Question about the Speed channel.

[spyderchick]

I'm gonna show my age here, but for those of you who want to rant, please continue.

HOWEVER:

I remember when the ONLY motorcycle racing we saw was 10 minutes of 'highlights' from the entire week on a show called Motoworld on ESPN, usually bumped by anything baseball related and mostly shown only at 2AM. Maybe.

Comparatively, we have a smörgåsbord of racing, so chill. 

BTW, I also walked to school when I was little.
Up hill.
Both ways.
In 3 feet of snow,
even in May.

[Dr675]

Speed actually had some races live last year.  Mainly Supersport and Superbike.  FX and Superstock were compressed into the same hour, half for each.  Having four red flags like we had in Fontana last year does not bode well for live tv coverage.   Speed also tried to cover Mid-O live last year and got burnt big time by that one.

Like Alexa, I was there when ESPN started and we had motorsports coverage.  I remember having to watch Wide World of Sports to get a 20 min synopsis of the Monaco Grand Prix, which was the only F1 race we would get, until Long Beach started.

Yeah, Speed is not the best when compared to our Euro friends. When I was in Scotland, I was able to watch all the practice and qualifying, with pit lane interviews between sessions for the 125s, 250s and MotoGP bikes for whatever race was on at the time.  Think of what we have for NFL and NECKCAR coverage, that is what they have in the UK for motorcycle racing.

But its the only thing we have that we can watch on our LCD screens instead of a laptop.

There was talk of another channel coming along to take over some of the other racing, such as Vs. or something.  I think Vs even had supermoto racing on this last year.

Doc

[Super Dave]

Actually FOX owns Speed Channel. They said when they bought Speedvision they wouldnt change much, but look at it now. Fox just sucks the France family preverbial dick

Well, NASCAR makes money.  So, it's not just sucking dick, it's actually a business transaction.

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

Actually FOX owns Speed Channel. They said when they bought Speedvision they wouldnt change much, but look at it now. Fox just sucks the France family preverbial dick

I could have sworn when that happened that RRW had said it was NASCAR that had bought SPEED, apparently I was wrong. 

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Comparatively, we have a smörgåsbord of racing, so chill. 

Smorgasbord? Where? HAvent seen hydro plane, tunnel boat or offshore racing on there since Fox bought it. No pylon racing (airplane). Havent seen an Aus V8 challenge race on there in a lOOOOG time. Very few IMSA races if any. Outlaw races are scarce.

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Nascar Strategy


Enjoy.

[Sobottka]

I'm gonna show my age here, but for those of you who want to rant, please continue.

HOWEVER:

I remember when the ONLY motorcycle racing we saw was 10 minutes of 'highlights' from the entire week on a show called Motoworld on ESPN, usually bumped by anything baseball related and mostly shown only at 2AM. Maybe.

Comparatively, we have a smörgåsbord of racing, so chill. 

BTW, I also walked to school when I was little.
Up hill.
Both ways.
In 3 feet of snow,
even in May.

I miss motoworld

Smorgasbord? Where? HAvent seen hydro plane, tunnel boat or offshore racing on there since Fox bought it. No pylon racing (airplane). Havent seen an Aus V8 challenge race on there in a lOOOOG time. Very few IMSA races if any. Outlaw races are scarce.

DTM and ASTC  are on monday's @ 11:00 central  :thumb:and i swear i've seen those red bull plane races recently

[Super Dave]

I've seen tons of V8 Austrailian Supercar stuff.

I don't have enough time to watch the motorcycle stuff that's on TV as it is.  Should be out riding anyway.

[Dr675]

I miss motoworldDTM and ASTC  are on monday's @ 11:00 central  :thumb:and i swear i've seen those red bull plane races recently

They were on Vs channel. One up on my DirectTV from Speed, channel 608 maybe?

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

I miss motoworldDTM and ASTC  are on monday's @ 11:00 central  :thumb:and i swear i've seen those red bull plane races recently

Red Bull I've only seen on Vs. Thats more of airplane slalom. Hell every time I turn speed on its either napcar, stupidbikes, that bald headed fag on pinks or one of teh real estate infomercials.

[Sobottka]

and what ever happened to WRC on speed?

[JBraun]

and what ever happened to WRC on speed?

Hell yeah! The only four wheeled racing that I "get". I miss that.