tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post5856451708433114113..comments2024-03-05T06:32:37.180-05:00Comments on The Daly Planet: Busch Series at Richmond: In-Progress Race CommentsDaly Planet Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-68912810103598438772007-09-08T20:07:00.000-04:002007-09-08T20:07:00.000-04:00And in Houston there is not even a radio broadcast...And in Houston there is not even a radio broadcast of the race so we're stuck listening to the ESPN guys but the HD is terrific.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-12619438275398903252007-09-08T17:20:00.000-04:002007-09-08T17:20:00.000-04:00Laurie19fan - Yep, they came back from commercial ...Laurie19fan - <BR/><BR/>Yep, they came back from commercial and repeated a couple minutes of coverage from about 10 minutes earlier with Jeff Green finishing a qualifying lap and Jeff Burton's interview. Someone eventually woke up and realized what was happening, as in the middle of the repeated Burton interview, they cut instantly into the middle of Jeremy Mayfield's qualifying effort. More technical excellence from ESPN on display. Thanks guys!<BR/><BR/><BR/>As far as the Busch race coverage itself, I guess it was about average for them. Then again, it wasn’t very challenging, as it wasn’t a particularly exciting race. It was mostly follow-the-leader with Kyle Busch and/or Matt Kenseth up front all night.<BR/><BR/>Some random observations:<BR/><BR/>The 22 car was a big story during practice and qualifying after Mike Bliss had the run-in Morgan Shepherd during happy hour. As the race went on, Bliss was able to keep the wounded 22 car up in the top-10, and eventually finished 5th. Amazingly, ESPN (who covered the earlier practice incident extensively) chose to virtually ignore Bliss for almost the entire race!<BR/><BR/>I agree with the others who have commented here about Spake’s poor performance. She seems to try hard, but I don’t think she’s cutout for live pit road coverage during a race. Her victory lane interview was pretty dismal as well. I was hoping Kyle Busch would slap her (at least verbally) after her first question to him led off with: “It’s hard to believe, in 7 races you have led the most laps and ONLY visited victory lane twice…” Unfortunately, Kyle didn’t say anything! It seems like he’s been on his best behavior lately. I can only imagine how Tony Stewart would have responded to a “question” like that! It must be a major buzzkill to have to deal with these ESPN bozos in victory lane…<BR/><BR/>Rusty does a great “Baghdad Bob” impression whenever the 66 car or the 7 car is involved in an incident with another car on the track. It’s simply amazing that it’s almost never their fault. It’s always the other guy! Oh, and by the way, there are no American troops anywhere near Baghdad! I’m just waiting for the 66 and the 7 to wreck each other. How will Rusty assign blame then? I think his head might just explode. IT DOES NOT COMPUTE, IT DOES NOT COMPUTE!!! Last night, the production people were very helpful by carefully controlling the replays so we never got a good look at what really happened between the 66 and the 15…<BR/><BR/>Speaking of good ole Rusty, he seemed to be clueless about the imminent green-white-checkered finish after the red flag stoppage. He kept talking about a restart with 5 to go, oh no wait, there’s only 4 to go… Thankfully, Andy stepped in and explained that it was going to be a GWC.<BR/><BR/>It sure would have been nice to get some reaction from Carl Edwards, Mike Bliss, Matt Kenseth, etc. after the race.<BR/><BR/>cwebscwebshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13759294615493544438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-29731822704229509472007-09-08T13:46:00.000-04:002007-09-08T13:46:00.000-04:00Is there an official boycott yet??? If so where do...Is there an official boycott yet??? If so where do I sign up? NASCAR better wake up!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-58681137895218594882007-09-08T09:01:00.000-04:002007-09-08T09:01:00.000-04:00I think you are talking about the Busch race at Te...I think you are talking about the Busch race at Texas, when Brian Vickers "advanced" his position while being the leader of the race. There was good coverage that day by the booth guys and pit reporters with great replays. Unlike what we've seen from the world wide leader of mediocrity and pathetic reporting.<BR/>LaurieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-42926646851984414742007-09-08T02:11:00.000-04:002007-09-08T02:11:00.000-04:00@sophia--I know that they're in a room next door l...@sophia--I know that they're in a room next door listening--well Helton is anyway. Not sure where Brian is. A few years ago when we still had The Rock, during the Busch race, the boys explained something that happened. We fans understood exactly what they were saying. Well, Helton came over to "correct" them and we (and the boys) were all confused! I wish I could remember what it was, but they also addressed the situation in the drivers meeting for the Cup race.<BR/><BR/>@anonymous 11:02<BR/><BR/>*giggle*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-11391344935796241122007-09-08T00:08:00.000-04:002007-09-08T00:08:00.000-04:00And I'm getting sick of hearing Punch say "and we ...And I'm getting sick of hearing Punch say "and we just got back to green racing" after they come back from a commercial during a yellow. Not once have they been honest about this issue. It seems that we miss at the very least one lap of green flag racing after a yellow because their commericals run long. Hey Punch, stop lying and let us know how many laps they completed since you went to commercialAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-6615837082429515432007-09-07T23:02:00.000-04:002007-09-07T23:02:00.000-04:00ESPN was able to cherry pick the best people.Then ...<B>ESPN was able to cherry pick the best people.</B><BR/><BR/>Then how the heck did they end up with this crew that couldn't call a soapbox derby race?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-62601700395356245032007-09-07T22:55:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:55:00.000-04:00Everything aobut ESPN's race production way way wa...<B>Everything aobut ESPN's race production way way way better than anything I've seen from SPEED. It is amazin how poor a network whose sole focus is auto racing can't find people to commentate on a race that anyone other than a gear head geek can understand. </B><BR/><BR/>Ah, so <I>you're</I> the guy at ESPN who thinks we need to have everything explained to use every single week.<BR/><BR/>Do you also tell the MLB crews to explain foul balls each time they televise a game and the NFL guys to explain about all the different ways a team can score points?<BR/><BR/>SPEED covers racing the right way.<BR/><BR/>ESPN covers it as if they don't undrestand it, so they assume no one else does, either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-75204228399336046802007-09-07T22:47:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:47:00.000-04:00For the first time this season, ESPN's mediocre ra...For the first time this season, ESPN's mediocre race coverage has made me livid. I am really starting to seriously HATE ESPN's directors. <BR/><BR/>As the cars crossed the finish line, the drop down menu listed the order. It was only on the screen for a couple of seconds, time enough to read the top four or five names. We then had several minutes of Kyle Busch burn outs, several commercials, the stupid question interview (How does it feel...duh?) and a promo for the Cup race. They totally ignored 42 teams in their haste to get to boxing. <BR/><BR/>How can NASCAR allow such poor regard for the viewer? In my opinion, the NASCAR media people are just as guilty as ESPN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-44921727480853577872007-09-07T22:39:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:39:00.000-04:00Why why why does espn make us suffer with Shannon ...Why why why does espn make us suffer with Shannon Spake and Jamie Little. Victory lane was an embarrassment. Please espn give back your NASCAR package or have your people watch the Fox races. Now they know how to get it done, from the booth to the pits. They are the best. You are ruining the sport for us fans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-91570166825642377602007-09-07T22:36:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:36:00.000-04:00Overall race coverage I give it a solid B.The grap...Overall race coverage I give it a solid B.<BR/><BR/>The graphics specifically the bottom scroll are annoying as hell. Theres already a few inches at the top taken by the running order. <BR/><BR/>The finish no run down at the line. However they are showing the complete order during the winners interview.<BR/><BR/>I wish I could mute Rusty's mic and only hear the other 2 guys in the booth. Even then it would have been like listening to a funeral procession.<BR/><BR/>Very limited use of draft track. I only caught it once.<BR/><BR/>Very limited use of the "tech center" and was still pointless to use it then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-14504898620433992902007-09-07T22:31:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:31:00.000-04:00Another boring race from ESPN, what else is new? B...Another boring race from ESPN, what else is new? By the way Shannon Spake was horrible tonight.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01988471480672742838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-24025084157901857712007-09-07T22:27:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:27:00.000-04:00Erik, NASCAR gave ESPN the exclusive rights to a d...Erik, NASCAR gave ESPN the exclusive rights to a daily NASCAR show. That's why there isn't one on SPEED.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-66792749769386305542007-09-07T22:25:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:25:00.000-04:00The Boxing is on tape delay. CERTAINLY they will s...The Boxing is on tape delay. CERTAINLY they will show a short wrap up I hope?<BR/><BR/>I had to laugh out loud when I walked into the room earlier and saw the Daffy Draft Tracker, LMAO.<BR/><BR/>Ugh.<BR/><BR/>Pitiful waste of tv screen time.Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789033556426951026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-17978935927326908732007-09-07T22:22:00.001-04:002007-09-07T22:22:00.001-04:00Erik said...Everything aobut ESPN's race productio...Erik said...<BR/>Everything aobut ESPN's race production way way way better than anything I've seen from SPEED.<BR/>----<BR/><BR/>Shouldn't you be drinking like 20 volt or vault whatever it is cola and practicing your hype for tomorrows NASCAR now :)<BR/><BR/>But on a serious note You must be kidding or trolling for a flame war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-78759089375250745482007-09-07T22:22:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:22:00.000-04:00I also do not understand the constant bashing of N...I also do not understand the constant bashing of NASCAR Now. It beats the snot out of the daily NASCAR how on SPEED ... oops, thats right, they don't got a daily NASCAR show. That really shows what SPEED thinks about NASCAR fans. Where were they for Michigan? They could care less. Now, go watch your Pinks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-20276857669748176812007-09-07T22:18:00.001-04:002007-09-07T22:18:00.001-04:00OK, now that video is a nice little history lesson...OK, now that video is a nice little history lesson from ESPN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-6897524467106012982007-09-07T22:18:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:18:00.000-04:00Uh oh, looks like the race is gonna run into boxin...Uh oh, looks like the race is gonna run into boxing with this red flag. Let's hope we at least get a winner's interview.stricklinfan82https://www.blogger.com/profile/01808897974344304657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-73978731983089787862007-09-07T22:15:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:15:00.000-04:00Erik Kueslies?Erik Kueslies?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-69731493371671107862007-09-07T22:12:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:12:00.000-04:00If Alan is the best than why is he relegated to pr...If Alan is the best than why is he relegated to pre-race host and pit reporter? And by the way, NO ONE at ESPN can describe the action.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-29210000007457771422007-09-07T22:11:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:11:00.000-04:00I knew there had to be someONE who enjoys the ESPN...I knew there had to be someONE who enjoys the ESPN broadcast.<BR/><BR/>GlennAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-68814752211699677002007-09-07T22:09:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:09:00.000-04:00Erik,Does your last name happen to start with a K?...Erik,<BR/><BR/>Does your last name happen to start with a K? :)stricklinfan82https://www.blogger.com/profile/01808897974344304657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-62898677036982074422007-09-07T22:08:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:08:00.000-04:00Matt, umh, yeah, the problem with the so called ex...Matt, umh, yeah, the problem with the so called experts is they can't describe what is going on during a race at all. ESPN was able to cherry pick the best people. Alan Bestwick is the best in the business. Nobody on that other minor network comes anywhere close.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-35638183227534139402007-09-07T22:03:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:03:00.000-04:00Wow. Shannon SPOOK as I have seen her called, so ...Wow. Shannon SPOOK as I have seen her called, so needs to go along with<BR/>Jamie and Rusty "I wanna hear my voice" Wallace.<BR/><BR/>Geez. I am counting the hours to tomorrow night. I hope it's the MRN boys but I will take PRN over this tv crew.<BR/><BR/>Death of NASCAR indeed.<BR/><BR/>I STILL WANT AN ANSWER to this question:<BR/><BR/>DOES HELTON OR FRANCE EVER WATCH A TV BROADCAST?<BR/><BR/>They MUST be aware of how dreadful it is..and this can NOT be good for ratings.<BR/><BR/>Or for us fans who just love the racing without the gimmicks.<BR/><BR/>There was so much stuff on my TV during qualifying and almost needed a motion sickness pill.<BR/><BR/>Geez. Get rid of the graphics and I HATE THAT STUPID PERPETUAL ESP U crawl on the bottom of the screen.<BR/><BR/>I need some chocolate.<BR/><BR/>:-)Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789033556426951026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-71350372766924377712007-09-07T22:02:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:02:00.000-04:00Umm...Erik, aren't the best people for broadcastin...Umm...Erik, aren't the best people for broadcasting any sporting event ones who actually know the sport? This is not "NASCAR for Dummies" 90% of the people who watch NASCAR (or any sport) are regular viewers. How can you think that catering to the lowest common denomenator is the way to broadcast a race? That thinking is completely backwards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com