Jeg's All Star coverage!

[Mark Yacavone]

Is it on Speed Channel? . When's it on again?

[John Kelley]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Is it on Speed Channel? . When's it on again?

It was on ESPN2 right after NHRA TODAY.
I wish I had been aware what it was before it came on as I would have taped it!
I loved the slo mo of Greg Luneak looking over near the finishline !
I doubt it'll be on again...........:-(

[D.Holly]

The slo mo of Gregg was a classic.

[dynomo]

I really liked the sportsman coverage ( about time) would love to see more. On a differant subject NHRA needs to address all the brake jamming at the finish line this show highlights the dangerous games these guys are playing at the stripe

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by John Kelley

It was on ESPN2 right after NHRA TODAY.
I wish I had been aware what it was before it came on as I would have taped it!
I loved the slo mo of Greg Luneak looking over near the finishline !
I doubt it'll be on again...........:-(

Well, no wonder I didn't see it. Thanks

[Ed Carpenter]

It was a great show for once. In car cameras to. One question they showed the Benham v Fletcher race in Comp. It clearly showed Scott at the stripe first, but Dan getting the win. ED

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by deuces wild

It was a great show for once. In car cameras to. One question they showed the Benham v Fletcher race in Comp. It clearly showed Scott at the stripe first, but Dan getting the win. ED

I saw and was perplexed by that too. Makes me wonder if Dan got the win due to the front nose of his car beating out the front tire of Scotts car? I heard of a race won last year by someone who's nose dipped low enough to trip the lights just ahead of the opponents front tire, but since the other racers car wasn't blessed with ground effects skirting, his bumper wouldn't dip low enough to do the same thing no matter how hard the brakes were applied...very interesting....

In all of my years of wishing that ESPN would give us non-alcoholic/injected racers some real exposure on television, THIS WAS THE BEST SPORTSMAN COVERAGE EVER!!!! I regret that I missed taping the first 10 minutes of it, but the last 20 of the JEGS ALL-STARS coverage was so awesome, that I'll be enjoying the rewinding of those moments again and again!!!

As for Greg Luneack, I thought it was great seeing him looking as though he was glaring at the tv camera, while he was reading his opponents progression towards him/the finish line....I can hear Allen Reinhart (I hope I spelled his name right) saying--- "HEY GREG SMILE AT THE CAMERA"! LOL.... Furthermore, I thought it was humorous that in spite of the correct spelling of Greg's last name on the check, those wonderful tv people still misspelled his last name (Luneak instead of Luneack), when showing him in the winners circle...what's the deal with that ESPN???

It was also nice to see Div's 5 & 7 nearly pull off the upset of a series that's been dominated by the first four divisions for years...that made me feel so good knowing how close they both came (200 points ea.), that I'm more motivated than ever to do what I can to not only get back to racing, but become one of (if not) the first fwd racers to qualify for/participate in an all stars race...now that would be something else WOW WORTHY!!!

[John Kelley]

This was TV coverage we've dreamed about and begged for forever ! I wonder if maybe Jeg's or NHRA could get them to play it again ?? Or we could contact ESPN in a write in campaign in and convince them to replay it at least once ?

[Chris1529]

I have raced against a few bracket cars that have a purpose built deflector ( for lack of a better term) on the front below the fairing/ground-effects/etc that will trip the beams ahead of you. It is no big deal as long as you see it on the car and know it is there. You think you have a wheel on them, but they are tripping the beam first.

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by deuces wild

It was a great show for once. In car cameras to. One question they showed the Benham v Fletcher race in Comp. It clearly showed Scott at the stripe first, but Dan getting the win. ED

Another reason I thought that was interesting, was after seeing the margin of victory between Greg Luneacks wagon, and Slate Cummings '08 Cavalier (plus knowing that Greg's margin of victory was .0062), I thought it was odd that the front tire of Greg's car just edged out the front tip of Slate's Cavalier, and that the lowest edge of Slate's front end was low enough to be able to trip the finish light beem---thus making me feel like his tire may start his race, but his frontal facia (especially if under braking), could dip low enough to trip the lights at the end)...did any body else notice that??? Clearly Gregs whole tire crossed the line ahead of Slate's Cavalier, but given the obviously ultra fast revolutions of the thousandts of a second, I think more than .006 would've elapsed between Greg's tire crossing the finish line than when Slate's tire did??? Any physics/math majors here who can agree/disagree with my thoughts, because that's verrrry interesting!!???