Thanks ESPN your rotten to the core

[skills]

I am just irrated at espn and nhra you couldn't in 6 hours of.tv shown some sportsman? How is ford and chrysler getting their monies worth if they aren't on tv? 600+ sportsman cars and just the hemi final please what a waste.

[Ed Fernandez]

Gee,does any of the above complaints really surprise you?Realistically ESPN does
run a business that runs by schedules and is driven by the amount of money that their programing brings in.Seems like drag racing isn't a very profitable product.If it was
not only would the shows be shown from the beginning,they would be telecast to the end.
Simple business sense.So no matter what we think,or say,the coverage only has one way to go,and that is down hill.Powerade coverage will never have sportsman racing covered and Lucas Oil coverage will probably give you a teaser shot at anything more than the alcohol cars.Now focus your attention on getting the HP factoring system correctd and maybe an improvement in payouts to sportsman racers.
Oh and by the way,one of the "new" cars won the race.Weren't there those who said that they don't go rounds anyway?Not any more.

[Joe Schweigert]

Originally Posted by stefan callender

The entire show was so drawn out, they could have at least shown more than the final round of the Hemi Challenge. Its all about the Fuel classes. Even Pro Stock coverage sucked.

BTW I think Greg Anderson is a classless deuchebag. I felt he was celebrating in his teammates face. I understand he won the biggest race of the year, but he celebrated in a classless manner.

You nailed that thought

[Omcar]

Originally Posted by stefan callender

The entire show was so drawn out, they could have at least shown more than the final round of the Hemi Challenge. Its all about the Fuel classes. Even Pro Stock coverage sucked.

BTW I think Greg Anderson is a classless deuchebag. I felt he was celebrating in his teammates face. I understand he won the biggest race of the year, but he celebrated in a classless manner.

That is the truth..he is an asshole for celebrating in Jason Line's face. I thought I was the only one who felt this way.

[Bobby Fazio]

I am working on a survey/questionnaire about the current LODRS coverage and it will be about 5 or 6 questions. I'd like as many people as possible to do it and it should only take about 1 minute. I am going to send the results to ESPN and NHRA in an excel file. If Ken lets me, I will post the link on here and it will take to you the survey.

[jmcarter]

Originally Posted by rtr0id

i definately agree with you there. i thought it was a bit over the top plus the comment about Line taking the pole.

I wish Line would go get WJ's program back on track and drive his car...poetic justice right there.

[Mickey Whaley]

Originally Posted by danny waters sr

100 pros and 672 sportsmans . They even noted that on the espn show and that was it for the sportsmans.......No respect and forgot where they come from.....

only 64 pro's big danny, all of the finalist were given a roll of toilet paper because they were **** on as far as their coverage went at the biggest race of the year, but congrats to all final round winners and runner ups, good job!

[Lew Silverman]

First of all I am NOT coming to ESPN's defense! But I was very surprised by something I saw during the ESPN3 raw feed on the internet. It looked like they were doing a finish-line interview with Jeff Teuton, right after the Stock final. I had the audio muted because I was monitoring the live PA from the NHRA site, so I don't know what was said. But I can guess that when Sam Pourciau's motor unfortunately went away, it backed up the entire "live" program, and with a 6 PM deadline they changed the run schedule for broadcast. ESPN made a big deal of the "live coverage" of the finals for some reason I have yet to understand. But at least the show wasn't preempted by friggin' high school football!!

We'll have to wait until next week to see if I'm correct about the Sportsman coverage!

Lew

[442OLDS]

I was at work when the show was on,but I was just able to watch the replay on ESPN 3.
That was an incredible oil down in the Stock final.Good thing it happened near the starting line and not the finish line.

[charlie westcott]

I dont really get why this is a news flash. We all know, or at least we should know, that the only people that are interested in class racing are the people that participate in it, and the throttle stop classes, and bracket racing have ruined sportsman racing to the spectators. Look up in the stands at a points meet some time, noone is there for a reason. The only time that there are people in the stands is when the fuel cars run, not for PS, or bikes, they are all filler for the fuel classes. I dont race cause I want to see myself on tv, when I am its cool, but its not my drive. I am there cause I want to win. If you want to get mad cause they didnt show the finals, when they have a 1 hr show scheduled on 9/11 @ 5pm to show the sportsman, than go for it. The only reason that they show the hemi final is because Mopar pays for that. It is true that NHRA is second to anything else that is on, it gets bumped for volleyball, little kids baseball, bowling, etc. I know where we rate in the realm of spectator sports, its not going to change. Go to the races to race, have fun, and go home.
later
cw