A bit off topic...but OMG!!!!!!!!!!!

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Well, maybe not so, but here it goes anyway. To me, it is no small wonder that the TV Ratings for NASCAR on Fox have dropped like a rock! It is my prayer that Fox never gets the broadcasting rights to the Indy 500...or is it?

I turned on to watch the Daytona 500, (Why? Because it is racing....kind of....I guess) and I saw a concert, bad announcers gushing all over each other, a very stupid cartoon of a gay gopher and a religious service. Finally the race started with Richard Petty?.... (It didn't look like Richard from the camera angle I saw.) driving the pace car.

Now, to be fair, ABC isn't much better with the All-American Idiot Brent Musberger with the pre-race show for the Indy 500.....and the lame concert, the poor commercials and the endless gushing of Danica Patrick......come to think of it now....There really isn't much difference between the two broadcasts.......Oh well, never mind. I guess I'm showing my age and should be thankful that any network shows any kind of race at all. I like racing when it was just racing, not filled with bad commercials, idiot gushing announcers and Danica Patrick getting all the attention and drivers got credit for actually winning a race.

(sigh) Best you you-all!

Russ

[racerbrown]

you pretty much nailed it russ.
it's no wonder the writing for the mute button on my remote control has rubbed off but i still watch a lot of the races when i can. with my dad racing stock cars it's natural to be a fan but it's tough to continue as one with today's "new" nascar.
the picture below is my dad driving #400 in the south turn at daytona during the 50's sportsman/modified race.

duane

[Calvin]

It doesn't bother me

[indycals]

It wouldn't be so bad if the track would hold together.

[Calvin]

Yep, Reminds me of Washington State roads

[indycals]

I was just thinking that if any driver is from Michigan they'd be a shoo-in to win.

[indydog]

I just don't watch the prerace show.

It was a great race... after they fixed the track twice!

[Calvin]

Feb 14, 2010 20:00:26 GMT -5 indydog said:

I just don't watch the prerace show.

Oh come on! dont you like to listen to good Ol' DW tell his Opinions on how the race is going to come out. ;D LOL

[mrindy77]

It's not racing and I cannot support that crap by adding to their Nielson ratings...I was out shooting trap....NASCRAP sucks...and any open wheel driver that defects can rot in Hades.

[trevor83]

Feb 14, 2010 20:40:11 GMT -5 Calvin said:

Feb 14, 2010 20:00:26 GMT -5 indydog said:

I just don't watch the prerace show.

Oh come on! dont you like to listen to good Ol' DW tell his Opinions on how the race is going to come out. ;D LOL

Not to mention that he credited Dario with winning the 2009 Indycar championship because he did some driving in a cab and it made him a better driver. Guess ole DW didn't watch the 2007 season at all when Dario won that one too. drrrrrrr

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Potholes, Danica and mind numbing NASPEAK; "OOHHH BOY Danica's got booterflys this race!" "OOH BOY she's jist drivin' at er comfort level". "OOOWEEE looky at how she drove by that wreck!" (That the Queen Mary could have sailed through. First wreck). Granted the potholes were day two and the first stringers were running around the potholes.....

Yes, it did get to be a bit too much with the NASICA (or would DANINAS be better?), show.