So who wants to help me start a racing TV channel?

Post by **thrdeye** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:17 pm

Speed -WRC coverage = mucho sucko!

steverife · Post by **steverife** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:22 pm

Now if they can only get rid of that F1 crap, it'll be a good channel!

Post by **thrdeye** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:28 pm

The name of the new channel will be

"Turnrightandmashthebrakesvision"

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:27 pm

I'm down! I'm sick of NASCARTV.

gbwrx · Post by **gbwrx** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:34 pm

Brian wrote:I'm down! I'm sick of NASCARTV.

I 2nd that. All you see on Speed is basically NASCAR.

Don't get me wrong I don't dislike NASCAR but all they play is something related to it.

Scuffcakes · Post by **Scuffcakes** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:31 pm

I'd even go so far as to say that I can't stand NASCAR. I've stopped even looking to see what's on SPEED any more. If it's not NASCAR it's drag racing. Guess it's the thing to watch if you're having trouble sleeping.

edit- I did happen to see some of the Runoffs and there was some coverage of the Star Mazda series so it's not totally bad I guess.

Steve-o · Post by **Steve-o** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:20 pm

not cbring wrote:Now if they can only get rid of that F1 crap, it'll be a good channel!

steverife · Post by **steverife** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:37 pm

I like the trailer racing and the figure 8 racing and anything alse where there is a good chance of someone crashing into someone else.....like Runoffs.

ChuckM · Post by **ChuckM** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:22 am

OK, I admit I like "Pinks" but I sure wish it would go back to the way
it was before Fox News bought it. They said it would be a balance between
Nascar and all the other niche types of road racing and car shows...of course that never happened, so much for fair and balanced programming.

Chuck Moore

Leadfoot · Post by **Leadfoot** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:18 am

thrdeye wrote:Speed -WRC coverage = mucho sucko!

Yep. They do a good job with F1, covering the practice, qualifying, and race, but WRC only gets an hour and a half of highlights.

I don't care if they have 22 hours/day of NASCAR if that's what it takes to get decent WRC and F1 coverage.

Jbgti · Post by **Jbgti** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:46 am

I love Nascar. The channel suites me just fine

dfoulk · Post by **dfoulk** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:55 am

F1 in 2005 was more interesting than it has been in years. WRC in 2006 may or may not be interesting. Peugot, Citroen, and Mitsubishi have all dropped out for 2006. Ford, Skoda, and maybe Subaru will have factory teams but all others will be privateer teams which means old cars for them. Depending on the privateers' finances and behind the scenes factory support, it may be a dull season. I hope Marko Martin has recovered enough mentally from the death of his co-driver in an accident to continue this year.

Dewey

Post by **thrdeye** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:12 am

dfoulk wrote:F1 in 2005 was more interesting than it has been in years. WRC in 2006 may or may not be interesting. Peugot, Citroen, and Mitsubishi have all dropped out for 2006. Ford, Skoda, and maybe Subaru will have factory teams but all others will be privateer teams which means old cars for them. Depending on the privateers' finances and behind the scenes factory support, it may be a dull season. I hope Marko Martin has recovered enough mentally from the death of his co-driver in an accident to continue this year.

Dewey

Ford and Subaru will be the only "true" factory teams. But there will still be Citroen (TOTAL, Kronos), Peugeot (OMV), and Skoda (Red Bull).

Sebastian Loeb is still driving for the privateer Citroen team, so yes, they will be hauling some ass.

There is really no way to see any rallying this year, aside from the website.

SPIKE TV should pick it up.

dfoulk · Post by **dfoulk** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:33 am

You must be more up to date than I. I hope Spike TV does pick up WRC. Marcus Gronholm is driving for Ford this year in a Focus and I would like to watch it. I suscribe to the WRC email newsletters. I can forward you the link to suscribe the next time I receive an email from them if you do not already receive them.

Dewey

Post by **thrdeye** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:34 am

Dewey,

Check out the "teams" page on www.wrc.com

I supscribed to their newsletter for a while, but I rather go to the site and look at the info.

East Tennessee Region SCCA

So who wants to help me start a racing TV channel?

So who wants to help me start a racing TV channel?

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