By Robert Mann (Oldscout) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 01:05 pm: Edit

Dam it FOX get your head out! Speedvision will be all NASCAR now!

http://charlotte.bcentral.com/charlotte/stories/2001/10/15/story6.html

By Ron on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 01:18 pm: Edit

Thats it I am getting rid of cable. That is the only channel I watch.

Ron

By Bill Bettridge (Billb) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 01:24 pm: Edit

Goddam it - now where am I going to get my F1 fix all summer??

By Ron on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 02:05 pm: Edit

I know!!! What about American Thunder? Dream Car Garage? FIA world rally? Those old movies they show? All the Sat car shows.

Ron

By Paul D. Morgan on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 03:31 pm: Edit

Once again the American Miller High Life drinking Species known as "redneckus nascarus" is taking over more media. This species is known for its lack of comprehension of race cars turning left and right in the same race.

I encountered a member of this species in a parking lot. Looking at my Rover, he asked "Hey Boy! Is that one of those thar overseas trucks?" I answered with a proud "yes it is." The redneck followed up with "that must cost a lot for shipping!"

Paul D. Morgan
Mourning the loss of speedvision with the help of Sam Adams

By Ron on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 03:34 pm: Edit

I just don't get Nascar.

F1 yes. World Rally yes. nascar no.

But I do like "The High Life"

By Discosaurus (Discosaurus) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 03:59 pm: Edit

F1 = bad boy euro's following each other in a line.

CART = bad boy euro's crashing each other out.

Now, World Rally ! THAT'S what I'm talkin' about !

keith
discosaurus

By lynden on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 04:00 pm: Edit

I think I'm going to be sick!!!!

Lynden

By Gregg Warnken (Gregg) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 04:16 pm: Edit

Damn...damn...I hate NASCAR...what is so hard about going around in circles???

By Murray (Cdnrvr) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 04:21 pm: Edit

If you can get the signal from Canada ... TSN covers open wheel racing. I am a F1 junkie and they used to carry the coverage with Murray Walker (before he retired) ... better than Speedvision.

By shooter mcgavin (Shootermcgavin) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 04:31 pm: Edit

I sure hope they show more of that National Lawn Mower Racing series. Whew wee! Them Lawn Boys sure cut grass real fast!

By MA on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 06:07 pm: Edit

I really don't get NASCAR either. I mean, you get a damn Ford Tauras ot Chevy Monte Carlo looking thing(with sticker headlights) and go around a circle 400 times. I mean...you just turn left, how could people find this amusing. I went to a NASCAR thing a couple of weeks ago(with a friend, who payed for the ticket ) The damn place was packed with people. I couldn't understand what was so "fun" about watching it. But I love to watch Le Mans races. The cars are so damn cool. It takes lots and lots of talent to build cars like those and race them through those tight turns and fast straght-a-ways. Speedvison has the best comentaters too. They know their stuff.

By lynden on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 07:25 pm: Edit

I just emailed speedvision begging them not to do it. I'm quite the bigwig in racing circles so I'm sure I'll get a response, they'll probably invite me to help w/ the new format.

I love the fact that we're all so insignificant. Someones probably telling them all they need to do is show nascar races supplemented only by tobacco commercials and they'll make a killing... they're probably right. If that article is correct I'm going to have one less tv channel to watch, and I only had 3 to begin w/ (that I can stand to watch).

MA, I agree. Did you see the 2000 le mans (no I don't mean the whole thing just this part) where the Audi blew a rearend. They changed the gearbox and rearend in 12 minutes. The whole rear came apart and the gearbox uncoupled from frame/motor by like 4 bolts. It was totally amazing. I saw it on a recap show of how dominating Audi was that year. The car went on to win. Hell, in Nascar, a plug wire falls off and the cars out of the race... not much enginuity there.
Lynden

By Paul D. Morgan on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 07:56 pm: Edit

I can see it now................NASCAR brainwashing provided by speedvision. Who knows, I might wake up in the middle of the night and trade my Rover in for a Aztec!

Paul

By dirtfarmer on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 08:29 pm: Edit

Well sheeeeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuuuut! I do declare that y'all are invited to my dirtfarm for the first big lefthander hodown. My wife, I mean daughter, I mean wife will be fixin ribs on the garbage can grille, and my sons: Slade, Ernest, Jimbo, Jimbo junior, and Bottlecap will be handin out PBR for those that are over 13.

Buckskin Craig

By Wes Legaspi (Wes) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 08:42 pm: Edit

Here are a few photos from Sears Point...

By MA on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 09:01 pm: Edit

Those Audi R8's are awesome. They have won almost every race in the past 2 years. That BMW M3 is also sweet with that 450hp V8.

Lynden,
Yeah, I remember that one. I watched some parts of it, there was no way I could watch it all. My brother and some car crazed friends had this Le Mans viewing party at our house, they stayed up for 24 hours straight to watch the race!! Did you see the last one in Road Atlanta. That pissed me off when Kristensen crashed the lead Audi. But the other Audi piloted by Pirro won the race.