My pet peeve about Tony

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Y'all know Tony is my favorite driver, but there is something about him that just drives me nuts. Please tell me if any of you have ever noticed this and if ya think it's just me.

Have you ever noticed how many interviews Tony interupts? I mena I know he is usually congratulating someone or poking fun, but to me it is kinda rude. I mean like just now, that was Mark's Victory interview, and there was Tony. I have seen that from him so many times. And I don't really see it so much with other drivers. It just bothers me.
Do other drives do it as often as Tony and I just don't notice?
 
I've seen it happen with other drivers during their Victory lane interviews..........but the interviewer usually just ignore it and then continues with the victory interview. But lately they have started allowing the congratulators to get in on the action..........blame the media, not the driver doing the congratulations. That wasn't rude of Tony........it was rude of the interviewer (Jerry Punch?).
 
I agree DE, Tony was just congratulating Mark and Jerry Punch just interrupted the interview with Mark to get Tony's comments.

Media people can be such JERKS!!!!
 
Tony has great sportsmanship.. To heck with the media!
 
As another poster put it,
Kind of a classy move for Tony too. (going to winners circle to congratulate him) but wasn't it in poor taste for them to break from interviewing Mark there to interview Tony???
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The interviewer was Dick Berggren, not Jerry Punch. Dr. Punch works for ABC Sports! ;)

As for Tony interrupting the interview with Mark Martin to congratulate him on the win, I didn't see it as a problem until Dick decided to get Tony's thoughts on the race. The Victory Lane celebration is quite a long process, with numerous media interviews and lots and lots of photographs with various race/driver sponsors. I'm pretty sure that Tony wanted to get back to his motorhome to get changed so that he could head home. Just MHO. :)
 
Originally posted by majestyx@Jun 6 2004, 03:25 PM
The interviewer was Dick Berggren, not Jerry Punch.  Dr. Punch works for ABC Sports!  ;)

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That' why I put the question mark in parenthesis..........guess I'm partial to ABC/TNT!! Not fond of FOX/FX broadcasts!! :D
 
Originally posted by majestyx@Jun 6 2004, 06:25 PM
The interviewer was Dick Berggren, not Jerry Punch. Dr. Punch works for ABC Sports! ;)

As for Tony interrupting the interview with Mark Martin to congratulate him on the win, I didn't see it as a problem until Dick decided to get Tony's thoughts on the race. The Victory Lane celebration is quite a long process, with numerous media interviews and lots and lots of photographs with various race/driver sponsors. I'm pretty sure that Tony wanted to get back to his motorhome to get changed so that he could head home. Just MHO. :)
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Glad to see you back to form Maj!

Mr DICK was the rude one, JMO
 
I realize Tony was just congratulating Mark and I think that is great. And I Know that the victory circle celebrating is long, it isn't always the winners interview that I see this in. Last week it was an iterview with Robby Gordon (which I believe was prerecorded) and I think he did it live too. Just seems like a weekly thing with Tony. I almost posted this thread several races ago.
 
Originally posted by majestyx+Jun 6 2004, 06:34 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (majestyx @ Jun 6 2004, 06:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--kat2220@Jun 6 2004, 05:31 PM

Glad to see you back to form Maj!

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Why, thank you kat. (I think) ;) [/b][/quote]
Hey girl, it's a compliment cuz y'al ain;t been yur ol self lately and I've missed ya!
 
Seemed to me that he just tried to get in and get out quickly. blame the media. If it had been JR. the same thing would have happened.
 
I've seen numbers of other drivers come to Victory Lane to congratulate the winner, and nothing was said to them by the media.

But FOX just has to grab Tony. He was trying to walk away from Berggren but couldn't get away. Tony even tried to get the conversation back to Mark by saying he was just watching Mark get smaller and smaller.

Bad manners on Berggren's part.

Good manners on Tony's part.
 
I think that it is a good thing for the other drivers that were racing him to come by. Don't think that Tony was trying to steal the show, but the media just had to grab him for a interview. If this does keep up then I can see others dropping in just to get their sponsor a couple seconds of air time and maybe a interview.
 
Originally posted by Oldgoat@Jun 6 2004, 07:49 PM
I think that it is a good thing for the other drivers that were racing him to come by. Don't think that Tony was trying to steal the show, but the media just had to grab him for a interview. If this does keep up then I can see others dropping in just to get their sponsor a couple seconds of air time and maybe a interview.
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I can also see where drivers may quit coming to VL to offer congratulations.
 
I see that too TRL.............and what a shame that would be! :(
 
I have no pet peeve about Tony, I like the guy......but agree with TRL also.....
 
So how many drivers do you let come to victory lane and say "good job" 1, 7, or 42.......I say leave it for the winners
 
Tony offering his congratulations to Mark in Victory Lane could have waited.

The real culprit was Dick Berggren when he stepped in front of Mark to interview Stewart.
 
I didn't see the event in question, but the one thing that Tony and I agree on is most sports reporters ask really dumb questions...

- "Mark, how does it feel to win after 70 races?"

- "Suprisingly, it feels aweful...it just tears me up to see 42 other guys wishing they were me. I think I'm going back to the trailer for a nap..."

So, Tony may have been trying to add a little spice to the obligatory post race interview and he or the reporter got carried away...
 
Originally posted by Splunge@Jun 7 2004, 08:37 PM
I didn't see the event in question, but the one thing that Tony and I agree on is most sports reporters ask really dumb questions...

- "Mark, how does it feel to win after 70 races?"

- "Suprisingly, it feels aweful...it just tears me up to see 42 other guys wishing they were me. I think I'm going back to the trailer for a nap..."

So, Tony may have been trying to add a little spice to the obligatory post race interview and he or the reporter got carried away...
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LOL Splunge :cheers:

How about, " Well Dick it's only been 70 races not near as long as Rusty went so I'm going to ask NASCAR to give this to Kasey. I think he really earned it and I can wait for my win." ;)
 
I'm with Splunge on this one, sometimes those "journalists" ask some pretty dumb questions and almost as often they receive some generic answer. Is anyone else getting tired of hearing how a driver "hates" it for whoever the reporter may be trying to get him to put the blame on for a wreck?

Fox could save some money buy just handing the winner a list of questions.

As for Stewarts actions, I don't always agree with his methods but I do respect the fact that he's not some robot conformist. My opinion is that he was simply elated for Martin to have finally won a race and wanted people to see that he can be as good a sportsman as other drivers.
 
Originally posted by Patrick9999@Jun 8 2004, 11:11 AM
As for Stewarts actions, I don't always agree with his methods but I do respect the fact that he's not some robot conformist. My opinion is that he was simply elated for Martin to have finally won a race and wanted people to see that he can be as good a sportsman as other drivers.
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There ya go !!!!! Selfish motivation !!!!!!!! I knew there was a reason Tony went to congratulate Mark !!!!!!!! :rolleyes:
 
Patrick 9999,

When you put the word "journalists" in quotation marks, are you making reference to Dr. Dick Berggren and his interview of Tony Stewart in Victory lane last Sunday and trying to question Dick's qualifications in the field?

If that is the case, do you realize that he holds a Doctorate degree in journalism, made StockCar Racing magazine the top selling racing magazine on the market and when that company was sold, started over with nothing and brought Speedway Illustrated to market?

Along the way, Dick has also worked for ABC, ESPN, TNN, CBS and a couple of others as a commentator and was a strong competitor and frequent winner as a driver in both late models and sprint cars.

To imply that he is not qualified as a journalist sure shows your own lack of knowledge about where the sport has been and who the folks were that made it what it is today.

Dick was also a proffessor at a Catholic college for a few years when he was getting started and paying the way for his own race cars.

In short, he is without any doubt the best educated, most successful, and most knowledgeable of all the TV race announcers.

He's been there and back and done it all himself.

And there I go getting serious again. Doggone it...
 
Point taken.

And, yes, I was referring to him - as well as others. I'm not questioning his qualifications, only his decision.

To say he is the most educated may be fact but the most knowledgeable is, in my opinion, a judgement call.

I, therefore, will call it as I see it...as you appear to have done when you claim to know my level of knowledge by reading my postings.


Do you think it's a proper ettiquette to divert his attention away from the WINNER of a race during his victory interview?
 
Patrick,

As far as the incident last week and the interview in Victory Lane, I didn't see or hear it, so I'm not qualified to make comment on it.

No my friend, you are wrong when you say that my calling Dick the most knowledgeable is a judgement call.

The only other member of the current broadcast teams from either FOX or NBC who has anywhere near Dick's experience and knowledge of the sport is Matt Yocum.
Matt literally grew up in Winston Cup, worked his way through college for Jay Signore and the IROC series and both he and Dick are close personal friends with anybody who is, or ever was, anybody in NASCAR. In short, they live what they are talking about on the air, not just on the weekends, but every single day of the week.

I know this as fact, not something that I've heard or read somewhere.

I'll let it go at that.
 
Dick was a dick. Pun intended... umm... I think. :lol: It was his fault because he rudely interrupted Mark Martin just to get some words from Tony. I figured after he got Tony's $0.02 he would have came back to Mark but he never did. Pretty messed up.

Personally I cant stand Dick Berg...whatever. His bias towards certain drivers just oooze out of him. Id say he is the worst pit reporter in the business right now. But then again thats just my opinion.
 
All of you folks do realize that those reporters have a producer talking into their headsets and telling them who to talk to, what to ask, where to stand, etc., etc., do you not? They're not just out there on their own.

As I said, I didn't see the interview in question.
 
Originally posted by boB@Jun 8 2004, 03:02 PM
All of you folks do realize that those reporters have a producer talking into their headsets and telling them who to talk to, what to ask, where to stand, etc., etc., do you not? They're not just out there on their own.
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Thats true. I forgot about that, and knowing how FOX is, they would probably want some words from Tony to see if he can somehow spark a reaction out of DW.


Question: Do you know if the announcers in the booth, specifically Mike Joy, have producers in his ear telling him what to say? During the last portion of the race, after all the wrecks had already occured, Joy said something to the likes of "Tony's car is the cleanest car out on the track." Silence. Then a new subject was brought up by Larry Mac. About two minutes later, Joy brought it up again, and said it like this: "Darrell, look at Tony's car, it doesnt even have a scratch on it." DW never responded. I found it quite interesting and amusing. Anyone else notice this?
 
Not completely certain, but I think the booth announcers have the producers in one ear and NASCAR race control in the other.
And they're trying to carry on conversations with each other and keep up a running commentary all at the same time.
Any wonder why they goof things up sometimes?
 
Originally posted by RobbyG Fan@Jun 8 2004, 06:57 PM
Dick was a dick. Pun intended... umm... I think. :lol: It was his fault because he rudely interrupted Mark Martin just to get some words from Tony. I figured after he got Tony's $0.02 he would have came back to Mark but he never did. Pretty messed up.

Personally I cant stand Dick Berg...whatever. His bias towards certain drivers just oooze out of him. Id say he is the worst pit reporter in the business right now. But then again thats just my opinion.
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Dick Berggren is not the first reporter nor will he be the last, to show favortism toward a driver or team. When Berggren jumped toward Tony, it was as if he did it without prompting from producers.

It was a year or two ago when Berggren was scheduled to be inducted into the Sprint Car Hall of Fame.
Because of conflicts with his broadcasting job on that date, the timing made it nearly impossible for Berggren to attend the induction ceremony.
Tony Stewart gave Dr. Berggren the use of his personal jet and Berggren fulfilled not only his committment as a broadcaster but, thanks to Tony, was present at the induction ceremony as well.

Berggren is an appreciative guy. He did not forget what Stewart did for him and like any other human being, sometimes forgets where the line is drawn in the sand between personal relationships, gratitude and professionalism.

What Berggren did during the interview with Mark Martin was an error. He unintentionally snubbed Martin, stepping in front of him, to interview Tony. Despite Berggren's wealth of education and knowledge, he screwed up. Or his producers screwed up. But he does not deserve to be placed on a spit over an open fire. Tony was the catalyst and Berggren was the unintentional culprit.

There is no question Berggren has apologized and is more than aware of his faux paux, even if he were prompted.

This is reminiescent of reporting that came from Jerry Punch when ESPN carried the series.
As bad as Waltrip and a few others have been as commentators, Jerry Punch is another reporter who was/is blatant about showing favoritism toward driver(s) or friends.
 
Originally posted by RobbyG Fan+Jun 8 2004, 02:10 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (RobbyG Fan @ Jun 8 2004, 02:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--boB@Jun 8 2004, 03:02 PM
All of you folks do realize that those reporters have a producer talking into their headsets and telling them who to talk to, what to ask, where to stand, etc., etc., do you not?&nbsp; They're not just out there on their own.
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Thats true. I forgot about that, and knowing how FOX is, they would probably want some words from Tony to see if he can somehow spark a reaction out of DW.


Question: Do you know if the announcers in the booth, specifically Mike Joy, have producers in his ear telling him what to say? During the last portion of the race, after all the wrecks had already occured, Joy said something to the likes of "Tony's car is the cleanest car out on the track." Silence. Then a new subject was brought up by Larry Mac. About two minutes later, Joy brought it up again, and said it like this: "Darrell, look at Tony's car, it doesnt even have a scratch on it." DW never responded. I found it quite interesting and amusing. Anyone else notice this? [/b][/quote]
I noticed that. I believe he said it was the only car out there without a mark on it. Could there be some puppet masters at work - who the heck knows.

It seems as though Stewart has put his money where his mouth is. Good job of responding to that all the crap the best possible way he could.
 
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