Sportsman on ESPN today

Philip Saran · 09-07-2008, 07:45 PM

Again I am disappointed by what they showed of the Sportsman results from Indy
that was on ESPN today.

Stock and Superstock, they only showed the final two cars in each class, BUT of
course they showed all of the dragsters and floppers for the rest of the hour show.

TOSTO RACING · 09-07-2008, 08:39 PM

It does suck I wish they would show more of us.

ewgant01 · 09-07-2008, 08:46 PM

Why doesn't NHRA have a videocast of the sportsman races on there website? They can do an audiocast, why not a videocast? It might actually increase the NHRA membership sales.

Jeremy1374 · 09-07-2008, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Philip Saran

Again I am disappointed by what they showed of the Sportsman results from Indy
that was on ESPN today.

Stock and Superstock, they only showed the final two cars in each class, BUT of
course they showed all of the dragsters and floppers for the rest of the hour show.

Does this surprise you? If you watch the Sportsman coverage regularly you'd know you usually don't get that much coverage!!! They did show Westcott's car in super slow mo in the beginning of the show, what more do you want?!?!?!

Philip Saran · 09-08-2008, 01:05 AM

Jeremy 1374, what do I want?

Oh I'd like to see the people at NHRA care about the little guys,

But in the mean time (since the above will never happen) I have to make do
with video's by Larry Pfister of Horsepower Heaven like FOUR DAYS IN MAY,
Monsters of launch and HEMI Heaven plus replays that I've saved of Pinks all out.

bill dedman · 09-08-2008, 01:22 AM

About a million years ago (maybe 1970???) NHRA did a LIVE broadcast of a national event (probably the Winternationals.) Remember, I said "LIVE/"

Well, some delay (oildowns, maybe) caused a sizeable glitch in their schedule, and the timeframe available for broadcast coincided with..... sit down..... STOCK ELIMINATOR!!!!!!!

I sat in front of my TV, transfixed fo 30 minutes while one Stocker after another left the line, while the suits at NHRA were planning how to make sure THAT never happened again.... and, it hasn't.

But, for a while, there was Camelot....

Philip Saran · 09-08-2008, 05:34 PM

Bill, I wish I could have seen that in 1970, but I think I was still in my Uncles Army
at that time saving the NHRA suits from the evil Russians or something like that.

Rich Biebel · 09-08-2008, 07:37 PM

Indy was broadcast LIVE a number of years ago on Monday. It was around the late 90's or maybe a little later. Sheldon Gecker won S/G , Scotty Richardson won Stock and Peter Biondo won SS, If I rememeber right..... They did a great job and showed all the classes. I remember watching it for a good part of the afternoon and the finals were all shown as they were run. Ratings must have been poor and live coverage never really materialized. Too long and too many opportunities for down time that would leave them with nothing to do but talk......

chris ok · 09-08-2008, 11:33 PM

is there ANY video of eliminations or class eliminations out there.
I beleive this to be a money maker, especially for class as it is heads up and no explanations needed to the uninformed fans of these stock body cars. remember wheelies sell videos as do heads up to match.. it truely is an easy concept.

Tony Janes · 09-08-2008, 11:54 PM

The live 1970 broadcast was by ABC of the first Supernationals at Ontario Speedway

09-07-2008, 07:45 PM	#1
Philip Saran Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Parker, CO. Posts: 728 Likes: 165 Liked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Sportsman on ESPN today Again I am disappointed by what they showed of the Sportsman results from Indy that was on ESPN today. Stock and Superstock, they only showed the final two cars in each class, BUT of course they showed all of the dragsters and floppers for the rest of the hour show. __________________ Phil Saran Parker, Colorado

09-07-2008, 08:39 PM	#2
TOSTO RACING Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: DRAGSTRIP Posts: 884 Likes: 882 Liked 639 Times in 182 Posts	Re: Sportsman on ESPN today It does suck I wish they would show more of us. __________________ 5664 GHI/SA 1985 CAMARO RED H/SA 1985 CAMARO BLUE I/SA

09-07-2008, 08:46 PM	#3
ewgant01 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 7 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Sportsman on ESPN today Why doesn't NHRA have a videocast of the sportsman races on there website? They can do an audiocast, why not a videocast? It might actually increase the NHRA membership sales.

09-08-2008, 01:05 AM	#5
Philip Saran Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Parker, CO. Posts: 728 Likes: 165 Liked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Sportsman on ESPN today Jeremy 1374, what do I want? Oh I'd like to see the people at NHRA care about the little guys, But in the mean time (since the above will never happen) I have to make do with video's by Larry Pfister of Horsepower Heaven like FOUR DAYS IN MAY, Monsters of launch and HEMI Heaven plus replays that I've saved of Pinks all out. __________________ Phil Saran Parker, Colorado

09-08-2008, 01:22 AM	#6
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Sportsman on ESPN today About a million years ago (maybe 1970???) NHRA did a LIVE broadcast of a national event (probably the Winternationals.) Remember, I said "LIVE/" Well, some delay (oildowns, maybe) caused a sizeable glitch in their schedule, and the timeframe available for broadcast coincided with..... sit down..... STOCK ELIMINATOR!!!!!!! I sat in front of my TV, transfixed fo 30 minutes while one Stocker after another left the line, while the suits at NHRA were planning how to make sure THAT never happened again.... and, it hasn't. But, for a while, there was Camelot.... __________________ Bill Last edited by bill dedman; 09-08-2008 at 01:26 AM.

09-08-2008, 05:34 PM	#7
Philip Saran Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Parker, CO. Posts: 728 Likes: 165 Liked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Sportsman on ESPN today Bill, I wish I could have seen that in 1970, but I think I was still in my Uncles Army at that time saving the NHRA suits from the evil Russians or something like that. __________________ Phil Saran Parker, Colorado

09-08-2008, 07:37 PM	#8
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,314 Likes: 25 Liked 544 Times in 213 Posts	Re: Sportsman on ESPN today Indy was broadcast LIVE a number of years ago on Monday. It was around the late 90's or maybe a little later. Sheldon Gecker won S/G , Scotty Richardson won Stock and Peter Biondo won SS, If I rememeber right..... They did a great job and showed all the classes. I remember watching it for a good part of the afternoon and the finals were all shown as they were run. Ratings must have been poor and live coverage never really materialized. Too long and too many opportunities for down time that would leave them with nothing to do but talk...... __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R Last edited by Rich Biebel; 09-08-2008 at 07:40 PM.

09-08-2008, 11:33 PM	#9
chris ok Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Long Island, New york Posts: 592 Likes: 131 Liked 46 Times in 29 Posts	Re: Sportsman on ESPN today is there ANY video of eliminations or class eliminations out there. I beleive this to be a money maker, especially for class as it is heads up and no explanations needed to the uninformed fans of these stock body cars. remember wheelies sell videos as do heads up to match.. it truely is an easy concept.

09-08-2008, 11:54 PM	#10
Tony Janes Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Whittier, Ca Posts: 830 Likes: 94 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Sportsman on ESPN today The live 1970 broadcast was by ABC of the first Supernationals at Ontario Speedway __________________ Tony Janes 7941 STK, SS