The Announcers Thread

AndyMarquisLive said:


Lindsay Czarniak, who used to work for the NBC station in Washington, and Sara Walsh, who worked for the CBS station in Washington, added as hosts for NASCAR on Fox.

Count me in!
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Another pair of ESPN castaways. Good for them. Sara's also a local girl. :blush:
 
According to Burton, a car should be hard to drive .... it was for him! We all claim to like old school, but power steering is here to stay. Manual transmissions too, as the rules boys can measure the gear ratios, Do you think we are going to en-mass block the use of Cool Helmets for the World 600? Any other race?

I think a car should be as easy to drive as the team can make it. The driver is fight for position, he should not be fighting his car too.
 
Pandaz3 said:
I think a car should be as easy to drive as the team can make it. The driver is fight for position, he should not be fighting his car too.
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Then remove “steering wheel”

and use the multi-purpose gamer controller — turn, shift gears, control your dashboard screen, fire missiles, whatever...
 
Pandaz3 said:
So that makes it more like a "Stock" car?
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That’s the road you go down ergonomics if you want to make it easier. Now if you want to make “old school” easier than that seems to be a conflicted approach — but one that I in general believe in as well.

I don’t want to see thumb racers or drivers paddling thru the gears; I like regular steering wheels (though they’ve already cluttered it up), as well as lug nuts.

But stock cars — as in what’s down at that dealerships have plenty of control gadgets as well, so time will tell what makes its way into the cars.
 
Pandaz3 said:
According to Burton, a car should be hard to drive .... it was for him! We all claim to like old school, but power steering is here to stay. Manual transmissions too, as the rules boys can measure the gear ratios, Do you think we are going to en-mass block the use of Cool Helmets for the World 600? Any other race?

I think a car should be as easy to drive as the team can make it. The driver is fight for position, he should not be fighting his car too.
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I think he meant hard to drive like a supermodified -- difficult to get the most speed out of the car, not how much strength or physical endurance it take.
 
Ventisca said:
Then remove “steering wheel”

and use the multi-purpose gamer controller — turn, shift gears, control your dashboard screen, fire missiles, whatever...
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A step in the right direction, but you're thinking too small. The driver needs to be looking around him, you know, battling for position and such. I don't think he or she should be troubled with having to physically maneuver the car. Voice inputs or a direct neural hookup would be better.
 
gnomesayin said:
A step in the right direction, but you're thinking too small. The driver needs to be looking around him, you know, battling for position and such. I don't think he or she should be troubled with having to physically maneuver the car. Voice inputs or a direct neural hookup would be better.
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You mean like in FireFox with Clint Eastwood? :)
 
I've never really minded Darrell Waltrip as an announcer but I just listened to him make 3 bad mistakes on the practice coverage.
One had to do with the on-screen steering position graphic (He thought the were talking about actual tape on the steering wheel)
The next was about the ghost car graphic comparing different lines (He said there was no need to side draft because of the different lines. They weren't even on the track at the same time)
The third escapes me right now but all 3 were cringe worthy moments. UGH!
 
Old 97 said:
I've never really minded Darrell Waltrip as an announcer but I just listened to him make 3 bad mistakes on the practice coverage.
One had to do with the on-screen steering position graphic (He thought the were talking about actual tape on the steering wheel)
The next was about the ghost car graphic comparing different lines (He said there was no need to side draft because of the different lines. They weren't even on the track at the same time)
The third escapes me right now but all 3 were cringe worthy moments. UGH!
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He just turned 72 a few days ago, might be time to head for the rocking chair.
 
Old 97 said:
The third escapes me right now but all 3 were cringe worthy moments.
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Yeah. The third was reference to Ryan Preece's success in trucks (it was actually Xfinity, not trucks). But regardless, I'm sorta OK with DW. I mind him much less than the plaid clad hipster, for example. Chatting about the old days is not objectionable to me. Benny Parsons and Buddy Baker did that too. They did it better than DW, but that's beside the point. To me, DW is OK.
 
LewTheShoe said:
Yeah. The third was reference to Ryan Preece's success in trucks (it was actually Xfinity, not trucks). But regardless, I'm sorta OK with DW. I mind him much less than the plaid clad hipster, for example. Chatting about the old days is not objectionable to me. Benny Parsons and Buddy Baker did that too. They did it better than DW, but that's beside the point. To me, DW is OK.
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I agree. He just seemed to be out of the loop yesterday.
 
I think DW is pretty good for the older fans, we don't sit around and count mistakes, most of us know what the hell he is trying to say anyway. :p Compared to non stop nonsense from the NBC boys when most of the time it is wtf? is that goofy son of a..you know the rest of it.
 
StandOnIt said:
I think DW is pretty good for the older fans, we don't sit around and count mistakes, most of us know what the hell he is trying to say anyway. :p Compared to non stop nonsense from the NBC boys when most of the time it is wtf? is that goofy son of a..you know the rest of it.
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I just knew the number because that's how many times I face palmed.
 
I guess I am different, I knew what he was trying to say.:p hell the graphic about the tape I thought it was a steering wheel too. :):p
 
DW on his twitter, talks about all of his old cars, the ones he has and the ones he hasn't, tells some good old Nascar stories of back in the day, I check in there every so often.
 
DW is good when he’s not playing his TV character. Very knowledgeable and matter of fact.

Unfortunately FOX prefers he play the role of hollering redneck goofball.
 
superchuck500 said:
Is it me or is DW a little edgier this year?

I like it.
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Always like how the Fox team reminds me of other guys from back in the day, the cracking jokes laid back style more professional and traditional to me anyway. Kinda like when Benny was doing it, Benny was a better singer though. Gordon saying about Logano after he won the race, just what he needs, more confidence. Cracked me up.
 
JBone88 said:
DW is good when he’s not playing his TV character. Very knowledgeable and matter of fact.

Unfortunately FOX prefers he play the role of hollering redneck goofball.
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He was kind of going off on Jimmie this week and then he was willing to sort of argue things with Jeff tonight (not aggressive just good honest broadcasting). You’re right he’s so much better that way - maybe Jeff’s technical focus is allowing DW stay technical too, without having to clown as much.

Works for me.
 
Mikey stunned them into silence during the truck race when he announced Angela Ruch while she was driving away out on the track, that the Ruch's were on baby watch. A long silence while everyone was thinking WTF before Mikey delivered the punch line that they were adopting and the birth mother was close. good gawd Mikey.
 
StandOnIt said:
Mikey stunned them into silence during the truck race when he announced Angela Ruch while she was driving away out on the track, that the Ruch's were on baby watch. A long silence while everyone was thinking WTF before Mikey delivered the punch line that they were adopting and the birth mother was close. good gawd Mikey.
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Freakin idiot. It's hard to believe he's still anywhere near the sport much less in the booth.
 
JBone88 said:
DW is good when he’s not playing his TV character. Very knowledgeable and matter of fact.

Unfortunately FOX prefers he play the role of hollering redneck goofball.
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I LOVE Darrell Waltrip the story teller, the entertainer. Darrell Waltrip the announcer, not nearly as much.
 
I havent read this entire thread, maybe others have already said the same, but IMO Larry McReynolds is without equal as an analyst. He's not just filling dead air with jibber jabber. When he talks you listen and I really enjoy listening when he's on XM radio too. Always learn something from Larry Mac he's the very definition of professional.
 
DW has always been hit-or-miss. When he's on, he's on. When he's off, he's REALLY off and sounds like a drunken lunatic who escaped from an insane asylum. I would prefer he be designated for the pre & post-race commentary group (much like his brother).

Gordon, Joy, and Larry Mac would be a great trio in the booth.
 
I’ll always like Darrell, it’s just getting time for him to hang it up, and it has been for a couple years. His get-up is getting old. I remember a couple of years ago at Phoenix he said “the sparks coming off the cars is like Star Wars” Just need to get some fresh blood in there, someone who has been in a cup car recently. Darrell has been out of cup for almost 20 years.
 
Get That 88 Up There !! said:
I’ll always like Darrell, it’s just getting time for him to hang it up, and it has been for a couple years. His get-up is getting old. I remember a couple of years ago at Phoenix he said “the sparks coming off the cars is like Star Wars” Just need to get some fresh blood in there, someone who has been in a cup car recently. Darrell has been out of cup for almost 20 years.
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I feel more connected to the race with MJ, DW, and Little G -- than I do with the yapping overload of the nbcsn crew.
 
JBone88 said:
DW is good when he’s not playing his TV character. Very knowledgeable and matter of fact.

Unfortunately FOX prefers he play the role of hollering redneck goofball.
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RacerrecaR said:
DW has always been hit-or-miss. When he's on, he's on. When he's off, he's REALLY off and sounds like a drunken lunatic who escaped from an insane asylum. I would prefer he be designated for the pre & post-race commentary group (much like his brother).

Gordon, Joy, and Larry Mac would be a great trio in the booth.
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Old 97 said:
I agree. He just seemed to be out of the loop yesterday.
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I will take DW over Rick Allen all day long! :booya:
 
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