NHRA & ESPN must HATE sportsmen.

danny waters sr · 07-12-2010, 10:59 AM

Does anyone remember back in the early 90's when ESPN covered IHRA drag racing and Bret Kepner did the sportsman interviews . They showed the last 2 or 3 rounds of eliminations with us . I was lucky enough to win hot rod class in 91 at New York International Raceway and was interviewed by Bret after i won . This was aired on ESPN. I still have a copy of that whole show/. Them was the good ole days . All the other sportsman had the same coverage that race and that whole year .Maybe Bret could get someone's interest in this again.

Michael Beard · 07-12-2010, 11:32 AM

Are there still any DVD's floating around of the US Class Nationals?

Ed Wright · 07-12-2010, 11:58 AM

I doubt the pinks people would be interested in handicap starts and on-the-brakes finish line antics. Their stuff is all heads up flat out, right?

Casey Miles · 07-12-2010, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Ed Wright

I doubt the pinks people would be interested in handicap starts and on-the-brakes finish line antics. Their stuff is all heads up flat out, right?

Trust me, Pinks has no clue either. At PBIR they had in their final group of cars that competed where between 10.50 to 10.80. To them (Pinks), the 3 tenths means nothing, but to my friend who was in the group and had to run a 10.50 car with his 10.70 car, he knew he was done. Yeah, heads up works when it close, but 2 tenths was a joke.
Casey Miles
248H

Ed Wright · 07-12-2010, 12:39 PM

Casey, I don't think that bunch has a clue about much. Just hype. I do watch the show for grins, if nothing else is on at the time.

Bob Don · 07-12-2010, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Ed Wright

I doubt the pinks people would be interested in handicap starts and on-the-brakes finish line antics. Their stuff is all heads up flat out, right?

The premise is 'all out' but if they think you ran too fast, they'll disqualify you! They look at your MPH in relation to your ET and if there is a discrepancy (in THEIR opinion), you're OUT!

Ed Wright · 07-12-2010, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Don

The premise is 'all out' but if they think you ran too fast, they'll disqualify you! They look at your MPH in relation to your ET and if there is a discrepancy (in THEIR opinion), you're OUT!

They aren't as knowelgable as they think.

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, 11:58 AM	#3
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: NHRA & ESPN must HATE sportsmen. I doubt the pinks people would be interested in handicap starts and on-the-brakes finish line antics. Their stuff is all heads up flat out, right? __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

07-12-2010, 12:39 PM	#5
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: NHRA & ESPN must HATE sportsmen. Casey, I don't think that bunch has a clue about much. Just hype. I do watch the show for grins, if nothing else is on at the time. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

07-12-2010, 02:42 PM	#8
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.

07-12-2010, 10:45 PM	#10
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

07-12-2010, 10:59 AM	#1
danny waters sr VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: lagrange,nc Posts: 2,224 Likes: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: NHRA & ESPN must HATE sportsmen. Does anyone remember back in the early 90's when ESPN covered IHRA drag racing and Bret Kepner did the sportsman interviews . They showed the last 2 or 3 rounds of eliminations with us . I was lucky enough to win hot rod class in 91 at New York International Raceway and was interviewed by Bret after i won . This was aired on ESPN. I still have a copy of that whole show/. Them was the good ole days . All the other sportsman had the same coverage that race and that whole year .Maybe Bret could get someone's interest in this again. __________________ Danny Waters, Sr / 73 Duster "340"

07-12-2010, 11:32 AM	#2
Michael Beard VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 4,060 Likes: 0 Liked 13 Times in 9 Posts	Re: NHRA & ESPN must HATE sportsmen. Are there still any DVD's floating around of the US Class Nationals? __________________ Michael Beard - NHRA/IHRA 3216 S/SS