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Another great improvement (sarcasm) is that they took away race buddy for the cup races. I know they didnt have them for every race before, but now they dont have it at all; only the NW races
 
TchainT said:
Another great improvement (sarcasm) is that they took away race buddy for the cup races. I know they didnt have them for every race before, but now they dont have it at all; only the NW races
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I don't see how they can justify having race buddy working for free and yet what they charge money for wouldn't work at all.
 
TchainT said:
Another great improvement (sarcasm) is that they took away race buddy for the cup races. I know they didnt have them for every race before, but now they dont have it at all; only the NW races
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Don't they just have it for the Chase races? Or for just the ESPN races? I don't really remember.
 
Ah. I suppose that might make sense. The NW races are on ESPN after all. My bad, carry on.
 
Yeah. In my defense though, the NASCAR.com site is truly horrible, and I cannot over-stress that.
 
I love blaming Brian France as much as the next guy, but NASCAR actually has nothing to do with NASCAR.com. NASCAR has leased it to Turner Broadcasting (CNN, TNT, TBS, etc.) and they control all of NASCAR's digital properties. It's kind of a weird arrangement. (Source for the nonbelievers)

Besides, we all know Jayski's is the real NASCAR homepage. :) :) :)
 
KevinWI said:
I love blaming Brian France as much as the next guy, but NASCAR actually has nothing to do with NASCAR.com. NASCAR has leased it to Turner Broadcasting (CNN, TNT, TBS, etc.) and they control all of NASCAR's digital properties. It's kind of a weird arrangement. (Source for the nonbelievers)

Besides, we all know Jayski's is the real NASCAR homepage. :) :) :)
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Your information is outdated. NASCAR bought out the remaining contract with Turner and is now running the site and all NASCAR related digital media.

Jayski has no NASCAR affiliation. They never did. It went from an independently ran site to an ESPN purchase.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Your information is outdated. NASCAR bought out the remaining contract with Turner and is now running the site and all NASCAR related digital media.
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Ah, you're right. Turner still sells all the ad space on NASCAR.com.

dpkimmel2001 said:
Jayski has no NASCAR affiliation. They never did. It went from an independently ran site to an ESPN purchase.
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Yeah, I'm aware. But Jayski has everything you'd ever want from a NASCAR website, including schedule, news, standings, rumors, etc. etc. etc. I probably go to Jayski's 100x more times than I go to NASCAR.com. That's what I meant.
 
KevinWI said:
Ah, you're right. Turner still sells all the ad space on NASCAR.com.



Yeah, I'm aware. But Jayski has everything you'd ever want from a NASCAR website, including schedule, news, standings, rumors, etc. etc. etc. I probably go to Jayski's 100x more times than I go to NASCAR.com. That's what I meant.
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When did jayski add raceview? Is it cheaper?
 
I use race buddy to dodge the thousands of commercials trying to sell ya something. They don't like that...they want you to buy their over priced raceview. Probably start putting commercials on that thing if they can get away with it. I ain't playin. Way too many other forms of motor racing to watch without all the freakin commercials these days.
 
Johali said:
When did jayski add raceview? Is it cheaper?
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StandOnIt said:
I use race buddy to dodge the thousands of commercials trying to sell ya something. They don't like that...they want you to buy their over priced raceview. Probably start putting commercials on that thing if they can get away with it. I ain't playin. Way too many other forms of motor racing to watch without all the freakin commercials these days.
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Whatever floats your boat. TV is fine for me.
 
KevinWI said:
Whatever floats your boat. TV is fine for me.
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Besides, RaceBuddy is not void of commercials. It seems every time you change cameras you're exposed to yet another commercial. Also, RaceBuddy is only available for a select few Cup races. Nationwide yes, but that's the kind of event that DVR's thrive on.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Besides, RaceBuddy is not void of commercials. It seems every time you change cameras you're exposed to yet another commercial. Also, RaceBuddy is only available for a select few Cup races. Nationwide yes, but that's the kind of event that DVR's thrive on.
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Yeah, I thought RaceBuddy was only for the TNT/NBC races anyway.

I don't think I am a good potential customer for RaceView. When I bring my scanner to the races, I just end listening to the TV/radio feed of the races anyway.

The one time I did wish I had it was when everybody said that at last year's fall Richmond race, when Kyle Busch was trying to beat Jeff Gordon to make it into the chase, apparently, KyBu asked his spotter to ask his brother to intentionally wreck Gordon so he could make the chase.
 
KevinWI said:
Yeah, I thought RaceBuddy was only for the TNT/NBC races anyway.

I don't think I am a good potential customer for RaceView. When I bring my scanner to the races, I just end listening to the TV/radio feed of the races anyway.

The one time I did wish I had it was when everybody said that at last year's fall Richmond race, when Kyle Busch was trying to beat Jeff Gordon to make it into the chase, apparently, KyBu asked his spotter to ask his brother to intentionally wreck Gordon so he could make the chase.
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ESPN as well..... Nationwide anyhow.

When I am at the track I mainly listen to the MRN/PRN broadcast. I set a few priority overrides for the drivers that I'd like to monitor. I something happens on the track I normally switch over to that driver to listen to their response. The scanner at the track is a great thing.

As far as Kyle Busch stating that..... I highly skeptical about that. All of that stuff is monitored and people like me record that stuff at home each week. That audio would have been everywhere.
 
I also can't stand the new Nascar Website. The automatic side to side scrolling drives me nuts and I see no way to stop it. Every time I'm trying to focus on reading something, bam there goes the page moving around. I want to move the pages myself when I want, not having the website deciding when to move them because they think it looks cool or something (it doesn't). I don't get how someone came up with that and thought it was a good idea. I used to go there frequently to read up but now I don't even want to go there. To tedious to navigate.
 
The new site sucks worse than the old one. Very hard to find any information on there.
 
The new site is why I converted to Jayski for NASCAR info.
 
MRM said:
The new site sucks worse than the old one. Very hard to find any information on there.
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Agreed. It requires way too many clicks just to get to basic stuff, there is almost no new content on there - there's almost no reason to visit that website. The layout works for smartphones and tablets but they desperately need a separate layout for desktops and laptops ... there is no way in hell I'm clicking nine different things just to view the results from the last race. Horrible.
 
Captain Coyfish said:
The new site is why I converted to Jayski for NASCAR info.
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Yep. Over the past few years, I found myself going to Jayski less and less because of it's antiquated design but now that I can't find a single thing on NASCAR.com (or have to click on 436 things), Jayski looks like the holy grail again.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Yep. Over the past few years, I found myself going to Jayski less and less because of it's antiquated design but now that I can't find a single thing on NASCAR.com (or have to click on 436 things), Jayski looks like the holy grail again.
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That 'antiquated design' is why I've always stuck with Jayski. I don't need or want bells and whistles, and the content has always been emphasized over the layout.
 
Ive actually started getting used to it. It sucked at first and there are still a few things I can't stand. They're working on a fan forum so I look forward to that.
 
I quit using the NASCAR site after the last makeover. I check the site early each season and this year it has a lot of pictures and too many clicks or scrolls to find content - if you can find the content you are looking for.
 
Zerkfitting said:
I quit using the NASCAR site after the last makeover. I check the site early each season and this year it has a lot of pictures and too many clicks or scrolls to find content - if you can find the content you are looking for.
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That's one of the things I hate... how hard do they have to make it to find qualifying or practice results..last year you scrolled to the bottom and click see full results.
 
I liked how the site was before, it's kinda difficult to navigate now...
 
The new site is both CPU/memory intensive, and incredibly hard to navigate. Hopefully they will see a significant decline in hits and revert to a better laid out, more simple design.
 
Well I for one will not be going back unless they change it. That Jayski's site (from the link I got here) is just fine, actually has more info than the official site. The Nascar site lost me when they implemented that automatic side to side scrolling every few seconds crap. Don't know who the hell thought that up and how it passed any kind of testing. It's just terrible.
 
This morning nascar.com took $44.99 (I was signed up with auto bill pay) out of my account without so much as an email as to the new dates, payment schedule or anything. I checked the terms and it stated that I would be notified of everything, again BS. I went to my account and it shows that I'm paid through 2/1/14, kind of a minor deal but it shows just how unorganized they still are.
 
Johali said:
This morning nascar.com took $44.99 (I was signed up with auto bill pay) out of my account without so much as an email as to the new dates, payment schedule or anything. I checked the terms and it stated that I would be notified of everything, again BS. I went to my account and it shows that I'm paid through 2/1/14, kind of a minor deal but it shows just how unorganized they still are.
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I have been around here long enough that you probably know by now that I'm a pretty easy going guy and I don't get upset very often or complain about much...but nascar .com is the one site that gets my blood pumping. That would piss me off too.
 
Johali said:
This morning nascar.com took $44.99 (I was signed up with auto bill pay) out of my account without so much as an email as to the new dates, payment schedule or anything. I checked the terms and it stated that I would be notified of everything, again BS. I went to my account and it shows that I'm paid through 2/1/14, kind of a minor deal but it shows just how unorganized they still are.
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Why did they even take money out of your account?
 
Looks to me like a bunch of overzealous IT guys got a hold of the NASCAR.com website. That's kinda the IT mindset: put in all these features simply because they exist, regardless of whether or not it makes things more complicated for the user.
 
I like to go to the site mid week sometimes and see what the schedule is for the weekend. Nothing bis ever there and if it is you have to look all over the place. Its the worst site ever, slow loading and nothing but bling. Keep it simple man, some of your faithful audience and fans still have dial up, old computers or just not much internet experience. If it were for kids and there x-box crap then sure but its not.
 
Considering all that is out there on the web, NASCAR might want to consider giving up on having a website at all.

Spend the time, money and energy on race day.

I wouldn't miss NASCAR.com in the least.
 
Johali said:
I had it on auto bill pay but they had not emailed anybody about the rates or the fee dates, they just set it up for 2/1/14 and took it out without notice.
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Yeah, but what are you paying for?

pjmolo said:
I wouldn't miss NASCAR.com in the least.
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I'd miss the qualifying and practice stats. They can be had elsewhere, but on NASCAR.com I can sort them by driver name. That makes it easier for me to gather stats for fantasy racing analysis.
 
pjmolo said:
Considering all that is out there on the web, NASCAR might want to consider giving up on having a website at all.

Spend the time, money and energy on race day.

I wouldn't miss NASCAR.com in the least.
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I would really only miss one thing -- lap by laps of races. Other than that, I wouldn't care one bit if they dropped off te face of the earth.
 
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