Thanks ESPN your rotten to the core

[X-TECH MAN]

I hate to say it but.....It will never change.

[stefan callender]

The entire show was so drawn out, they could have at least shown more than the final round of the Hemi Challenge. Its all about the Fuel classes. Even Pro Stock coverage sucked.

BTW I think Greg Anderson is a classless deuchebag. I felt he was celebrating in his teammates face. I understand he won the biggest race of the year, but he celebrated in a classless manner.

[skills]

I am just irrated at espn and nhra you couldn't in 6 hours of.tv shown some sportsman? How is ford and chrysler getting their monies worth if they aren't on tv? 600+ sportsman cars and just the hemi final please what a waste.

[Ed Fernandez]

Gee,does any of the above complaints really surprise you?Realistically ESPN does
run a business that runs by schedules and is driven by the amount of money that their programing brings in.Seems like drag racing isn't a very profitable product.If it was
not only would the shows be shown from the beginning,they would be telecast to the end.
Simple business sense.So no matter what we think,or say,the coverage only has one way to go,and that is down hill.Powerade coverage will never have sportsman racing covered and Lucas Oil coverage will probably give you a teaser shot at anything more than the alcohol cars.Now focus your attention on getting the HP factoring system correctd and maybe an improvement in payouts to sportsman racers.
Oh and by the way,one of the "new" cars won the race.Weren't there those who said that they don't go rounds anyway?Not any more.

[skills]

Ed my buddy drag racing isn't profitable because they are messing up the tv coverage. Look at nascar it is about the show. Its about the racing putting cameras everywhere and getting fans into every angle. Nhra has screwed it up the show live at the track is the joy, at inch you should show that all of it. There was so many stories Melanie Troxel in funny car and pro mod. Its about the racers and the different classes and cars. You had legends running sportsmen Garlits and Roy Hill don't you think mopar and ford would of loved the two in the booth explaining how these cars work. You have people all over the country with mustangs why not jump on to that? Yes they aren't the street cars but people don't care, look what the fast and the furious did for the import scene its about the cars. Just think of the fun with fletcher or someone on tv explaining how to dump somebody? So much there for tv.

[GarysZ24]

I gave up hope for more coverage of us years ago...after I wrote a letter to the editor talking of such back in the mid-early '00's, and the coverage got worse instead of better...we need a sportsman network, and I wish I was rich enough to launch one. Thank God for Toby Lang, because his coverage of us in Indy (and other tracks he's been at), was better than anything I've seen since "Inside Drag Racing"!

[joe176]

Originally Posted by GarysZ24

I gave up hope for more coverage of us years ago...after I wrote a letter to the editor talking of such back in the mid-early '00's, and the coverage got worse instead of better...we need a sportsman network, and I wish I was rich enough to launch one. Thank God for Toby Lang, because his coverage of us in Indy (and other tracks he's been at), was better than anything I've seen since "Inside Drag Racing"!

Toby Lang has brought the online social media aspect of sportsman racing to a new level....the muckety muck network types at the Speed channel or ESPN should pay attention...he has outdone himself covering Indy...Thanks Toby !!!!

[Joe Schweigert]

Originally Posted by stefan callender

The entire show was so drawn out, they could have at least shown more than the final round of the Hemi Challenge. Its all about the Fuel classes. Even Pro Stock coverage sucked.

BTW I think Greg Anderson is a classless deuchebag. I felt he was celebrating in his teammates face. I understand he won the biggest race of the year, but he celebrated in a classless manner.

You nailed that thought

[Omcar]

Originally Posted by stefan callender

The entire show was so drawn out, they could have at least shown more than the final round of the Hemi Challenge. Its all about the Fuel classes. Even Pro Stock coverage sucked.

BTW I think Greg Anderson is a classless deuchebag. I felt he was celebrating in his teammates face. I understand he won the biggest race of the year, but he celebrated in a classless manner.

That is the truth..he is an asshole for celebrating in Jason Line's face. I thought I was the only one who felt this way.

[Bobby Fazio]

I am working on a survey/questionnaire about the current LODRS coverage and it will be about 5 or 6 questions. I'd like as many people as possible to do it and it should only take about 1 minute. I am going to send the results to ESPN and NHRA in an excel file. If Ken lets me, I will post the link on here and it will take to you the survey.