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I never knew what a restrictor plate was or what the big one was before turning the race on. Thanks, Fox Sports.

Sure as hell didn't see a starting lineup. Or Nationwide highlights. Or interviews with contenders.

BRING ON NBC!
 
Is this actually a thread about the pre-race show? :rolleyes:

What's next Andy, a thread about the best dialogue in a race day commercial?
 
You and i must have been watching different pre race shows.
 
I have a feeling NBC is gonna be a commercial-fest when they take over the NASCAR coverage. They way overpaid for the TV rights, so they'll have to recoup that somehow.
 
ToyYoda said:
I have a feeling NBC is gonna be a commercial-fest when they take over the NASCAR coverage. They way overpaid for the TV rights, so they'll have to recoup that somehow.
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Hopefully they will do a little more "side-by-side" at least.... they seem to with Indycar.
 
ToyYoda said:
I have a feeling NBC is gonna be a commercial-fest when they take over the NASCAR coverage. They way overpaid for the TV rights, so they'll have to recoup that somehow.
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People used to throw the term "Nothing But Commercials" around when talking about NBC during their original run. Personally, I still think they got more flak than they should. Yeah, they ran a lot of commercials in the middle of the race but they usually aired the final portion of the race relatively without interruption. I'm hoping they run side-by-side coverage like they do for F1 and IndyCar now that NASCAR isn't discouraging it anymore.

As for pre-race, I don't normally watch and now I remember why. Personally, I think TNT has the best pre-race show and ESPN has the best race coverage.
 
My biggest gripe with FOX has always been and will always be the tight camera shots. People don't go to NASCAR races and try to get tickets on the front row where they can only see about 50 feet of the racetrack. Why does FOX think the fans watching at home don't want to see wide shots? They use wider camera shots for their football, baseball and UFC coverage for crying out loud!
 
Wrangler1 said:
Hopefully they will do a little more "side-by-side" at least.... they seem to with Indycar.
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NBC's IndyCar and F1 broadcasts have side-by-side coverage almost throughout the entire race. FOX basically has one at the beginning and a couple towards the end of the race, with the rest of the race littered with the AT&T Mid-Race Report, Sprint 20 To Go, KFC Social Media Pit Stops, etc. It's some of the most intrusive sports coverage I've ever seen.

I know people typically don't like ESPN, and I certainly don't when it comes to most sports, but when they say they'll utilize their Non-Stop coverage for the entire second half of all of the Chase races they really mean it.
 
FLRacingFan said:
NBC's IndyCar and F1 broadcasts have side-by-side coverage almost throughout the entire race. FOX basically has one at the beginning and a couple towards the end of the race, with the rest of the race littered with the AT&T Mid-Race Report, Sprint 20 To Go, KFC Social Media Pit Stops, etc. It's some of the most intrusive sports coverage I've ever seen.

I know people typically don't like ESPN, and I certainly don't when it comes to most sports, but when they say they'll utilize their Non-Stop coverage for the entire second half of all of the Chase races they really mean it.
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One thing I noticed about the non-stop coverage is the racing screen keeps getting smaller and smaller and smaller and smaller compared to the commercials - better than nothing tho I suppose!

But from what I have seen NBC has certainly done a better job with this aspect than fox has IMO
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
My biggest gripe with FOX has always been and will always be the tight camera shots. People don't go to NASCAR races and try to get tickets on the front row where they can only see about 50 feet of the racetrack. Why does FOX think the fans watching at home don't want to see wide shots? They use wider camera shots for their football, baseball and UFC coverage for crying out loud!
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FLRacingFan said:
NBC's IndyCar and F1 broadcasts have side-by-side coverage almost throughout the entire race. FOX basically has one at the beginning and a couple towards the end of the race, with the rest of the race littered with the AT&T Mid-Race Report, Sprint 20 To Go, KFC Social Media Pit Stops, etc. It's some of the most intrusive sports coverage I've ever seen.

I know people typically don't like ESPN, and I certainly don't when it comes to most sports, but when they say they'll utilize their Non-Stop coverage for the entire second half of all of the Chase races they really mean it.
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This^^^
 
FLRacingFan said:
NBC's IndyCar and F1 broadcasts have side-by-side coverage almost throughout the entire race. FOX basically has one at the beginning and a couple towards the end of the race, with the rest of the race littered with the AT&T Mid-Race Report, Sprint 20 To Go, KFC Social Media Pit Stops, etc. It's some of the most intrusive sports coverage I've ever seen.

I know people typically don't like ESPN, and I certainly don't when it comes to most sports, but when they say they'll utilize their Non-Stop coverage for the entire second half of all of the Chase races they really mean it.
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The personality driven coverage is also obnoxious. They seem to have it in their heads that people are tuning in to see the Waltrip duo. I'm tuning in to watch the ****** race. So, naturally, the show becomes all about the Waltrips. This is the type of stuff that brought us the damn gopher.

Pre-race shows should be simple but at the same time informational and entertaining - see NASCAR on TNT and ESPN NASCAR Countdown.
 
As for side-by-side, I'll never understand for the life of me why advertisers are so dead set against it. I'm more likely to watch the commercial if it's not completely interrupting my program. Don't even get me started on TNT's commercialpaloozas.
 
TNT's Wide Open Coverage format for the July Daytona Fire Cracker Pepsi Coke Zero 400 was awesome in my opinion, I remember the first year they did it, if only there was way to make that work for every race, but I dont think its at all possible with the number of advertisers each network has for the race coverage.

After every race so far this year, I keep thinking how much more I wish it was FOX leaving and not ESPN/TNT, while both have there downfalls that many of us dont like, at least it the race coverage is done on the adult level, while FOX seems to be all about the Waltrips and full of gimmicks , and its just getting painful to watch, and on top of that, they gutted Race Day, I dont even bother watching RD anymore, nor do I watch the pre race either, I have been prosperously waiting tell like 30 min into the start time so I can just skip right over it and start watching as the cars roll of of pit road.


I swear all of FOX Sports has been dumb down ever since Speed was flipped, that is when it all started going down even faster
 
Wrangler1 said:
One thing I noticed about the non-stop coverage is the racing screen keeps getting smaller and smaller and smaller and smaller compared to the commercials - better than nothing tho I suppose!
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Bigger TV mate :D
 
jws926 said:
TNT's Wide Open Coverage format for the July Daytona Fire Cracker Pepsi Coke Zero 400 was awesome in my opinion, I remember the first year they did it, if only there was way to make that work for every race, but I dont think its at all possible with the number of advertisers each network has for the race coverage.

After every race so far this year, I keep thinking how much more I wish it was FOX leaving and not ESPN/TNT, while both have there downfalls that many of us dont like, at least it the race coverage is done on the adult level, while FOX seems to be all about the Waltrips and full of gimmicks , and its just getting painful to watch, and on top of that, they gutted Race Day, I dont even bother watching RD anymore, nor do I watch the pre race either, I have been prosperously waiting tell like 30 min into the start time so I can just skip right over it and start watching as the cars roll of of pit road.


I swear all of FOX Sports has been dumb down ever since Speed was flipped, that is when it all started going down even faster
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TNT's race coverage is terrible and the amount of commercials are atrocious. I'm glad they're gone. But aside from that, I'm with you. ESPN's coverage sucked the first few years but they've really come together to deliver a solid race presentation.
 
TNT's race coverage is terrible and the amount of commercials are atrocious.
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I'm pretty sure the amount of commercials is about the same no matter what network does the broadcast.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
TNT's race coverage is terrible and the amount of commercials are atrocious. I'm glad they're gone. But aside from that, I'm with you. ESPN's coverage sucked the first few years but they've really come together to deliver a solid race presentation.
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Oh I agree about TNT, the only thing that I liked was the Wide Open Coverage format for Daytona, but so far this year, I will take TNT over FOX this year, but who knows, TNT could make FOX look like ESPN this year , And I hit the trifecta with that :D
 
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AndyMarquisLive said:
I never knew what a restrictor plate was or what the big one was before turning the race on. Thanks, Fox Sports.

Sure as hell didn't see a starting lineup. Or Nationwide highlights. Or interviews with contenders.

BRING ON NBC!
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Gee, we've heard this song before. You should put your show into syndication, maybe make some money from your reruns. :rolleyes:

Life's too short to be bitter about everything.
 
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