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I remember the Wide Would of Sports
They did a Summer Nationals and it was exciting. But it was all edited by the time it was shown on TV. They showed all the classes and they did interviews with fans, management and Drivers. Not one of them mouthed off all their sponsors in a 15 second burst. They showed the drivers working on their cars. Cameras were mounted on a pole or crane. Which allowed them to use different shots. Even was able to show the handicap between the cars in the different classes and why the cars were being handicapped. Showing Drag Racing live for the viewer is not the way to go. Their has to be a mental and excitement build up for the viewers. Pinks was successful adding the human element the experience the racers go through. Despite a lot of the fans in the bleachers being racers themselves. They had a packed attendance. |
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[QUOTE=Dan Fahey;476500]I remember the Wide Would of Sports
They did a Summer Nationals and it was exciting. But it was all edited by the time it was shown on TV. They showed all the classes and they did interviews with fans, management and Drivers. Not one of them mouthed off all their sponsors in a 15 second burst. They showed the drivers working on their cars. Cameras were mounted on a pole or crane. Which allowed them to use different shots. Even was able to show the handicap between the cars in the different classes and why the cars were being handicapped. Showing Drag Racing live for the viewer is not the way to go. I agree Dan......sadly, live drag racing does not and probably will not make for great TV. There is too much downtime for today's viewers and the announcers can only talk about so much. Everyone (pros too) would have to be able to hot lap to keep fans interest live.
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Pinks was: Drama Conflict Tension Resolution That's why it was successful. Jim
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So there will be 16 live events on Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports, 4 of which will be on Fox. Sounds like an improvement over ESPN. Multiple re-airs on Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2, as well as select Lucas Oil event coverage on Fox Sports 1. Over 450 hours of air time for NHRA drag racing. Live streaming on the app Fox Sports Go, which also reaches 70 million households. Plus Fox committing to heavy promotion of NHRA and NHRA coverage various Fox media platforms.
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You must be thinking of Pinks and not Pinks All Out. When they came to Seattle there was almost as many fans as the national event draws. My son was in the 32 picked to race. Lots of fun and lots of cars. Easy racing for the fans to understand, first to the line wins, usually. Unless they caught a bagger. I think the same thing could work for Stock now. If your ET doesn't match your mph your toast. Maybe grow some fans.
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I've sent it to NHRA and ESPN and actually got responses. I want to send it to FOX now so let's get more signatures. I've updated some wording as well. What have we got to lose? I really think this could really help sportsman racers! Share it wherever you can thanks.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/n...rtsmancoverage |
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