tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post715590229437111613..comments2024-03-05T06:32:37.180-05:00Comments on The Daly Planet: NASCAR.com In The SpotlightDaly Planet Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-9751287338246943412008-11-06T14:03:00.000-05:002008-11-06T14:03:00.000-05:00two or three years ago, i had nascar.com as my hom...two or three years ago, i had nascar.com as my home page but no longer.<BR/><BR/>* too much visual clutter on each and every page.<BR/>* weak reporting: track smack used to be my favorite but now, it's just silly<BR/>* behind in results posting: i should be able to turn off the race and immediately go to nascar.com to get result. i can't.<BR/>* no live coverage of n'wide and truck practices or qualifying speeds/runs<BR/>* little coverage of n'wide and almost no truck coverage at all: should be re-named nascarcupseries.com<BR/>* auto play video on home page is one of the reasons i don't bookmark the homepage on my laptop: if i'm interested, i'll key up a video but i detest going to the homepage and having a commercial blare at me.<BR/>* this would be the ideal place to turn for videos/articles that highlight the history of nascar. will we ever have a concerted effort to promote the history of the sport to the fans!?<BR/>* and what's with that big white block at the bottom of the page to the left of the "remember to check out" column and below the poll box? <BR/><BR/>all that being said: racebuddy was a gigantic positive for me and i miss it terribly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-55496025504158806252008-11-05T20:59:00.000-05:002008-11-05T20:59:00.000-05:00Oh I forgot - its NASCAR right?Could they add the ...Oh I forgot - its NASCAR right?<BR/><BR/>Could they add the other series there ?<BR/><BR/>JD when they censor Tonys channel on Pit Command its a series of beeps & clicks, sometimes they miss one or are late with the click. Not only do you get deafening silence for long periods half way thru a rant & then its back - next swear word garbled again.<BR/><BR/>No its not an accidental drop, its censorship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-3539425723820047822008-11-05T20:49:00.000-05:002008-11-05T20:49:00.000-05:00I used to go to NASCAR.com daily. Now its just to...I used to go to NASCAR.com daily. Now its just too cluttered and busy. And not enough user info. How about the green flag time? Not the TV coverage time, the green flag.<BR/><BR/>And Stop Editing the Pit Command during the race! I pay to hear the driver not silence & beeps. I probably will renew monthly for Feb to see if they quit "saving the children & delicates" if not I'll cancel.<BR/>Spend time getting it sync'd closer to the race.<BR/><BR/> Back to the front page - if they would drop the instant on of whatever video clip is on, let me decide if I want to hear it. Thanks. Also the extra links on the right to link to race view, pit command are really a waste of space.<BR/><BR/>Put the articles on 1 page, 2 or 3 pages is silly.<BR/>And I have to keep resetting the text larger for each page.<BR/><BR/>Way too many ads, offers on main page its hard to locate stuff quickly, so my bookmark is set to the News page to avoid the main page all together.<BR/><BR/>The website has a ton of info - its a shame I have to hunt & peck & search for it. <BR/>The site needs cleaned up - not nearly as bad as Speeds does. And all the links always work at NASCAR.com. <BR/><BR/>Final grade = B+Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-23141588458258409192008-11-05T19:47:00.000-05:002008-11-05T19:47:00.000-05:00Like others have posted, I was once a heavy user o...Like others have posted, I was once a heavy user of nascar.com. Since the redesign and loss of talent, I go to the site once a week to use the garage cams feature.Lisa Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816899271672467136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-43904445337735468512008-11-05T19:34:00.000-05:002008-11-05T19:34:00.000-05:00They've replaced solid reporters like Lee Montgome...<B>They've replaced solid reporters like Lee Montgomery and Marty Smith with idiots like Raygan Swan (can you say "stereotypical fluff?"). </B><BR/><BR/>Amen to that brother. The quality of the writing has fallen off dramatically over the last year or so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-37811061326797824722008-11-05T18:41:00.000-05:002008-11-05T18:41:00.000-05:00nascar.com's search is useless. I have better luck...nascar.com's search is useless. I have better luck with Google.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-53170314961794892202008-11-05T18:25:00.000-05:002008-11-05T18:25:00.000-05:00Too much useless CRAP on NASCAR.com!!!You can't se...Too much useless CRAP on NASCAR.com!!!<BR/><BR/>You can't see the "content" because of ALL the ads, twice as many ads as there should be!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-3322817593575657862008-11-05T18:02:00.000-05:002008-11-05T18:02:00.000-05:00My biggest beef with NASCAR.com, beyond the glut o...My biggest beef with NASCAR.com, beyond the glut of ads, is the lack of support for the trucks. The series deserves a online lap tracker during the truck race events. <BR/><BR/>fbuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-17784602973170134992008-11-05T15:16:00.000-05:002008-11-05T15:16:00.000-05:00I don't go to nascar.com either,but I was wonderin...I don't go to nascar.com either,but I was wondering if the scanners were as hard to understand as what they put on tv during the race. When I was into CB radios my s--- sounded a million times better than their radios. All that static is very hard on the ears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-35813317664869024412008-11-05T14:57:00.000-05:002008-11-05T14:57:00.000-05:00Guess I can't comment on this subject. I stopped g...Guess I can't comment on this subject. I stopped going to nascar.com about a year ago. I could not stand the video that started up automatically. The rest of the site just makes me dizzy!<BR/><BR/>Way too much..trish in nchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01031484257184031559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-10209924318424589642008-11-05T14:36:00.000-05:002008-11-05T14:36:00.000-05:00Last weekends race I was able to determine that th...Last weekends race I was able to determine that they are censoring JG on trackpass. While listening to Hotpass, before the final caution, Letart asked JG what he wanted done to the car and JG's response was "F-Bomb I don't know". About 30 seconds later on Trackpass it was "I don't know". I thought I had heard wrong and rewound the DVR and listened again to Hotpass, yes they had censored it on Trackpass. Even Randy Pemberton commented that sometimes the drivers get frustrated after JG's outburst. After that I started noticing more was being cut from Trackpass.<BR/><BR/>So the 30 second + delay is not only internet related, but it is part of censoring. About a month ago Trackpass was only about 10 seconds behind Hotpass's scanner.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06158542903007550535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-6462170906084552172008-11-05T14:18:00.000-05:002008-11-05T14:18:00.000-05:00The first time I checked NASCAR.com I found it clu...The first time I checked NASCAR.com I found it cluttered, it impressed me as a giant pop-up ad, and I realized its primary purpose was just to sell me something. In particular, I found no way to provide any comment, unless it was about a product ordered. I know I can find much better information elsewhere, so I only go to it once or twice a season, as a last resort, when I cannot find a Truck or N-wide race on the radio. In my opinion NASCAR deserves to be soundly criticized for its short-sighted decision to sell part of its soul to Time Warner - both the website and the poor quality TNT coverage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-85412446978641728572008-11-05T13:17:00.000-05:002008-11-05T13:17:00.000-05:00I'm with Boyd. About the only time I go to Nascar...I'm with Boyd. About the only time I go to Nascar.com is Thurs. afternoons for Track Smack. That is becoming less often as that piece has really dropped off since Marty left.<BR/><BR/>For me, the Nascar.com home page just throws way too much information (pictures, video, ads, text, links) at you at once. Its easier to get my information from other sources than to wade through all the visual white noise. I also find that the writing is generally bland, whether its a race recap or the opinions. It just doesn't stand apart from all the other Nascar musings available, whether they are online postings from "legitimate" outlets like newspaper/TV sites or from the myriad online only sources.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04534394751236374490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-23111192146888912972008-11-05T13:09:00.000-05:002008-11-05T13:09:00.000-05:00Like others here, I used to go to the page everyda...Like others here, I used to go to the page everyday, because there was always something new or a weekly column that I wanted to read. (Part of the issue is that they've lost all the good talent. I'm not quite sure how some of these "writers" got hired, but none of them are worth reading anymore.)<BR/><BR/>Now I only visit on raceday to listen to the scanner. I'd use pit command more, but it rarely works for me. There are a few people in the world who use Mac. It would be nice if nascar.com would at least try to offer something that's somewhat compatible with our systems.JHDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09520556026815084964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-45267677624111688122008-11-05T12:55:00.000-05:002008-11-05T12:55:00.000-05:00NASCAR ought to be embarrassed that this site carr...NASCAR ought to be embarrassed that this site carris its name.<BR/><BR/>It doesn't supply much info about Cup, but it supplies even less about NNS, less still about NCTS, and the regional seris? Forget it.<BR/><BR/>This site should be my first stop for NASCAR news and info, but it isn't. Except for the raceday interactive features, I have no reason to visit at all.<BR/><BR/>Even the Power Rankings, which used to be hilarious a couple of years ago--I looked forward to reading them--are just not even funny anymore.<BR/><BR/>And please, stop it with the the full-volume video that starts when you open the page. It's obnxious and keeps me from even going there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-72209642796397923732008-11-05T12:31:00.000-05:002008-11-05T12:31:00.000-05:00In addition to all the previous comments, have you...In addition to all the previous comments, have you noticed that once a race finishes, you need to go to another site to get info on the finishing order if you want it right away?<BR/><BR/>They are incredibly slow to update results or post articles.<BR/><BR/>And what's with Live Leaderboard for CUP only? Don't the other series warrant us having the same info for them?<BR/><BR/>At least we can RSS the news, or we can RSS specific driver news so we don't have to tinker with this complicated, overtly sales driven web site.<BR/><BR/>I think part of the issue is that it's hosted and sub-hosted.<BR/><BR/>I run with NoScript turned on in FireFox and you have to allow the different scripts to run. It's amazing how many different websites you need to approve to run to see some of the content and web options. The two primary ones being NASCAR.com and Turner.com.<BR/><BR/>Fascinating, ... indeed.<BR/><BR/>Bruce SimmonsBruce E Simmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346688016868831820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-29346057964446912602008-11-05T12:26:00.000-05:002008-11-05T12:26:00.000-05:00I have dial up service and NASCAR.com has been mov...I have dial up service and NASCAR.com has been moved down my list of favorites. When Marty was on the site, I visited every day. Then it got down to just on Thursday for Track Smack. Now that isn't thought provoking.<BR/>TDP is the first stop on my NASCAR list, then Jayski, and a few others.<BR/><BR/>The site loads slow and is way to cluttered to serve my needs. Besides I already know where to get merchandise.boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294840909356871860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-4078841519473220762008-11-05T12:20:00.000-05:002008-11-05T12:20:00.000-05:00Add another vote to what everyone has said above. ...Add another vote to what everyone has said above. I only use the News page a couple of times a week.Labbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920519648518535191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-77010102526530158622008-11-05T12:02:00.000-05:002008-11-05T12:02:00.000-05:00One of my biggest concerns with NASCAR.com is the ...One of my biggest concerns with NASCAR.com is the lack of attention paid to the series below the Cup series: NW, Trucks and regional. <BR/><BR/>In addition, the clutter has turned me to other sites such as Jayski and Race2win.net for the basics like driver/owner points, practice speeds, qualifying/race results, etc. Also, I miss the ability you used to have to sort the practice speeds by average time. Other than that there really aren't unique voices on NASCAR.com at this time.<BR/><BR/>Everything else I can think of right now has already being said.rb218https://www.blogger.com/profile/11736975665181739161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-34900205422537245742008-11-05T11:15:00.000-05:002008-11-05T11:15:00.000-05:00And the site is all shill, shill, shill for the NA...<B>And the site is all shill, shill, shill for the NASCAR store.</B><BR/><BR/>That's very true!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-57835402641672964172008-11-05T11:14:00.000-05:002008-11-05T11:14:00.000-05:00Anon 11:11AM,I have a feeling we will get an answe...Anon 11:11AM,<BR/><BR/>I have a feeling we will get an answer right here in the comments after a while. TDP readers have a way of providing good info at the right time.<BR/><BR/>Great tip on bookmarking the news page, wish I had thought of that one.<BR/><BR/>JDDaly Planet Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-8490173700482205852008-11-05T11:11:00.000-05:002008-11-05T11:11:00.000-05:00JD--I'd like it if you'd check into this alleged c...JD--<BR/><BR/>I'd like it if you'd check into this alleged censoring issue.<BR/><BR/>I don't believe it's intentional, because I hear a quite a bit of stuff every week you'd expect would be censored. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I routinely experience technical issues on all drivers' channels like audio drop out even when I don't think the driver was swearing.<BR/><BR/>I also don't see how they'd monitor 43 channels for obscenities for four hours.<BR/><BR/>Can you find out for us if they're really clipping the sound?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-6195466367125462182008-11-05T11:07:00.000-05:002008-11-05T11:07:00.000-05:00I usually just lurk on these posts but this one ma...I usually just lurk on these posts but this one made me want to comment! I used to go to NASCAR.com all the time but rarely go there now. The page is too junky--way too many links, no control over the blaring audio/video link starting up, too much memory-hogging flash--by the time you click on one picture trying to get a feature story, another has cycled into its place. You can no longer sort the practice speeds for average times to get a sense of who's really running well vs who nailed one fast lap. The audio on TrackPass is as much as 30 seconds behind (which is exaggerated when one also has HotPass) and frequently cuts out, has other channels interfering, and is inconsistently censored. They've replaced solid reporters like Lee Montgomery and Marty Smith with idiots like Raygan Swan (can you say "stereotypical fluff?"). And the site is all shill, shill, shill for the NASCAR store. Face it--all of the info on that site except the semi-live audio can be accessed thru other Internet sites, many of which are a lot easier to use. So why go to NASCAR.com for trashy junk? Their site is as badly designed as SPEED TV's is--but at least SPEED has fired their web designers and is working on a major overhaul to be fan friendly. NASCAR.com needs to do the same thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-26335647273253894022008-11-05T11:02:00.000-05:002008-11-05T11:02:00.000-05:003KillerBs said:"Skip the home page completely and ...3KillerBs said:<BR/>"Skip the home page completely and set your link to the News page instead. You get all the same stories with considerably less clutter"<BR/><BR/>That's exactly what I do. The home page is way too busy and hard to find info.Nan Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15903818483995757912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-20404764074278576052008-11-05T10:53:00.000-05:002008-11-05T10:53:00.000-05:00I don't like nascar.com's website. Very me...I don't like nascar.com's website. Very messy & cluttered. No website should have automatic videos when you log on, imo. I watch the videos at the library-it's all I go there for, except the scanner on Sundays. I listen to Jr. When he starts on a tirade, we get dead air. They just started doing that this yr & I DON'T like it. I pay for that service & expect to hear it all, the good & bad. We get some of it, because fingers aren't fast enough at times!! Nascar news & info comes from Jayski's site.PammHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300459856268781781noreply@blogger.com