tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post7410074144730078327..comments2024-03-05T06:32:37.180-05:00Comments on The Daly Planet: Does Anyone Miss "Tradin' Paint?"Daly Planet Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-86142636546435477812009-03-03T19:07:00.000-05:002009-03-03T19:07:00.000-05:00I very much miss this Trading Paint. Wish SPEED wo...I very much miss this Trading Paint. Wish SPEED would reconsider. BTW so glad you are back.<BR/>KendriaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-31553862463949362962009-02-24T12:20:00.000-05:002009-02-24T12:20:00.000-05:00Too bad I'm 3 days late commenting on this column....Too bad I'm 3 days late commenting on this column. Relatively speaking, I miss "Tradin' Paint", when the alternative is the ironically named "NASCAR Smarts" (I still can't grasp how Rutledge can possibly be a part of anything with "Smart" in the title; Can anyone explain his value?). Does "it played itself out" mean Kyle played himself out of a ride? <B>bevo,</B> raised an interesting alternative substituting KP with Jeff Burton (many active drivers are competent, knowledgeable candidates, such as, Smoke, Elliot Sadler, Bobby Labonte, Harvick, Mayfield). I think Ray Dunlap could be a better host/anchor/mediator for a Tradin' Paint/Pit Bull style show. If Speed insists on programming more reality/game shows, a la Pass Time, Pinks, etc., then make a contest out of the Petty Driving Experience. If Speed won't bring back Tradin' Paint, then I'd rather see a Friday/Saturday wrap-up like NASCAR in a Hurry because I'm sure there's many like me that miss most of the Friday activities because of work.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296753538273585842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-15017424860971026332009-02-23T17:15:00.000-05:002009-02-23T17:15:00.000-05:00Kudos to Glenc1 for pointing out the advertising t...Kudos to Glenc1 for pointing out the advertising tie-in for Smarts. (I like the ask.com NASCAR commercials but their in-race promos may be a little too much).<BR/><BR/>Yes, I miss Tradin' Paint and I miss Kyle Petty. The fact that he doesn't have a ride would have given him even more freedom. I'm kinda new to NASCAR but clearly there's no other sport that so tightly manages its image, its athletes -- everything. Tradin' Paint was a refreshing counter-balance to that. Plus, the credibility of Petty and media figures was a nice counter-balance to Speed's own tendency to get a little clownish with their coverage. If Tradin' Paint was played out as a stand-alone show, it certainly should come back as a segment within Trackside or pre-race programming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-51749141726007903022009-02-23T16:34:00.000-05:002009-02-23T16:34:00.000-05:00I would like to trade NASCAR Smarts and get Tradin...I would like to trade NASCAR Smarts and get Tradin' Paint back. NASCAR Smarts is laughable, for all the wrong reasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-11730943355462075902009-02-23T16:19:00.000-05:002009-02-23T16:19:00.000-05:00I do miss Tradin' Paint, but I do not, however, mi...I do miss Tradin' Paint, but I do not, however, miss the episodes that had Jenna Fryer in them. Never cared for her columns. Certainly cared for them even less after seeing her on Tradin' Paint and hearing her on various radio shows. Little genuine content with way too much attitude - of course that is about par for the course given her employer, the AP. They seem to just want sensationalistic pieces of late, true ot not, researched at all or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-39661519270863340862009-02-23T12:16:00.000-05:002009-02-23T12:16:00.000-05:00I miss "Tradin' Paint", though I preferred "Pit Bu...I miss "Tradin' Paint", though I preferred "Pit Bulls" to it. But I'll gladly sacrifice TP to have the Daly Planet back--glad you're back, JD!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-50672620625332005962009-02-22T23:12:00.000-05:002009-02-22T23:12:00.000-05:00I miss Tradin Paint. I finally saw all of NASCAR ...I miss Tradin Paint. I finally saw all of NASCAR Smarts & now I get it. It's just an advertisement for Ask.com. I'm glad to see new sponsors in a sport, but...pretty obvious.<BR/><BR/>To pair Kyle with Rutledge is laughable. Sad, really, no way could Wood compete with a guy who lived through the last 30 years.glenc1https://www.blogger.com/profile/16502120401536207092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-20765344544826316312009-02-22T07:22:00.000-05:002009-02-22T07:22:00.000-05:00What races are the best to actually listen too eac...What races are the best to actually listen too each season? I'll tell you: its the six races called by Kyle Petty and Wally Dahllenbach. When those guys start talking, you listen because you have 2 guys who know what they're talking about. Same goes with Tradin' Paint. Cancelling that show was the dumbest move Speed could have made. It's called sucking up and that's too bad. I'm a huge Kyle Petty fan and believe it or not, the shows that had Jenna Fryer on were my favorites. They're like fire and gasoline and I love it. Nascar smarts or whatever they call it is idiotic. I am pretty sure that Roberts and Petty are on it just because their contracts said they had to do whatever Speed told them to do. What a shame. Its not the first time though. Remember Ned Jarrett's show? Newer fans probably don't but that was the best nascar news on television. The best always go away. I hope Tradin paint isn't gone forever though.<BR/>RickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-42231402049958924012009-02-21T20:35:00.000-05:002009-02-21T20:35:00.000-05:00Thanks for the link to Steve's post about the awfu...Thanks for the link to Steve's post about the awful replacement to Trading Paint. <BR/><BR/>The NASCAR internet is a better place with the Planet in it. Hang in there J.D.Charlie Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134728541707491528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-71045172847547898892009-02-21T19:29:00.000-05:002009-02-21T19:29:00.000-05:00I have been a Petty fan (and still am) since the h...I have been a Petty fan (and still am) since the hemi days and have a great deal of respect for Kyle and RP, although I have been a little disappointed in both of them recently. Tradin' Paint, Monday NASCAR Now, and The Speed Report were my favorite non-event racing shows last year. However, if I had to choose between Tradin' Paint and TDP, my vote would be for TDP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-41669373704282311472009-02-21T18:04:00.000-05:002009-02-21T18:04:00.000-05:00I don't like Smarts at all. Like many of you, I a...I don't like Smarts at all. Like many of you, I also miss Pit Bull.Vicky Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13084198036514255332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-43690892113248588232009-02-21T17:42:00.000-05:002009-02-21T17:42:00.000-05:00I don't miss Tradin Paint. We were at the Childre...I don't miss Tradin Paint. We were at the Childress museum before the Martinsville race last year and Kyle Petty said that "Nascar doesn't need the lunatics running the asylum". That statement was made in response to the question should NASCAR pay more attention to what the fans say about the sport. I was very disappointed to hear Kyle have such a low opinion of the fans who pay good money to attend races, buy souvenirs and ARE the reason why anyone gives a darn about racing. Without the fans, there is NO NASCAR. After that, I never watched the show again. The "game show" that replaced it, I didn't tune into that because Kyle was still on it and that type of programming doesn't interest me.GinaV24https://www.blogger.com/profile/10828669350024430018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-47722577013538890832009-02-21T17:18:00.000-05:002009-02-21T17:18:00.000-05:00I miss anything pertaining to NASCAR that is halfw...I miss anything pertaining to NASCAR that is halfway decent. It's a mystery to me why we don't see more good NASCAR content on SPEED. <BR/><BR/>Speaking of Speed, I have a real bone to pick. Last week on their pre-race Daytona show, the music over interviews was unbearable. It was impossible to understand dialogue because of loud music. Not only was the music loud it was totally unnecessary.<BR/><BR/>Apparently Speed has hired some incompetent artsy girlie man who is "supposed" to spice things up that need no spicing up. <BR/><BR/>On top of that, the Speed website would not accept a complaint. <BR/><BR/>Speed is hurting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-13586810007218971892009-02-21T14:58:00.000-05:002009-02-21T14:58:00.000-05:00Considering the bad blood that appears to be betwe...Considering the bad blood that appears to be between Kyle and his daddy Richard, over the merger of Petty Enterprises and GEM, Tradin' Paint would have been more than interesting if Kyle had been allowed to discuss that he was apparently shut out of the merger, and King Richard admitting that he "forgot" to include his son in the decision making. For me, Tradin' Paint was the one show where no one seemed to be afraid to speak their minds and ignored the politically correct "I love Nascar beyond anything" mantra. Nascar fans need a show like Tradin' Paint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-13370298803841659442009-02-21T14:45:00.000-05:002009-02-21T14:45:00.000-05:00so what would your perfect friday pm nascar talk s...so what would your perfect friday pm nascar talk show format be? how long? with whom? me, i'd opt for a new three-man 'pit bull' show, anchored by jimmy spencer. but the real problem of course is not on the set, but in the fox-speed executive offices, where david 'digger' hill is apparently more concerned about sponsorship dollars and gimmicks than letting the hounds loose. hill, remember, was the man who created the original pit bull show and coached those guys. what happened? Cant believe the big guy who is doing the wall street journal thing and the new york post stuff and all that other newspaper/media/whatall stuff isnt paying more attention to this nascar gig himself. wonder what the bottom line is on this whole nascar picture is for fox anyway -- news corp just lost $6 billion overall. is the problem just that with advertising dollars getting more scarce that tv people are too worried about ticking off advertisers. but then isn't tv journalism really just an oxymoron? oh, and would you accept a gig on the friday night set yourself?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-38259193522653036542009-02-21T14:41:00.001-05:002009-02-21T14:41:00.001-05:00The reason it was cancelled is just as you said, "...The reason it was cancelled is just as you said, "it played itself out". the last few shows were not tradin paint, it was all "I agree with you Kyle", it got boring so much that I had to turn it off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-37499225327060745222009-02-21T14:41:00.000-05:002009-02-21T14:41:00.000-05:00Speed should bring it back with Jeff Burton taking...Speed should bring it back with Jeff Burton taking the place of Kyle. He's smart and not afraid to voice his opinions, great presence in front of the camera and he's still a competitor.bevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07186936436307739896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-33980034630348082892009-02-21T13:51:00.000-05:002009-02-21T13:51:00.000-05:00While Tradin Paint wasn't always the greatest, it ...While Tradin Paint wasn't always the greatest, it was one of the few placed I had a shot at hearing a real opinion that wasn't pre approved by Nascar. Even though Kyle could get hot under the collar, his perspective, coming from being involved so long in the sport had value. With a few tweaks, it should have been kept.<BR/><BR/>As for the moronic (I seem to use that term frequently in relation to Nascar programming on television lately) 'replacement'...who are they trying to kid? I think they put it on to 'compete' with the Fox rodent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-65129956775815645372009-02-21T13:40:00.000-05:002009-02-21T13:40:00.000-05:00yes.yes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-38634717249596798752009-02-21T12:52:00.000-05:002009-02-21T12:52:00.000-05:00I liked Tradin Paint but am also not sure if Kyle ...I liked Tradin Paint but am also not sure if Kyle meets it's criteria anymore since he is no longer an active driver and how he lost his ride was pretty ugly in my opinion. The show itself was losing it's shine and just needed to be repolished; perhaps with a different "Nascar representative". I will say that perhaps the concept of a Nascar trivia gameshow may have some merit the execution is terrible and I will not be watching it. So Speed bring back Tradin Paint it was a much better show.Newracefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16324764517098771035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-36566280785203592162009-02-21T12:50:00.000-05:002009-02-21T12:50:00.000-05:00I personally enjoyed having a weekly NASCAR TV sho...I personally enjoyed having a weekly NASCAR TV show that wasn't afraid to tackle the issues of the week head-on. I especially enjoyed hearing the perspective of an active driver that wasn't afraid to be honest and willingly throw NASCAR, the media, or his fellow drivers under the bus when he felt it was warranted.<BR/><BR/>I was very disappointed that my hopes of an expanded time slot with an expanded panel for this show in 2009 were dashed and the show was cancelled altogether in favor of (in my opinion) a lackluster show with two random people plucked from the audience answering trivia questions for 30 minutes.<BR/><BR/>It sure is a shame in my opinion that in a week after countless storylines emerged at Daytona - should NASCAR have called the race that quickly?, should the Daytona 500 be allowed to be rain-shortened?, are these later and later starting times killing this sport and robbing the fans of complete races?, did Junior, Vickers, or NASCAR's out-of-bounds rule cause "The Big One"?, etc. - Speed Channel will turn a blind eye to these issues and spend the 30 minutes previously allocated to such discussions having two random fans from the audience trying to guess how many turns the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has, how many lugnuts a NASCAR tire has, and what the penalty is for getting caught speeding on pit road in a NASCAR race.stricklinfan82https://www.blogger.com/profile/01808897974344304657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-62233932139277378302009-02-21T12:48:00.000-05:002009-02-21T12:48:00.000-05:00Absolutely not! At what point did racing become no...Absolutely not! At what point did racing become not about racing and just entertainment? Let me watch a race on Sunday, without the 4 hours of pre-race trash.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-37174869145327742682009-02-21T12:46:00.000-05:002009-02-21T12:46:00.000-05:00Maybe they cancelled TP because Kyle was no longer...Maybe they cancelled TP because Kyle was no longer driving. If he was pissy last season, how would he be this season? You know the Petty/GEM deal would need to be discussed at some point, as well as the other M&As.<BR/><BR/>I watched the first show of N'smarts. Some of the questions seemed unfair. It kind of reminded me of the joke: Team 1, how many passengers died on the Titantic? Team 2, name them. <BR/><BR/>OT, What happened to NASCAR Live this AM? It was listed on the guide.Dothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701502016993312530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-25740087701748467602009-02-21T12:39:00.000-05:002009-02-21T12:39:00.000-05:00I miss Tradin' Paint alot. Although I did like Pi...I miss Tradin' Paint alot. Although I did like Pit Bull, however you could almost never hear what the reporters were saying because they yelled over each other all the time. Tradin' Paint may have been watered down, but you at least could hear each person's opinion on any given subject.<BR/><BR/>As to NASCAR Smarts, I am truly befuddled by this one. If you are going to ask questions on the history, ask good ones. Not the easy questions that just about anyone who knows NASCAR can answer.<BR/><BR/>The first show had a question on how many holes are in a restrictor plate. The correct answer is 8. There are 4 holes to "attach" it to the carb, and then an additional 4 to slow the engine down. Did anyone else come up with that answer? I would have argued til I was blue in the face, and I would have been right!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-2790481834503021672009-02-21T12:32:00.000-05:002009-02-21T12:32:00.000-05:00I may not have watched TP (I was more of a Pit Bul...I may not have watched TP (I was more of a Pit Bull fan), the replacement is horrible.<BR/><BR/>I guess they seem to think no one cares about the 'issues' any more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com