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Hinton and Weather
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Re: Hinton and Weather -
08-14-2009
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"~M~" <~M~@gmail.com> wrote in news:1aidnUcT247tXxnXnZ2dnUVZ_iydnZ2d (AT) giganews (DOT) com: I don't know if Ed has checked the ratings books lately, but NASCAR's days of being able to just decide when the broadcast would be are gone, if they were ever here. You can't expect television networks to devote a whole day to a sporting event, unless its the Super bowl, and they don't even do that. No, you've misunderstood his intention. He's saying, if you know it's going to rain, screw the live broadcast and just run the race. Let the TV show it on tape delay. This is an excellent idea for those times when you know that rain will happen (for instance, when a frontal system is approaching). Instead of sending the fans home unhappy after sitting in the rain all day, they get to see a race. And instead of the TV folk wasting a whole afternoon with filler, and then screwing up their Monday schedule, they'll get to broadcast a race during the time slot they intended to - and most of the audience probably won't even realize it's on tape delay. John |
So if it is expected to rain Saturday night in Bristol, TN they should run
the race at 11AM in front of empty stands? Why would any fans buy any
tickets after that? And why would the TV sponsors buy any ad time? And
would the drivers and crews and everyone else be required to be ready to
race hours before the race is scheduled just in case?
There are quite a few flaws in your plan. Outdoor sporting events do get
rained out. Sometimes lightning and sometimes high winds also. Not to
mention the occasional forest fire or hurricane. And sometimes a bunch of
nutters hijack some planes and crash them into buildings so that all
sporting events get postponed. And you never know if one of these years the
dire predictions of a flu epidemic may really come true. Got plans for all
of that in your bag of tricks?
Heck, even D-Day was delayed a full day by weather and look how well that
turned out. Nobody complained then.
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Heck, even D-Day was delayed a full day by weather..... .... Nobody complained then. |
Had this group been around,
there would have been plenty..
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In article RickyBobby" <nascar42 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: Heck, even D-Day was delayed a full day by weather..... .... Nobody complained then. Had this group been around, there would have been plenty.. |
Good point. We have this same discussion every year but it is still fun to
play along.
They would never race in the rain under any circumstances. The most they
would do would be to follow the pace car around to get the laps in and the
race counted. It would look a whole lot dumber than simply running the race
on the next available day.
It is one of those ideas that has some good points but never goes anywhere.
I remember one some years ago about how nice it would be to have one of
those heart shocking machines in every public place. And a medical
professional to go with it? Or would each and every employee be trained to
recognize when it was needed and apply it properly?
It gets kind of impossible, which is what goes wrong with most brilliant
ideas.
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"Chuck Steak" <Chuck_Steak (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote in message news:6nhhm.2132$Jg.1231 (AT) nwrddc01 (DOT) gnilink.net... In article RickyBobby" <nascar42 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: Heck, even D-Day was delayed a full day by weather..... .... Nobody complained then. Had this group been around, there would have been plenty.. Good point. We have this same discussion every year but it is still fun to play along. They would never race in the rain under any circumstances. The most they would do would be to follow the pace car around to get the laps in and the race counted. It would look a whole lot dumber than simply running the race on the next available day. It is one of those ideas that has some good points but never goes anywhere. I remember one some years ago about how nice it would be to have one of those heart shocking machines in every public place. And a medical professional to go with it? Or would each and every employee be trained to recognize when it was needed and apply it properly? It gets kind of impossible, which is what goes wrong with most brilliant ideas. |
the first place.
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So if it is expected to rain Saturday night in Bristol, TN they should run the race at 11AM in front of empty stands? Why would any fans buy any tickets after that? |
anyway. You just put it on the ticket: in the event of adverse
weather, the promoters reserve the right to start the event at
any time after 11am (or whenever - for a night race you might
say 3pm or something like that. You wouldn't be able to be sure
it would rain more than 4 or 5 hours ahead of scheduled starting
time anyway). And if it doesn't rain and everyone shows up early
anyway, so much the better for the souvenier sellers and the
track concession stands.
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And why would the TV sponsors buy any ad time? |
to deal with the possibility of a rainout, and having virtually
no-one watch their ads. With this plan, they know the race will
be on, either live or tape-delay, and their ad will be seen by
the intended audience. It'd definately be a good deal for the
TV advertisers.
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And would the drivers and crews and everyone else be required to be ready to race hours before the race is scheduled just in case? |
they're not bored silly waiting for the race to start? I doubt
you'd find many crews that wouldn't prefer to get going with the
race as early as possible.
John
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Wrecks don't make a race interesting. Racing makes a race interesting. NASCAR could start races earlier if there's a threat of rain. The network could then show the race (tape-delayed) in it's allotted time slot. |
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Problem solved. |
It's just amazing how much bitching goes on, and how many "ideas" sprout up,
from people who just sit at home and watch the race. As if they are so
terribly inconvenienced.
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-Mike-
mmarlowREMOVE (AT) windstream (DOT) net
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In article <~M~@gmail.com> wrote: It is to have races that are interesting enough for people to watch. Interesting that enough people watch to convince companies to spend millions of dollars to advertise their products on race cars and telecasts. Racing on rainy days isn't going to help that situation out one iota.. |
My point was that NASCAR has to improve its product. Racing in the rain
might not be the answer, but the only way to find that our for sure is to
try it.
And one thing I know for sure is racing in the rain is not going to increase
the liklihood of someone getting killed. They will be going too slow.
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"If you're not a race driver, stay the hell home. Don't come here and
grumble about going too fast. Get the hell out of the race car if you've got
feathers on your legs or butt. Put a kerosene rag around your ankles so the
ants won't climb up and eat that candy ass."
- Dale Earnhardt
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