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You might want to check this out over the next three weeks. Don't even imagine that it might be free of charge in the future. It won't be.

ATLANTA (CNNSI.com) -- NASCAR.com unveiled an enhanced version of its real-time internet scoring feed and will make the package available to fans free for the final three races of the 2002 season, beginning with this weekend's Pop Secret 400 at North Carolina Speedway.

TrackPass with Pit Command will offer real-time race car telemetry, a graph of GPS-produced on-track positioning, a radio broadcast feed and other in-car audio elements. The features are customizable, allowing users to track rpms, throttle, lap speeds and statistics for any of the drivers in the field.

Drew Reifenberger, NASCAR.com executive vice president and general manager, said the enhanced package "drills deeper into the race experience by putting fans in control of more race elements than ever before, in a real-time synchronized environment."

TrackPass with Pit Command will be made available free for the final three races at Rockingham, Phoenix and Homestead.
 
Oh how nice of them. Show us their improved RaceCast so they can take it away from us again. Yay!
 
I'll give it a try.......but if it's like before and anywhere from 1 to 3 laps behind the TV, I'll just do as I did before. Shut if off. Kinda sounds like Racecast isn't taking off like they wanted it to.....this is looking like a promo thing to get more users. Thanks HS.
 
Not much to many folks surprise, no RaceCast has not taken off. Last numbers I recall seeing had subs in the 70,000 range and the numbers about one=third of the way into the season were around 55,000. Not explosvie growth.

If ya go over to NOL you can see some of the new features this version adds.

Normally I do not watch the races from the office, sometimes but not regularly.
 
Is anyone surprised? They had a good thing going so of course they decided it is time to charge for it.
 
I'll try it for the 3 weeks but there is no way I am going to spend money on racecast.
 
I'm going to have to try it out again. About the only thing that I would want from Racecast is the in-car audio. Those of you that have Racecast now, does the audio trail the televised race by much?

Racecast is not something I would pay for but I will try it again as long as it's free.
 
Back in the advertiser supported days, it was lagged like everything else on the net. From what I understand that has not changed. I am not of a fan of RealPlayer spyware on my machine so I would install and uninstall RP as needed.

My main reason for using it back then was lap times, and getting MRN radio. All the video stuff is just commercials in disguise, and the lagged driver yak was useless.

I've got a saved up copy of a letter I mailed to any number of media outlets etc when TSI went to Pay For Content. To say I was torked would be an understatement. I'll post it in a moment.
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This is one I sent to the nascar's PR department......couldn't find the one I was looking for.....

I have been a nascar fan since the mid 60's. Nascar is one of the greatest motor racing series in the world. I remember watching the infamous fight on the broadcast from Daytona as a young man.

That you are allowing nascar.com to charge for such a sub-standard product as Racecast is an afront to every racing fan who has ever picked a splinter from thier backside while sitting on an old wooden bleacher.

What was once a very fan friendly site where nascar info was shared freely is now little more than a monstrous splash ad for whatever racing biz Mr Turner et al can cram on to the site. The site itself is quickly becoming a laughingstock with numerous internet message boards and motorsports sites aleady giving it mention. There are more than a few grassroots movements to actually boycott nascar.com, nascar, nascar corporate and team sponsors.

If you are not party to the sudden "Pay To Listen" format of nascar.com's MRN radio internet feed (along with timing and scoring) I commend you and urge you to take action against Mr Turner et al to put a stop to such nonsense.

But if you ARE a party to it, I say what's next....Pay To View?.... and shame on you. The thing about blowing up a balloon is that if you blow too hard, it burst.

I love nascar but my pockets just aren't that deep.
 
I can't link to any of the letters I sent regarding this, Paul would throw me out again.

I really hope CASCAR can muster a startup that includes these kinds of features. CASCAR has the opportunity to blow NASCAR clean off the planet.

Racing fans will dictate how successful CASCAR will be. I recommend support for CASCAR next year, with a loud boycott of all things and sponcers of NASCAR. We will only be heard when our wallets speak.
 
I've never seen a boycott that worked.

I'll be renewing racecast even if it's 50 buckw next year.

I enjoy having the access even if it's not perfect
 
I just tried to get it Its says that you have to do the monthly things or did I not understand it right
 
You've got to buy in and then cancel within 14 days to get a free trail. Not quite bait and switch but close.

Typical mogul tactic. I mean how many free aol disc have ya gotten in the last year?
 
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