Hinton and Weather

#1

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4396563&name=hinton_ed

"Should NASCAR, on a given Sunday, see that rain was inevitable by 2:30 p.m.
and call an emergency 10 or 11 a.m. start to beat the weather, I think
cheers would go up from the incoming crowds. Fans would know NASCAR was
trying to do something for them, the people who bought the tickets and
traveled to the race, and therefore -- assuming you want to be fair about
it -- those who deserve the highest priority."

Ed had this to say, among other things.

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.

Here's what NASCAR can do:
Put windshield wipers on the COT. If it rains, put treads on.

If they do these two simple things, the only other thing they have to do is
pray for rain. A race in a downpour would probably be the most interesting
thing to happen in the sport in the past 5 years, at least. It also solves
the problem that the pansy crowd has with the cars going too fast. They will
not be running at dangerous speeds if it's even drizzling. And the beauty of
it is, even though they are driving like granny's, they will probably still
wreck enough to make the race interesting.

OK, this probably will not be interesting at the big tracks, Daytona,
Talladega, and Pocono, because of the long straight-aways, but it would
definitely make the cookie cutters less unbearable. Let them run slower, as
long as they are sliding and banging.

--
"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

#2

"~M~" <~M~@gmail.com> wrote

Quote:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4396563&name=hinton_ed

"Should NASCAR, on a given Sunday, see that rain was inevitable by 2:30
p.m. and call an emergency 10 or 11 a.m. start to beat the weather, I
think cheers would go up from the incoming crowds. Fans would know NASCAR
was trying to do something for them, the people who bought the tickets and
traveled to the race, and therefore -- assuming you want to be fair about
it -- those who deserve the highest priority."

Ed had this to say, among other things.

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.

Here's what NASCAR can do:
Put windshield wipers on the COT. If it rains, put treads on.

If they do these two simple things, the only other thing they have to do
is pray for rain. A race in a downpour would probably be the most
interesting thing to happen in the sport in the past 5 years, at least. It
also solves the problem that the pansy crowd has with the cars going too
fast. They will not be running at dangerous speeds if it's even drizzling.
And the beauty of it is, even though they are driving like granny's, they
will probably still wreck enough to make the race interesting.

OK, this probably will not be interesting at the big tracks, Daytona,
Talladega, and Pocono, because of the long straight-aways, but it would
definitely make the cookie cutters less unbearable. Let them run slower,
as long as they are sliding and banging.

The idea of NASCAR is not to get people killed, tough man.

#3

"RickyBobby" <nascar42 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote

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The idea of NASCAR is not to get people killed, tough man.

No it's not, retard.
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. That is
the idea of NASCAR, bitch.

And no, they do not need for someone to get killed, or even hurt, to be
interesting. But they do need to have collisions of both cars and
personalities, and they have neither at this point. NASCAR needs better
racing, just like your mother needed better birth control. You better hope
NASCAR gets it fixed soon, or the sport, and therefore this newsgroup, will
die out, and you will be stuck trolling on the pedophile newsgroups.

--
"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

#4

In article <~M~@gmail.com> wrote:

Quote:

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..

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Dan

I got a new Matco tool box for my wife.
Best trade I ever made...

#5

"Chuck Steak" <Chuck_Steak (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

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..

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One time CART had to run an entire race in a driving rain behind the pace
car. It was the worst excuse for a race anyone has ever seen.

#6

~M~ wrote:

Quote:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4396563&name=hinton_ed

"Should NASCAR, on a given Sunday, see that rain was inevitable by 2:30
p.m. and call an emergency 10 or 11 a.m. start to beat the weather, I
think cheers would go up from the incoming crowds. Fans would know
NASCAR was trying to do something for them, the people who bought the
tickets and traveled to the race, and therefore -- assuming you want to
be fair about it -- those who deserve the highest priority."

Ed had this to say, among other things.

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.

Here's what NASCAR can do:
Put windshield wipers on the COT. If it rains, put treads on.

If they do these two simple things, the only other thing they have to do
is pray for rain. A race in a downpour would probably be the most
interesting thing to happen in the sport in the past 5 years, at least.
It also solves the problem that the pansy crowd has with the cars going
too fast. They will not be running at dangerous speeds if it's even
drizzling. And the beauty of it is, even though they are driving like
granny's, they will probably still wreck enough to make the race
interesting.

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. Problem solved.

#7

Vandar wrote:

Quote:

Wrecks don't make a race interesting. Racing makes a race interesting.

Fans of the old Bristol track would disagree with you.

#8

TS02_05champ wrote:

Quote:

Vandar wrote:

Wrecks don't make a race interesting. Racing makes a race interesting.

Fans of the old Bristol track would disagree with you.

I'm a fan of the old Bristol track. What made Bristol was beatin' &
bangin', extremely tight racing, and flaring tempers.

#9

"~M~" <~M~@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1aidnUcT247tXxnXnZ2dnUVZ_iydnZ2d (AT) giganews (DOT) com:

Quote:

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

#10

Vandar wrote:

Quote:

TS02_05champ wrote:

Vandar wrote:

Wrecks don't make a race interesting. Racing makes a race interesting.

Fans of the old Bristol track would disagree with you.

I'm a fan of the old Bristol track. What made Bristol was beatin' &
bangin', extremely tight racing, and flaring tempers.

But there was a caution every 10 laps. The only way to pass was to move
or wreck someone. At least now they have 2 wide racing w/o all of the
cautions.