NHRA & ESPN must HATE sportsmen.

david ring · 07-12-2010, 02:42 PM

How many of you watched the live coverage of the Seattle event on ESPN3.COM yesterday? I know I didn't because I was at Lebanon Valley watching the All-Star Racing Association's Stock/Super Stock combo race.

Paul Merolla · 07-12-2010, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by david ring

How many of you watched the live coverage of the Seattle event on ESPN3.COM yesterday? I know I didn't because I was at Lebanon Valley watching the All-Star Racing Association's Stock/Super Stock combo race.

I spent about 7 hours with the laptop yesterday, Dave. It was pretty cool to see everything in its "raw" form, plus I got to see Larry and Kevin's heads-up and all the rest of the sportsman rounds that were run. Much of the webcast, and all of the S/SS etc., had NO talking. My only complaints: #1) 7 hours. It was impossible to try and gauge when the next round of S/SS would be running, due to lots of downtime (and not knowing the run schedule), so I just stuck with it through the whole thing.
#2) No finish line camera or win lights for the classes that aren't televised. I had to check DRC to find out the winners of each round. (Except the finals - since that gets shown on their "Sportsman" show, they had Dave R. and Lewis B. announcing for those.)
I personally hope they do more of the Nats this way - I'd definitely have to figure out a way to record the webcast!

Geerhead55 · 07-12-2010, 10:45 PM

I agree,,,the way Larry Pfister shoots his videos is very well done,,,especially for a one man crew. Go to www.horsepowerheaven.com and check it out for yourself. I have several of his videos including: 4Days In May,,Monsters of Launch, the various Hemi-Shootout videos and the West Coast Hemis' team video.
Michael,,,I have both Vol.1 and Vol. 2 of the US Classnationals,,,I'll always remember how impressed I was by the guy that stood there all day long, in that heat, and filmed every run! At the end of the day, on Friday, I walked over to him and shook his hand and told him he was one of the toughest guys I'd ever seen to do what he did, and ordered those videos on the spot. Vol.1 is basically event coverage, and Vol.2 is final rounds of all classes. The only problem is, that it was so long ago, I got them in VHS instead of DVD, which I didn't have yet. Take care,,,,,,,,Danny Durham

07-12-2010, 10:45 PM	#3
Geerhead55 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tacoma, Washington Posts: 1,632 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: NHRA & ESPN must HATE sportsmen. I agree,,,the way Larry Pfister shoots his videos is very well done,,,especially for a one man crew. Go to www.horsepowerheaven.com and check it out for yourself. I have several of his videos including: 4Days In May,,Monsters of Launch, the various Hemi-Shootout videos and the West Coast Hemis' team video. Michael,,,I have both Vol.1 and Vol. 2 of the US Classnationals,,,I'll always remember how impressed I was by the guy that stood there all day long, in that heat, and filmed every run! At the end of the day, on Friday, I walked over to him and shook his hand and told him he was one of the toughest guys I'd ever seen to do what he did, and ordered those videos on the spot. Vol.1 is basically event coverage, and Vol.2 is final rounds of all classes. The only problem is, that it was so long ago, I got them in VHS instead of DVD, which I didn't have yet. Take care,,,,,,,,Danny Durham

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07-12-2010, 02:42 PM	#1
david ring Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Oneonta.,NY Posts: 889 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: NHRA & ESPN must HATE sportsmen. How many of you watched the live coverage of the Seattle event on ESPN3.COM yesterday? I know I didn't because I was at Lebanon Valley watching the All-Star Racing Association's Stock/Super Stock combo race.