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by **Jason H?h** » Tue, 08 May 2001 09:38:53

Or just give way tickets, like they do in the IRL.....

by **Dave Henri** » Tue, 08 May 2001 12:05:29

Was it last year in Japan they taped all the action that occurred during
the commercial breaks and played it all back in real time. so that after
the commercials, they played the laps we missed, not just the highlights of
the leader getting passed.
dave henrie

on CART not abc/espn

by **Eldre** » Tue, 08 May 2001 13:29:04

>Yes it's annoying, but it's just as annoying for golf fans too when our
>program runs into theirs, as
>it is when theirs runs into ours.

But as I responded, how hard could it be to show replays of the 3-4 shots they
would have missed in the meantime? And when does racing EVER run into golf?
Few and far between, I'd say...

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by **Eldre** » Tue, 08 May 2001 13:29:04

>And if the roles were reversed and Golf was ending to show the race, you
>would be upset if they stayed to show the winners interviews and you missed
>the first 10 laps of the race

Probably. I happen to prefer auto racing over golf. And, auto racing always
seems to get screwed. Can't they give us ONE??? But really, couldn't they
have delayed the gold coverage, and replayed the shots later? That would have
been an easy way for both groups to see everything. There's so much 'dead
time' during golf coverage while golfers walk to their next shot, or take 5
minutes just trying to line up their CURRENT shot...

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by **Alan Orto** » Tue, 08 May 2001 14:24:05

A simple split screen would of done the trick. You don't need to here the
annoucers in golf. They could of interviewed the driver and saw someone
shoot a birdie at the same time.
Both people would be happy.

program runs into theirs, as

> it is when theirs runs into ours.

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> > I can't *believe* we didn't get a winner's interview! ABC decided that
their
> > next program was more important. What was next? Golf! Give me a
break. Who
> > GIVES a f...?! Was it really that important to get to the golf that
quickly?
> > Oh yeah, we might miss one or two shots(which they could always show on
> > replay). F'king ABC suits... >:-(

> > Eldred
> > --
> > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001
> > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
> > F1 hcp. +27.07...F2 +151.26...

> > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats
you
> > with experience...
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by **Jon Wille** » Tue, 08 May 2001 21:41:31

ABC does that all the time. If you're lucky, you get a lame attempt
to talk to the driver through the radio.

How about coming back from commercial to find that you've missed a
restart and a crash? The same thing happened for a *tape-delayed*
race on Fox (preempted by baseball).

>I can't *believe* we didn't get a winner's interview! ABC decided that their
>next program was more important. What was next? Golf! Give me a break. Who
>GIVES a f...?! Was it really that important to get to the golf that quickly?
>Oh yeah, we might miss one or two shots(which they could always show on
>replay). F'king ABC suits... >:-(

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by **Gaul** » Tue, 08 May 2001 22:41:12

It's coverage like this that makes me appreciate Speedvision more.

by **Bill Met** » Wed, 09 May 2001 03:25:25

>I can't *believe* we didn't get a winner's interview! ABC decided that their
>next program was more important. What was next? Golf! Give me a break. Who
>GIVES a f...?! Was it really that important to get to the golf that quickly?
>Oh yeah, we might miss one or two shots(which they could always show on
>replay). F'king ABC suits... >:-(

I've always thought there was a simple solution. Schedule a "CART Today"
show on ESPN or ESPN2 *AFTER* the race is scheduled to finish. If the
race is running long on the parent network, then show "Thrills & Spills"
or a rerun of World's Strongest Man until it's over. I bet hardly anyone
would care if either of those got interrupted for post-race coverage.

IIRC, there were a few times last year they did pre-race on ESPN2 and
threw it instantly over to ABC for the race. Why can't they do it the
other way around?

-Bill
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by **David G Fishe** » Thu, 10 May 2001 12:40:44

No, in NASCAR you have to be all the above...........and old.......and
married to your sister (or at least have a crush on her).

David G Fisher

by **ymenar** » Thu, 10 May 2001 21:32:04

> > > Because it's a game that fat alchoholic smokers can play and think
they
> > are
> > > athletes.

> No, in NASCAR you have to be all the above...........and old.......and
> married to your sister (or at least have a crush on her).

LOL! Funny little boy...

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