The second race of the six-event summer TV package from TNT originates from the Michigan International Speedway.
Lindsay Czarniak will host the Countdown to Green pre-race show. Kyle Petty and Larry McReynolds will be alongside. There is a lot to talk about this week.
Adam Alexander will call the race with Petty and Wally Dallenbach Jr. in the TV booth. Phil Parsons, Ralph Sheheen, Matt Yocum and Marty Snider are the pit reporters.
TNT's debut was a baptism by fire with rain stopping the race on the pace laps in Pocono. Czarniak filled time with McReynolds from an indoor studio using interviews and pre-recorded features. The weather in Michigan could also include some rain.
Alexander's debut featured a lot of accurate information, but little excitement. His even-tempered personality that served him quite well as a pit reporter did not translate into calling the racing action in the classic style. Perhaps he was playing it safe and we might see some additional play-by-play from him today.
Michigan is a wide and often boring track. Several races have been run without any caution periods. This is not the type of track where NASCAR may be inclined to look for a "debris" caution to better the show. This is also not a payback track due to the high speeds and danger.
The challenge for TNT is to get on top of the fuel strategies early on and keep that as the story. Races here have featured the leaders running out of fuel on the final lap many times. With the current green/white/checkered rules in place, fuel may be more of an issue than ever before.
Pictures from MIS are great, but the director has a challenge in following the leader, the ongoing stories and the best racing action. Sometimes, when things settle down, in-car cameras used live have a place at this track.
TNT will again offer RaceBuddy, the live online video companion you can access through the NASCAR.com website for free. TNT also has the million dollar challenge for this race. Simply pick the top ten finishing drivers in order and win a million dollars. NASCAR.com is again the place to sign-up for that contest.
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1 – 200 of 237 Newer› Newest»Hey JD am I having a "senior" moment or is the RaceBuddy link missing from the NASCAR.com web site?
Waaay down at the bottom Vince.
Thanks Pam, just showed up on the top of the page too.
Scroll down for the link on the main page.
Not many fans in the stands with only an hour to go until the green flag.
I bet if Nascar cut their schedule in half you would get more people at the tracks.
I live about and hour and a half or so northwest of the track. Between Grand Rapids and the lake shore. Overcast here and about 67 degrees. And humid! Hope the sprinkles stay away today for the race.
last week was asking why kyle wasn't twittering.. he lost his phone on his way to d.c. he has hit back and he is twittering during the show
If you look in the top right of racebuddy you will see there setup for the Pocono track.
Wish they'd put the TNT pre race show on RaceBuddy. I canceled my cable this week and just have OTA. :-(
"One of the hallmarks of Blogger is the importance of freedom of speech."
Does that apply equally here on TDP?
WHY were things moving/spinning during that interview with Harvick? vertigo. bad for watching for some...ugh
If Nascar cut their schedule in half a whole lot of people would be out of jobs.
Anon 12:20PM,
I was a journalism major in college. You have no clue to what "freedom of speech" actually means.
Stay within the topic we are discussing and you can offer any views. Just refrain from hateful speech and profanity.
TDP had over five million pageviews in 2009, I think we get it.
Any other problems, just drop me an email at editor@thedalyplanet.tv anytime.
Thanks,
JD
batchief, pretty good truck race yesterday!
From where I sit you have never wavered with your expectations of the participants of this forum. Good for you.
Tender moment and I could feel it when Larry mentioned Kyle as a race dad. Made me sad.
Very good truck race yesterday John. I especially enjoyed the pre-race show and the pit reporting.
I miss Davey too, but- with all respect, why all the time spent during pre-race on such a sad topic?
Sort of takes the festive mood away. Again with all respect.
After watching that outstanding Pride of Nascar piece w/ Davey Allison it's pretty weak to know that Fox's answer to this has been a cartoon about rodents and a fat sleezeball showing his butt crack and making fun of the drivers.
Watching the F1 race from Montreal. Huge tire casing right in driving line--but no debris caution--drivers have to deal with it. learn from this.
Are they controlling their own microphones? Both weeks so far in the pre-race show there's been off-air talk escaping on-air.
Where is Mark Fein this year? Lindsey is certainly better.
Hmm, this interview with the Hendrick drivers was taped in that indoor studio that no one knew TNT had. Wonder if that was at Pocono or or Michigan.
Marc Fein is working on the NBA for TNT.
I believe Fein might be helping with baseball on TBS....I'll have to switch over for a second at the top of the hour to see.
Ok, thanks. Mark never really fit in the race deal. He is better at B ball.
If you switch to TBS in about ten minutes, you should see Marc Fein, he's the studio host of MLB on TBS, among other things.
No one's mentioned it lately, but Lindsey has really taken well to Nascar. Living in the DC media market, I've watched her for years on the local NBC station, but that's mainly football-focused.
lindsey with the speeding ticket lol
she is a woman so its not a surprise
any word on ticket sales at MIS? crowd looked very thin there so close to green flag.
Anonymous @12:57 said...
lindsey with the speeding ticket lol
she is a woman so its not a surprise
care to explain that at all?
This show is far better than the claptrap we experienced on Speed. Different personalities make a hugh difference.
That was a cheap shot from Larry and destined to promote the women driver comments.
It could have gone un said and never mentioned.
She is doing a great job, putting her heart into her art and didn't need the assist from macho Mac. Notice Kyle took a no comment and good for him. She had emotion in her voice when she responded.
It's really easy to speed from the hotels in Ann Arbor to the track as the speed limits vary several times and go thru a bunch of Burgs.
Bad taste Larry.
ok, so as a marine brat, it pains me to say this but: great job by the army on that anthem!
Excellent anthem!
they pulled the shot of the planes off just as the one does the pull off in memory of those who have been lost.. missing man formation
excellent anthem & the flyover was outstanding!
Wish we had an anthem like that every race.
This should be an interesting day for Nascar ratings...what a sports day... F1 underway...college world series baseball....Steven Strasburg pitching on TBS..world cup with Germany...I wonder what Nascar will pull with this traditionally marginal race?
Excellent anthem. It doesn't look like the track or TNT is trying to hide the many empty seats. The previous attempts by Fox was like a man trying to hide his baldness with a comb-over.
Lindsay Czarniak vs. Chris Myers. Just sayin....
command: two words: self indulgent.
Well that was different!
The start your engine thing was just stupid.
Just one word for the command: Disgusting
James said he could not top his Daytona deal, so they had to do something different.
That was different....
Yikes!!!
one word: dumb
Happy RaceDay Planeteers :)
Nice anthem and no injuries today! We've already had some with the OTW gang & a few close calls!
Uhm....interesting command. At least Kevin didn't get on the ground and go into convulsions like he did last time :p
Lindsay Czarniak vs. Chris Myers.
She is much better much as I regret to say so.
So is Krista.
It's time for the ladies!
Let's go racing girls!
They are also easier on the lens.
Back at last.
Doing what I do best....Noticing like last week not NEEDING RB but have it up in case.
Hello planeteers! Great anthem, but that command, well, it looked like they were having fun, but I'm hoping that most of the drivers waited for the crew chief to tell them to start their engines.
I'm not a big fan of either sandler or james so that may be part of it.
Looks like a nice day.
Agree with "disgusting." Maybe I'm just too old for that kind of humor.
For some reason I'm picturing the drivers and teams thinking "We'd like to start the race today" during that command
captain morgan...what a joke
Welp, that was a dif command. Made me laff for sure! It was okay for once in awhile, but I like the traditional better.
New glasses on Kyle.
Drivers should of started engines and drowned those fools out.. Now THAT would of been funny
On start your engine - does nascar have no shame?
who's in the booth today doing PXP?
Gina, it will be Adam Alexander for all six of the TNT races.
I have to admit, though, that's the first time I've seen a celeb do a non-Daytona 500 command in quite sometime. Evidently the race sponsor didn't pay enough money to do the command.
RaceBuddy working OK for everyone?
Thanks, JD. I forgot that you said he was doing all 6 TNT races.
Hope that he finds his groove better than last week.
It occurs to me if we know who wears the firesuit, we also know who wears the ladies' underwear...
Racebuddy doing great on Dish in Va.
Kyle Petty tweeting from the booth this week. Could be fun.
Wow there is a lot of empty seat in all sections.And Kyles new glasses look good.
Am I the only one seeing the Pocono track in the upper right on race buddy.
RB working good for me so far.
Charlie, Pocono is on mine also but I scrolled down so it disappeared.
@red re: Lindsay speeding ticket. Don't you know men never get tickets...LOL!
I thought it was funny and Lindsay's response was great. If one of the guys got a ticket, they would have done same thing.
Command & Capt Morgan: Cringe worthy. Exactly why I can't watch races live.
RB working good here in Tampa w/ Brighthouse cable ( for now cable working)
Good coverage of this opening segment.
hi everyone! Race buddy isnt working in HD it looks all muddy??? and yes I have the pocono track in the corner of my screen as well?? Crowd is better then a year ago but not as good as the last August race at Michigan
Question: Did it look like the flyover pilots were about to do the missing man formation for Les Richter when the cameras panned back to the choir?
Kyle and Wally just talked about the draft at Michigan and Adam went ahead and asked them about it again like a minute later.
@WCD: well, i speed on a consistent basis and i have never received a speeding ticket. only time i've even been pulled over was for a busted rear light -- altho i was about 25 mph over the limit when he hit the lights!
loved that the guys called lindsay on it & appreciated the way she responded, tho!
@jennifer: i caught the "missing man" peel off formation before they moved back to the chorus.
Sure looked like the pilots were doing that when TNT whiffed.
SPEED almost missed it entirely for the Truck race yesterday.
Thank's y'all, I thought that happened.
OK, I just realized that I had listened to the entire 18 laps and didn't once think I need to turn off the sound.
Amazing.
Sophomore slump
whooo pit road was busy!
Hey, this is some good NASCAR TV folks!
2 tires by some Perhaps thats the reason why Robby Gordon picked up 26 spots???? NO Adam I would say for sure thats the reason he dosent have a clue
Just so refreshing to see decent camera angles and announcers talking about the race. I know Adam is struggling w/ PxP, but I will take that considering all the other positives in the TNT coverage.
Having a little problem with RB. My 4 small screens are mislabeled. Click Pitlane and get in-car. Click Battle and get Track
yes, it is. The camera work was great and I'm enjoying the commentary.
it almost feels weird to be enjoying the race
Robbie missed his pit first time around...
Thanks for the Robby comment. Wondered how he gained 26 spots on pit road.
13, 64, 87 all off. 13 may be out
It's seems the booth and Adam Alexander sound more alive this week.
Rich:
Same here.
RaceBuddy has a snafu . . . the PitRoad tab shows the In-Car images and the In-Car tab shows images from the helicopter.
Nemecheck back on track 6 down
Yeah I like how TNT presents are sport, much more clean cut and much better camera work!
Was journalism school where you learned the TDP Motto: "If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you?"
I love Michigan racing all over the place so sexy!!!
Give it a break, will ya? Grow up.
This is the best MIS racing we have seen in a long time. Adam is really working it on the play by play side. Must be weird doing something for the first time live on national TV.
Jennifer, I was noticing that, too. It's why I wasn't sure it was Alexander since last week it was all monotone. This week, so far, is much better.
And as Kyle just said, that is good racing. Side by side and able to pass -- woo hoo
71 off
How about both the Parsons cars missing the race? That solved a big issue for TNT this week.
09 off
Yeah, if only that happened every TNT race JD lol.
Wish they would show a little racing out of the top 15 though. It's been pretty heavy top 10 so far
Conway unscheduled pit stop
Yep, field recap time and ready for some stories.
See you have your personal troll back again this week JD.
46 off, 34 went behind the wall
RaceBuddy has some great overhead shots going on now. Click the In-Car tab to view.
Vince, takes all kinds to make a world buddy.
46 back on track, must have gotten some tires from a team that just used them
I'm enjoying RaceBuddy but don't really need it since TNT is doing such a good job with their coverage.
Really needed RaceBuddy during FOX since they refused to show the racing.
Makiki
Honolulu
Makiki, I have been using it for the in-car but it's lagging a bit behind the live TV.
jd, i'm keeping RB on battle cam w/o sound & watching/listening to booth as well. have the speed set to mostly match the tv. during commercials, it's all RB of course.
Did they show the debris.
Did TNT show the debris?
JD, if you refresh your RaceBuddy window, it will sync back up to real time.
Dale Jarrett. Caution free race
Did they just show the ENTIRE pitstop for the top 3 cars while keeping a view on he ENTIRE pitroad????
my god Fox is either crapping in their pants at seeing how it could be done, or most likely, off playing golf and not caring.
GREAT WORK TNT!!!!!
good info on bowyer
Question to Kyle Petty from fan:
why did Nascar throw a fake debris caution when the racing was good?
Answer from Petty: haha not sure...
Racebuddy was working fine with my low end computer until the race started and the leader board started up. The pictures are now jerky, stop and go.
To many moving parts for this computer.
anon unfortunately, I doubt that fox gives a rats butt about how well anyone else does.
the only way we could make an impact on that would be for every race fan next year to NOT watch any of the Fox broadcasts.
I love what TNT is doing --
My only complaint with RB, and it's a minor one, is when I switch views there is a 5 or 6 second delay when the sound and video cut out.
are people not logged in today or are they actualy watching the race and enjoying the coverage like we haven't been able to do with the FOx broadcasts???
just seems like comments are slow
so there was no debris? someone messed up
great visual and explanation link-up there w/the 88 being loose. yeah, i know it was coincidental to some extent but still nice to see that happen.
My Race Buddy is about 1 sec behind the telecast and the pit road view takes me to an in car of Stewart right now. The picture is good though.
when the racing is good, the comments are typically light. LOL except during commercials.
Michigan tends to be boring with few cautions. Looks like Nascar is going to change that and throw debris cautions now and again to bunch the cars back up.
Tons in chat, just enjoying the race and the RaceBuddy.
so you're telling me I need to go over to FB?
@charlie: and here's why RB is so valuable to the sport: it may, in fact, be a boring race but b/c we can switch camera angles & get to see the battles that are happening, it doesn't FEEL boring.
and THAT is great for the sport!
Just enjoying watching the race without having to multi task! I'm really wishing we could have RB for rest of year.
Addngton is going to make Chad Knaus loose a lot of sleep and the rest of his hair.
and.....he aint even cheating yet!
The Race Buddy view really shows the spaces in the grandstands. I just tuned in a few minutes ago and I can't believe how sparse the crowd looks.
Red to bad Racebuddy doesn't work on low end computers.
Anon 2:17 -- too funny!
tnt really gets some of the most boring races of the season besides the coke zero 400
Thanks TNT for a graphic of cars behind the wall Nice job.
So- where is Bill Webber? Consultant, Magic show or Blog master?
Good RaceBuddy coverage of green flag pit stops.
just realized that RB retained my driver selection from last week on the online leaderboard: sweet!
yeah it is a shame that TNT gets this bunch of tracks since as you say they are not typically exciting tracks, but I'm grateful that Fox doesn't have them or ESPN either for that matter.
I've gotten better information about the racing in the last 2 races with TNT than anything I heard from Fox.
Caution lap 100.
apparently we just missed a spin..bad luck on tnt
Yes, TNT is doing an all media, ground breaking, new age quality broadcast. I am so glad that Kyle Petty has found his calling. He is great!
That's why it was an easy trade-off for Fox when the last contracts were handled. They had no problem giving up Pocono, Michigan, Infineon and the Daytona summer race every other year in exchange for televising the Daytona 500 every year.
I would rather know why the caution before the pits stops.
well look at that, they didn't lie about missing the caution.
What is it with teammates this year? Some sort of magnetic attraction?
What kind of luck is that that the spin occurs during commercial, except i couldn't tell whether it was Mears or Speed. Not so good being teammates and one spins though. Good broadcast so far!
Teammates are having trouble in Nascar again this week.
Great RaceBuddy shot of the starters stand. One of the flag guys is smoking a cigarette.
OK Kyle Pop Quiz : Name all of the wrecks and problems between ..
Team Mates this year.
Take your time ..no fair checking
with Nascar Records.
I also like that TNT keeps the race on the screen when the cutaway car segment is being seen.
I hated that Fox always covered up the whole screenw with whatever extraneous info they needed to put on.
nice explanation on the different fuel pums AND a good followup question by dallenbach.
and didn't gibbs have fuel pump issues a while back?
Hamlin & KyBu; gordon & johnson; the one we just saw, Speed and Mears;
Nate Ryan on twitter said this -
Teammate skirmishes in 2010. Missing any? 83 vs. 82; 1 vs. 42; 48 vs. 24; 43 vs. 9; 18 vs. 11.
Kahne and AJ
Red, they did but it was addressed on NASCAR Performance that what teams did was redesign the hex shaft that connects to the camshaft and made it larger and longer so it did not break off like they used to.
The commercials though are terribly lame. I'm watching Gilmore Girl re-runs. Isn't that sad!
And its about to thunderstorm here in NJ -- hope I don't lose power!
Other than "The Closer," those other TNT and TBS shows look pretty lame!
Missed the guy in the starters stand smoking, but noticed RB's pit road reporter doing his impression of Captain Morgan.
This is A+ broadcasting!~~~~~Fox watch this race you will learn something!!!
NorCalFan -- forgot that one! and I shouldn't have since it seriously messed up Gordon's weekend - or should I say put the nail in the terrible race at Pocono.
@david: thanks for that solid info! i've had to imss NP this season due to its new timeslot so i appreciate the "tech talk."
I do watch Leverage (actually I DVR it). Never got into The Closer or Saving Grace.
Hey Gina how are you? Hope your power dosent go out, but my solution when it does during this 6race strech is keep my Laptop battery fully charged so I can always have race buddy!
I thought TNT blew covering the last green flag pit stops.
Guess I was wrong.
Coming back from commercial with a full screen of the 88.
Good business thought, keep the majority happy.
Good job so far for TNT.
I really think the "clear air" segment was not needed, but that's just me.
Great analysis from the top today. I've heard a few new things. Keep it up Kyle and Wally.
I think AA is doing a better job this week maybe he needs several races to get into it.
Hi, Jonathan -- battery in the laptop is good, but if I loses the internet connection it will be all over.
I agree with you, too, this is an A plus race broadcast.
RaceBuddy is still showing a black screen. Anybody that lost it get it back yet?
Wally is doing a good job too with his updates. That was good stuff about the car coming in and the various lines.
John
I want to see Rizzoli & Isles, seems interesting to me.
See I like TNT this broadcast reminds me of why I fell in love with this sport in 04 05ish I was amazed at how well the production level was this is good stuff much better than Fox! Fox was like this 4 5 years ago but not anymore and I like Fox I do but after watching this race I see how bad Fox is now a days! If we could just have crank it up lol that I miss
Isn't that sky looking dark?
Anyone have a weather report?
Makiki
Honolulu
missed the first half of lyndsey on racebuddy, they forgot to turn her mic up i guess
I am just in amazement, it is SO ENJOYABLE to watch a race where the commentators are not interupting each other, talking about everything but the race, trying to one up each other and trying to actually be the show. These guys on TNT are just calling a great race! Not having and ADHD guy directing the cameras is also much appreciated!!!! One big iomprovement is that TNT is actually keeping the camera on the car for the complete pitops, all 15 seconds of it. Fox had to switch camera views atleast twice in that same time frame.
THIS IS JUST AWESOME!!!!!
THANK YOU TNT THANK YOU THANK YOU
Just a quick check shows the weather there to be partly cloudy the rest of the race.
@makiki our nascar weatherman is actually at the track today. i'll see if has an "on site" observation via twitter.
I agree thank you TNT!!! hey that rhymes ;p
I hadn't refreshed the blog for a while before i posted my kudos to TNT for the great broadcast. I found it funny that so many people were having the exact same thoughts at the same time.
Guess we do watch the broadcast and comment failry and not just complain cause we need to compain about something. (i remember a FOX guy making that acusation)
Thanks, Charlie.
Showers can come up quickly at Michigan in the summer.
Makiki
Honolulu
again: loving seeing the race happen in an equal-sized window while we get tech center explanations.
have i mentioned how much i appreciate tnt restoring my enthusiasm for nascar?
Fox was a mess.
After watching this telecast I see what I was missing every week during the Fox races. I actually get to see the race with TNT's coverage. They follow the race that is happening on the track. Fox had a bad habit of following their own agenda and neglecting the race that was playing out.
My RB locked up and even with refreshing not going anywhere. Darn.
John
I also want to see Memphis Beat, (since it doesn't interfere with my NCIS watching)
I am just so surprised that we have not been bombarded by Conan promo's!
Good to see Ambrose in 18th after that spin he needs some good luck! But why cant David Ragan have any luck I hate to see that FedEx car up front grrrr GO UPS!!!
speaking of that remember when TNT had that idiot guy who always does John Madden, remember all those promos for the show ugh that was bad!
Do they even do TBS promos on TNT?
My RB leader board is frozen on lap 122.
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