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07-11-2010, 11:26 PM | #1 |
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NHRA & ESPN must HATE sportsmen.
I did somthing I dont normally do on the weekend. I tried to choke down a ESPN broadcast of dragracing. I told myself not to do it but the "trainwreck" watcher in me prevailed.
After watching the meaningless drivle they call interviews and a couple of commercials they finally show a peddle fest first round match up 4 times over (okay we got it the first time). Instead of this CRAP they could show tidbits of sportsman racing and increasing the amount of actual racing.BUT NOOOOOOO they want to show "sounds of the strip" instead! ARE YOU FREAKIN KIDDING ME! The piss poor editing, lack of real racing and the "pro wrestling' mentality of NHRA on tv has once again confirmed that NHRA & ESPN HATE sportsman racing. WHY? Maybe because we are more interesting and they know it but dont want to let people know that. Okay i have vented but seriously is there someone out there who can set us up with a good tv producer and get us our own show? Does anyone else agree with me or am i just a ranting fool who believes we have marketing value? Lawnmower racing gets better coverage than we do... |
07-12-2010, 02:21 AM | #2 |
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Lawnmower racing gets better coverage than we do...[/QUOTE] I love lawnmower racing... Where can I find it on TV??
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Re: NHRA & ESPN must HATE sportsmen.
NHRA broadcasts are tiresome in the ways that you mention, but sportsman racing, while fun to watch live, is not something meant for TV, IMO. They appear to be crawling down the strip. If they were a viable TV product, I think they would have been telecast by now.
No disrespect to any of you sportsman. I can watch you all day live, but not on TV. |
07-12-2010, 06:42 AM | #4 |
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I hate to admit it, but Pinks and Passtime have made sportsman type cars a viable TV product. For whatever reason, they are just shunned by the ESPN coverage. I don't get it! There is so much down time and crap during ESPN race coverage that you could fit in the semis on in for all the eliminators and still not miss a beat on pro coverage. If memory serves, I believe the old Diamond P telecasts had the finals in all the eliminators.
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We need Rich Christensen to make it happen....he did it with Pinks and Passtime. Why not have it on the Speed channel ?
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What is missing on the shows is due to the people in high places and those doing the edits know nothing about drag racing, just promotion.
Its all about promotion and selling it to the public. They just do the same thing as the wrestling people do, its all about the show. If you note Pinks never shows the scoreboards with times and MPH. They show the start of the race and the finish line with very little in the middle. Not the whole 11 or 12 second run in most cases. That is called creative editing by someone who knows drag racing plus it does not have dead time with no action. Until someone in charge with the TV coverage actually knows something about drag racing nothing will change. My 2 Cents Rick Cates |
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