tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post2953294448641637612..comments2024-03-05T06:32:37.180-05:00Comments on The Daly Planet: In-Progress At Homestead: Happy Hour, Countdown, And Busch Series RaceDaly Planet Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comBlogger214125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-67590424450642750802007-11-18T01:20:00.000-05:002007-11-18T01:20:00.000-05:00Decent coverage. This is the first race in a whil...Decent coverage. This is the first race in a while that I have almost fully paid attention to on tv. They need to put a gag order on Rusty talking about Steven. Sorry, don't know who said it, but after the 2nd or 3rd caution, they came back and mentioned that the 10 had damage. It took 2 more cautions to find out what it was because they spent most of that time talking about Steven. It was only a matter of time until he wrecked.<BR/><BR/>It would have been nice if they updated who pitted and who didn't and what the running order was after the pit stops. This would have been especially helpful after the Ragan incident to find out who was still on the lead lap and who was caught a lap down. Thank goodness for fox sports/msn. I was able to find out where my driver was.<BR/><BR/>More attention should be paid to the Busch-only regulars. Jason Leffler finished 3rd in the points, from a Busch team that has no Cup backing, and was battling Harvick for that position. 4 of the top 10 in points are Busch-only regulars. Sure most of the Cup guys didn't run the full schedule, but those 4 teams ran without the major cup $$. (stepping off soapbox now.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-3587848497049289492007-11-17T23:35:00.000-05:002007-11-17T23:35:00.000-05:00I just want to know what happened to McDowell in t...I just want to know what happened to McDowell in the 00? According to the ticker, he was running 12th with 24 laps to go. Then suddenly he was in 32nd and listed as "OFF". Never heard the reason why on ESPN2.<BR/><BR/>And why did they interview Matt Kenseth? Sure, he made it into the top 10, but why not use that time to interview David Reutimann or Jason Leffler?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-65869620624376610122007-11-17T22:54:00.000-05:002007-11-17T22:54:00.000-05:00JD, when NASCAR Happy Hour re-airs, will it be the...JD, when NASCAR Happy Hour re-airs, will it be the full hour or the shortened version we saw earlier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-72538672602499020002007-11-17T21:47:00.000-05:002007-11-17T21:47:00.000-05:00Overall I enjoyed the coverage today.The Countdown...Overall I enjoyed the coverage today.<BR/><BR/>The Countdown show was excellent, with AB clearly showing why the fans enjoy his commentary.<BR/><BR/>I keep watching some old ESPN races, trying to compare them to this season. Jerry Punch did such a great job on pit road. His voice is meant more for short 1-2 minute segments that inform the viewer of what's happening on the track. He would even be good at hosting the Countdown show.<BR/><BR/>I just pray that Allen gets back in the booth next season. I don't understand why he isn't already there. I like Jerry, but Allen is simply the best, and it's a waste for ESPN to have such great talent in a minimal role.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449782763625881545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-83115748693827096432007-11-17T21:40:00.000-05:002007-11-17T21:40:00.000-05:00Did you see the presentation? The owners champion...Did you see the presentation? The owners championship was in victory lane, there was no organization to it and the driver presentation didn't even include Mike Helton. There was no coordination. There should have been two presentations made on the stage at the start finish line.<BR/><BR/>Some may say, well that wasn't possible because RCR won the race...I would think that NASCAR would have a better plan for that scenario than what was displayed today.Haus14https://www.blogger.com/profile/06348382223779617438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-17498934456783228962007-11-17T21:20:00.000-05:002007-11-17T21:20:00.000-05:00haus20 said... Like others have noted, the champio...haus20 said... <BR/>Like others have noted, the championship presentations were a joke...<BR/><BR/>November 17, 2007 9:11 PM<BR/><BR/>why would you say that? this was the official ceremony. even if Carl clinched earlier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-24424137332069379142007-11-17T21:11:00.000-05:002007-11-17T21:11:00.000-05:00Like others have noted, the championship presentat...Like others have noted, the championship presentations were a joke...Haus14https://www.blogger.com/profile/06348382223779617438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-33988527795310602372007-11-17T20:58:00.000-05:002007-11-17T20:58:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-66658735216243138622007-11-17T20:48:00.000-05:002007-11-17T20:48:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-50994254927436524432007-11-17T20:41:00.000-05:002007-11-17T20:41:00.000-05:00@stricklinfan--they always do that if the champion...@stricklinfan--they always do that if the champion clinches early. They do the "unofficial" one where ever they clinch it but it's not "official" until Homestead. So if they clinch early they have 2 "ceremonies"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-60832684954453742812007-11-17T20:10:00.000-05:002007-11-17T20:10:00.000-05:00You would think that if the average age of the top...You would think that if the average age of the top 4 winners is 38 years old, they would have jumped at the chance of interviewing a 20 year old who came in 5th.elenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307257449151940082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-61477859888274903682007-11-17T20:06:00.000-05:002007-11-17T20:06:00.000-05:00I am really interested how the Cup Post race will ...I am really interested how the Cup Post race will be handled. ABC has a live award show immediately following the race. Both Speed and ESPN 2 over ran their programming block for the awards ceremonies. They had the ability to do that based on what was next on the tv schedule. Tomorrow does not allow for such an overrun for ABC.Haus14https://www.blogger.com/profile/06348382223779617438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-54060576554769833162007-11-17T20:05:00.001-05:002007-11-17T20:05:00.001-05:00For the most part all year ESPN's Busch Series rac...For the most part all year ESPN's Busch Series races have been pretty good quality. Allen Bestwick is certainly a better studio host than the football announcers are, but unfortunately Allen is only used on the Busch broadcasts.<BR/><BR/>No glaring issues with today's broadcast like missed restarts. The only big complaint I have besides Draft Tracks is their meltdown when that last caution flag fell in the middle of green flag pit stops. As soon as the yellow fell, the ESPN scoring crawl vanished and the announcers never followed up on who got trapped a lap down and who didn't, and who the Lucky Dog was during that yellow. This was a critical moment in the race and the viewers were left clueless as to how exactly the field shook out as a result of that untimely yellow. We could kind of make sense of things after the crawl returned after the restart, but we had to wait far too long with zero running order information during that extended caution flag.<BR/><BR/>I hope tomorrow's broadcast is at least as good as today's broadcast, but based on today's Happy Hour debacle where only 8 out of 43 cars appeared on camera during the session and almost all of the time was devoted to Johnson and Gordon, I'm not holding my breath.stricklinfan82https://www.blogger.com/profile/01808897974344304657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-50340572163890170542007-11-17T20:05:00.000-05:002007-11-17T20:05:00.000-05:00Wow,Those presentations were a bit rough tonight. ...Wow,<BR/><BR/>Those presentations were a bit rough tonight. Going to be interesting tomorrow. <BR/><BR/>Lots of credit to Jerry Punch for keeping focused and pumped-up despite his "sailing" issue returning. Rusty and Andy were fine, just not fine together. <BR/><BR/>Great pictures, good graphics, and no crazy music videos. Few TV gizmos and no one on-camera during green flag racing. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if the ESPN boys read the posts on the feature story from Friday night? They certainly did a lot of things that NASCAR fans asked them to do.<BR/><BR/>What a nice way to end the year that would be, a little pop for The Daly Planet!<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for all your comments on the Busch Series events this season. It has absolutely been a blast.Daly Planet Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-82968267378933961432007-11-17T20:01:00.000-05:002007-11-17T20:01:00.000-05:00I think the fact that Allen was taken out of the C...I think the fact that Allen was taken out of the Countdown booth to interview Edwards tells us how little confidence ESPN and/or NASCAR has in ESPN's other reporters to do a respectable job. I'm sure A;;en will do the interview tommorrow as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-77291318478198143692007-11-17T19:56:00.000-05:002007-11-17T19:56:00.000-05:00My race coverage grade is a solid B+Did Todd Bodin...My race coverage grade is a solid <BR/>B+<BR/>Did Todd Bodine fly away? refuse to talk? Tell me!! Also the not re setting the field was cheezy, Mark Martin overload,the Carl thing.<BR/>It was nice to hear Doc sounding interested, we got some post race, not to much draft track, way better camera work (give them an A)<BR/>crusty was well ...crusty. Many more pit reports, all in all much better.<BR/>Hope we get at least as good for the Cup - maybe better?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-17932746256565734322007-11-17T19:52:00.000-05:002007-11-17T19:52:00.000-05:00The did not interview David as the possible rookie...The did not interview David as the possible rookie of the year. <BR/><BR/>Did not put the standings for the entire field, only the top 10.<BR/><BR/>Post race lasted longer than I thought. This is not ESPN fault or domain, but what a lousy presentation of the owner's trophy!! <BR/><BR/>And can't they have a wireless mike!elenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307257449151940082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-87820110156624606772007-11-17T19:51:00.000-05:002007-11-17T19:51:00.000-05:00Wish they would have said who the Rookie of the Ye...Wish they would have said who the Rookie of the Year for the Busch Series was.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003781121938153072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-42399735652879545022007-11-17T19:48:00.000-05:002007-11-17T19:48:00.000-05:00It would have been nice to see more post-race cove...It would have been nice to see more post-race coverage but it makes sense to get to the football game in time for kickoff, as long as we at a minimum got a victory lane interview.<BR/><BR/>Had it not been for the 2nd Carl Edwards championship ceremony in 2 weeks we would have heard from many more drivers so I didn't like that decision.<BR/><BR/>It's a shame that Brian Keselowski didn't get any love on TV though. What that guy has done in his last two starts with next-to-nothing equipment-wise has been nothing short of miraculous. I've seen him run short tracks in ARCA in person and he's a tremendous talent, certainly worthy of a full-time ride with a good NASCAR team.stricklinfan82https://www.blogger.com/profile/01808897974344304657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-9738636220577521012007-11-17T19:46:00.000-05:002007-11-17T19:46:00.000-05:00Brett...please be wrong. JJ fan or not I might ha...Brett...please be wrong. JJ fan or not I might have to turn the TV offNewracefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16324764517098771035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-67969135039994052872007-11-17T19:45:00.000-05:002007-11-17T19:45:00.000-05:00I'm impressed that they stayed w/the post-race cov...I'm impressed that they stayed w/the post-race coverage, but I bet it was under the threat of Death!!PammHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300459856268781781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-75404581938123858702007-11-17T19:44:00.000-05:002007-11-17T19:44:00.000-05:00IF Allen is the telecast host tonight and he is pr...IF Allen is the telecast host tonight and he is presenting the trophies. Does this mean that Brent Musberger or Suzy Kolber will present the trohpies tomorrow? Since they are the ones hosting the telecast. OH boooooy. I hope not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-67550227384792543492007-11-17T19:43:00.000-05:002007-11-17T19:43:00.000-05:002 minutes until kick-off.2 minutes until kick-off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-179688760431877732007-11-17T19:41:00.000-05:002007-11-17T19:41:00.000-05:00Coverage- better but... Didn't cover enough of the...Coverage- better but... Didn't cover enough of the "other" cars. No complete field reset or thru the field. What happened to Todd Bodine. Few mistakes that the other guys in the booth or the mistakee didn't correct. That said if they cover the cup race like this tomorrow I won't be screaming at the TV. <BR/>Post race- good so far but hopefully we'll hear from other driversNewracefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16324764517098771035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-16750603564519874842007-11-17T19:40:00.000-05:002007-11-17T19:40:00.000-05:00What's the deal with spending the rest of the on-a...What's the deal with spending the rest of the on-air time to do ANOTHER championship ceremony for Carl Edwards? Didn't we see this same exact thing at Texas 2 weeks ago?stricklinfan82https://www.blogger.com/profile/01808897974344304657noreply@blogger.com