I wouldn't suspect moving from ABC to Speedvision was by design.
Just interested. Anybody know?
Thanks
James Larson
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Personally, I'm very happy to have Varsha and Hobbs back together - they are
my alltime favorite F1 commentary team. Just wish I could get Speedvision
at the place I'm moving to in a couple weeks. Ah well, at least FSNE is
showing the races this year.
As for what happened to Varsha, it's pretty simple - when ABC and ESPN
merged, ABC already had their IRL commentators under contract, so it made
(fiscal, but certainly not quality) sense to just use the same guys for
CART. Varsha was kept on as a commentator for other sports for a while.
Varsha's an interesting case - he wasn't a racing guy when he started,
that's just where he ended up, and it's to his credit that he did his
homework and became a really good, professional racing commentator. I read
an article a few years ago that talked about his interest in doing other
sports. Funny thing is, it seems he got his chance at ABC/ESPN, and decided
he preferred auto racing after all. Good man................
Rick
> > I think Stiff meant "late eighties to early nineties"................
> > Personally, I'm very happy to have Varsha and Hobbs back together - they
> are
> > my alltime favorite F1 commentary team. Just wish I could get
Speedvision
> > at the place I'm moving to in a couple weeks. Ah well, at least FSNE is
> > showing the races this year.
> > As for what happened to Varsha, it's pretty simple - when ABC and ESPN
> > merged, ABC already had their IRL commentators under contract, so it
made
> > (fiscal, but certainly not quality) sense to just use the same guys for
> > CART. Varsha was kept on as a commentator for other sports for a while.
> > Varsha's an interesting case - he wasn't a racing guy when he started,
> > that's just where he ended up, and it's to his credit that he did his
> > homework and became a really good, professional racing commentator. I
> read
> > an article a few years ago that talked about his interest in doing other
> > sports. Funny thing is, it seems he got his chance at ABC/ESPN, and
> decided
> > he preferred auto racing after all. Good man................
> > Rick
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> > Just interested. Anybody know?
> Since ABC lost the IRL coverage to Fox last year, ABC moved Porky Page
> over to do the CART races. Sullivan and Tommy Kendall laughed at what
> they were offered to return, so that brought Gilligan (Parker Johnstone)
> into the fray. I believe Kendall responded to ABC's offer with
> something along the lines of "No thanks, I have enough hobbies
> already..." ;-)
> -J.D.
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