Thanks ESPN your rotten to the core

[bobbyd6]

It would be nice to see the SPEED Channel step up & cover Sportsman, just like they do Cup & Nwide Qualifying!! Look what PINKS-All Out did for them, people loved that show except for Mr Christensen's ego. they need to have more "racing" shows instead of some of the other junk they show on there!!

[Dan Bernay]

I haven't watched the show for years.
Don't plan on changing.
.Stopped watching the Lucas Oil portion also , all they do is show the finals in the "lower" sportsmen classes anyway .

[chris3racing]

I am glad some posts were made about the coverage on ESPN2. I watched ESPN2 on TV and ESPN3 on the computer. The coverage on ESPN3 was a complete round a head of the TV show. ESPN2 had way too much BS. ESPN3 had sportsman coverage and a very good "caclefest" show.

My wife and I, yes my wife watches with me, commented that the stands for the full event were only about 65% to 75% filled. We commented on how it was in the early 70's when the seats were nearly completely jammed. The comment about how Speed Channel promoted Pinks All Out, and I know there are people here who don't want to hear about Pinks All Out, but they were the biggest drag racing event going for about two years. Why do you think NHRA is trying to copy the show. Contact Speed Channel in Charlotte and let them know that there is an interest in sportsman coverage.

The comment about spectators going to the pits during the sportsman racing is unfortunately correct. That is their opportunity to go see the drivers and the crews re-building the cars. It has been this way for many years. I have been on both sides of the fence in this sport. We did race a top fuel front engine car for a year and the "hot car" pits have always been crowded during the "turn around" time. Remember we are the only motorsports event that allows the spectators into the pit area. This is what yours and other racers sponsors want. For many years almost all of the drag racers, including sportsmancars, all had crews "dressed to impress".

[Casey Miles]

You all are missing the point, all the people sitting home watching ESPN2 have Top Fuel cars in their garage and that they can totally relate to the technology that goes with them. No transmission, big thing that sits on top of the motor and uses gas that you can't buy at your local gas station. Makes total logic to me!
If it wasn't that my friend's son races Pro Stock, I wouldn't heve even bothered to put the channel on, I only put the channel on when he was up to race, after he lost 2nd round, ESPN2 could evaporate as far as I'm concerned!

Casey Miles
248H Stock?

[BKSG1198]

If you want sportsman coverage then turn on ESPN3 and the live audiocast and go at it. I sat there and watched all the sportsman action on Monday afternoon from my computer and loved it. Unfortunate that the Stocker lost the motor in the final round which bumped the pro's up to the front but, when you watch ESPN3 and NHRA Audiocast together it's like watching it on TV. The Audiocast is about 5 seconds faster then the ESPN3 live feed but, it's the best thing going on out there for the sportsman racers. If you guys think that NHRA & ESPN are going to put sportsman racing into a 6 hours long program then you need to wake up, it's not going to happen. Was I a little mad that they didn't leave the ESPN3 feed running till the end...yes but, that's what DRC is for. I think we've become too pampered by all this technology that we forgot where we were 10-15 years ago when we had to call 1-800-NHRANOW or what ever it was to get just the final round results then wait a week to actually watch the race on TNN. Now if DRC doesn't have the results up in 15 minutes everyone is bashing the site and telling them they suck. So thanks to all the internet news sites out there that give us the up-to-date drag racing coverage that we need!

[Frank Castros]

Greg Anderson acted like a classless jerk.

[chris3racing]

Wade I agree completely. I have made a comment on here before about promoting drag racing. Where I live, near Raleigh, NC, I can be at 4 or 5 drag strips within an hour and a half. Many have been around for a long time. We had our drag car in a display at the International Auto Expo for three days. During that time I was amazed at how many people looked at the car and asked "where do you race." When I mentioned names like Piedmont, Roxboro, fomerly known as Person County, Fayetteville and Benson they did not know that these tracks even still exist and that they race there every week-end.

[Lew Silverman]

Not that anyone on here really cares, but............

NHRA has decided that there will be no more 4-wide Finals at Charlotte. Seems the sponsors complained that the race cars are too small on the television for the viewers to see, so the great experiment has ended! They'll still qualify 4 up, which doesn't bother anyone important.

What a joke!

Lew

[skills]

If nhra wanted to fix this it easy. First return to 1/4 mile for fuel I know its a safety problem. Take power away do it with on fuel pump and go from there. It will make it cheaper which will bring more independent cars back and perhaps some jura teams when they aren't running. Let them match race again. The small teams can make some money while doing some testing. People will hit their.local tracks to see the pros and will get exposure to the local classes. If you grab the kids as fans they stay fans. Inch should be shown as is like you are spending the day at the track good or bad. Isn't that the joy of nascar all the cameras the ability to listen to the crew chief so you feel like your there when your home. If you get people to the track they will return hell a day at maple grove in oct. Cost me less than a day a hershey park and I be to see how many cars compared to just 43 in nascar.

[Omcar]

Originally Posted by Lew Silverman

Not that anyone on here really cares, but............

NHRA has decided that there will be no more 4-wide Finals at Charlotte. Seems the sponsors complained that the race cars are too small on the television for the viewers to see, so the great experiment has ended! They'll still qualify 4 up, which doesn't bother anyone important.

What a joke!

Lew

Glad to hear that...drag race is between 2 cars/bikes.