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On Aug 28, 11:34 am, The original Crank it up <earlsigol...@gmail.com>
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> Shut up for about 6 laps - on a restart. Imagine NOT HEARING WORSTWICK
> not telling us which driver is leading or which drivers are this or that.
> All I want is the GREAT SOUNDS OF THE great engines. And it happened yest !!!
> ATTENION ALAN OR AB ....DO IT AGAIN DO IT AGAIN
http://dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2012/08/race-wrap-sprint-cup-series-from_25.html
There was lots of action, but ultimately Denny Hamlin won the race.
The big winner, however, may have been NASCAR. After a season of lots
of talk but little action, there was hard racing from start to finish
at the "new" Bristol Motor Speedway.
Nicole Briscoe had some Little League World Series issues, but the
NASCAR Countdown show featured Rusty Wallace, Brad Daugherty and Ray
Evernham. As in years past, the problem with this race is that once
the pre-race is over there is literally no time for this group to get
on the air again. 15 second laps and critical pit stops combined with
a heavy commercial load make on-camera time almost impossible.
Allen Bestwick was the other bright spot of the night. He called a
race with enthusiasm from start to finish and coaxed the best out of
Andy Petree and Dale Jarrett. While the pit road group was adequate,
Bestwick was the person who really shouldered the load and made it
work.
The racing on the track was constant, but ESPN's philosophy of showing
two cars at a time continued. It's almost embarrassing to have to
replay an incident at a tiny track like Bristol, but that certainly
was the case on Saturday night. Zooming-in to make pretty pictures
results in missing the moments that make up the race.
For once, the stars of the show were the drivers. Pushed into a new
situation at a critical time in the season, they responded with hard
racing instead of some of the points racing we had been seeing earlier
this year. The results were the elements fans want to see. Intense
action and good storylines with some caution flags along the way are
the elements that built the sport.
Missing from this telecast were the beautiful wideshots of the track
after restarts with the cars running almost all the way around the
race track. Instead, the hyper-tight shots of single cars were mixed
with in-car cameras and replays of the incidents that were missed.
It's a formula.
Sunday night SPEED will return with three hours of motorsports. It
should be interesting to see the driver, owner and media comments that
SpeedCenter, Victory Lane (replay) and Wind Tunnel will relay to fans.
This race is going to cause a buzz that will last for days. That is
just what the sport needed.
We welcome your opinion of the ABC/ESPN coverage of the Sprint Cup
Series race from Bristol. Comments may be moderated prior to posting.
Profanity, hateful speech and derogatory comments are not in the
spirit of this blog. Thanks again for stopping by.
wrote:
> Shut up for about 6 laps - on a restart. Imagine NOT HEARING WORSTWICK
> not telling us which driver is leading or which drivers are this or that.
> All I want is the GREAT SOUNDS OF THE great engines. And it happened yest !!!
> ATTENION ALAN OR AB ....DO IT AGAIN DO IT AGAIN
http://dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2012/08/race-wrap-sprint-cup-series-from_25.html
There was lots of action, but ultimately Denny Hamlin won the race.
The big winner, however, may have been NASCAR. After a season of lots
of talk but little action, there was hard racing from start to finish
at the "new" Bristol Motor Speedway.
Nicole Briscoe had some Little League World Series issues, but the
NASCAR Countdown show featured Rusty Wallace, Brad Daugherty and Ray
Evernham. As in years past, the problem with this race is that once
the pre-race is over there is literally no time for this group to get
on the air again. 15 second laps and critical pit stops combined with
a heavy commercial load make on-camera time almost impossible.
Allen Bestwick was the other bright spot of the night. He called a
race with enthusiasm from start to finish and coaxed the best out of
Andy Petree and Dale Jarrett. While the pit road group was adequate,
Bestwick was the person who really shouldered the load and made it
work.
The racing on the track was constant, but ESPN's philosophy of showing
two cars at a time continued. It's almost embarrassing to have to
replay an incident at a tiny track like Bristol, but that certainly
was the case on Saturday night. Zooming-in to make pretty pictures
results in missing the moments that make up the race.
For once, the stars of the show were the drivers. Pushed into a new
situation at a critical time in the season, they responded with hard
racing instead of some of the points racing we had been seeing earlier
this year. The results were the elements fans want to see. Intense
action and good storylines with some caution flags along the way are
the elements that built the sport.
Missing from this telecast were the beautiful wideshots of the track
after restarts with the cars running almost all the way around the
race track. Instead, the hyper-tight shots of single cars were mixed
with in-car cameras and replays of the incidents that were missed.
It's a formula.
Sunday night SPEED will return with three hours of motorsports. It
should be interesting to see the driver, owner and media comments that
SpeedCenter, Victory Lane (replay) and Wind Tunnel will relay to fans.
This race is going to cause a buzz that will last for days. That is
just what the sport needed.
We welcome your opinion of the ABC/ESPN coverage of the Sprint Cup
Series race from Bristol. Comments may be moderated prior to posting.
Profanity, hateful speech and derogatory comments are not in the
spirit of this blog. Thanks again for stopping by.
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