevy/Ford/Dodge/Toyota? Pit reporters - where are you?
I liked that Jeff Hammond segment. it was quick and unique...
ReplyDeleteLove the way fox is presenting this race... reminds me of when Fox was king when it came to covering Nascar
I wish whatever company that pays for the mid-race report mess would rather direct their money towards side-by-side commercials. Show me more of the race, don't take away from it.
ReplyDeleteif Fox covered every race like this I think all the talk of boring green flag racing would be silenced cause when you show us the racing we forget about the wrecks cause id rather see the battles than just 2 cars (cause when you make the coverage boring people want excitment so there mind turns to wanting to see somthing other than just hyper tight coverage!)
ReplyDeleteJeff Hammond would be great if they just made him a pit reporter. He knows the equiptment, the strategies, the people, and the right questions to ask. He belongs on pit road instead of searching around for something to report.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame he is at FOX because they have the most qualified reporters and no room for him. He could work the TNT pits instead of Turner borrowing the SPEED guy. He also knows more about the pits than ESPN's Jamie Little and Vince Welch combined.
Kudos to Mike Joy responding to DW's stupidity. Clearly Biffle and Kenseth don't like each other because they aren't drafting together. Earth to DW, there's 8 cars between them.
ReplyDeleteGordo could never ever win today.
ReplyDeleteI have told the team that Gordo
nevahhh wins with the Kid in the
Garage area. Of course he hasnt
won many times anyway.
And DW -- has been singing the
praises of Gordo. all year long.
Get me outa here before I say
something like
THE ANNOUNCERS TALK TO MUCH AND
TOO LOUD AMEN
FOX needs to show the intervals more. I know they are trying to catch the attention of the casual fans with the 200+ mph speeds highlighted in yellow. But that's been well established over 100 laps in, I'd like to see who is on the lead lap and who is a lap down at this point in the race.
ReplyDeleteWow, they loaded all the commercials in the second half of the race. Hopefully this is the last at 18 to go.
ReplyDeleteArghhhh...they missed that wreck.
ReplyDeleteAnother wreck missed live, ####ing in-car camera with less than 10 to go.
ReplyDeleteThere is a new post up for your post-race comments.
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