I got SPEED back :)

Finally after a year I finally got Speedvision ummm, Speed Channel back. Moved to a new place and was out of luck for a while. I thought NASCAR took over this channel? Based on what I've seen so far it is pretty much the same. I've seen F-1, Rally, CART, Superbikes and all the other great stuff I used to see. Was everyone just jumping to conclusions before? - David Cook

IMO Speed is a much better channel than Speedvision. There is alot more NASCAR coverage, but it didn't seem to push out the other stuff, which is what the original fear was. I'm not really sure what we are "missing" since the change, but I'm sure there is something gone because they sure didn't cut back on the infomercials. I think it might be the movies that got cut. MadDAWG

"Yep." TP "David Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:kva19.2569$[email hidden]... > Finally after a year I finally got Speedvision ummm, Speed Channel back. > Moved to a new place and was out of luck for a while. I thought NASCARtook > over this channel? Based on what I've seen so far it is pretty much the > same. I've seen F-1, Rally, CART, Superbikes and all the other greatstuff

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> I used to see. > > Was everyone just jumping to conclusions before? > > - David Cook > >

Well that is a matter of opinion my friend and if you ask me adding Nascar did NOT make the channel better, the game itself is ok cause it's rather challeging, but watching a bunch o' redneck's go around and around and around and then around again is boring, JMHO, :o) YA YA YA save your breath I know nobody asked me lol "MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > IMO Speed is a much better channel than Speedvision. There is alot more > NASCAR coverage, but it didn't seem to push out the other stuff, which is > what the original fear was. I'm not really sure what we are "missing"since

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> the change, but I'm sure there is something gone because they sure didn't > cut back on the infomercials. I think it might be the movies that got cut. > > > MadDAWG > >

Breath being saved here...because you handled it for me. :-) "Hans Jensen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:vWi19.70851$[email hidden]...

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> Well that is a matter of opinion my friend and if you ask me adding Nascar > did NOT make the channel better, the game itself is ok cause it's rather > challeging, but watching a bunch o' redneck's go around and around and > around and then around again is boring, JMHO, :o) > YA YA YA save your breath I know nobody asked me lol > "MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > IMO Speed is a much better channel than Speedvision. There is alot more > > NASCAR coverage, but it didn't seem to push out the other stuff, which

is > > what the original fear was. I'm not really sure what we are "missing" > since > > the change, but I'm sure there is something gone because they suredidn't > > cut back on the infomercials. I think it might be the movies that gotcut.

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"Hans Jensen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:vWi19.70851$[email hidden]... > Well that is a matter of opinion my friend and if you ask me adding Nascar > did NOT make the channel better, the game itself is ok cause it's rather > challeging, but watching a bunch o' redneck's go around and around and > around and then around again is boring, JMHO, :o) Doesn't ALL racing go around and around and around and then around again??

"Hans Jensen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:vWi19.70851$[email hidden]... > ...watching a bunch o' redneck's go around and around and > around and then around again is boring I gotta tell ya Hans, I was pretty bored watching F-1 this weekend as well... - David

"Tim Miser" > Doesn't ALL racing go around and around and around and then around again?? > > Drag Racing? dave henrie

Thanks you all gave me a good laugh. To be honest with you all the only racing that I enjoy watching is motorcycle racing and preferably Moto GP featuring Valentino Rossi, and also want to mention that it is hard for me to watch any kind of sports on TV unless I'm to a certain degree emotionally attached I.E. worldcup, which really sucked watching Denmark getting beat so bad. Personally I prefer being at the game rather than watching the boobtube, it's just a totally different atmosphere and felling being there than watching a 46"(in my case) little screen "David Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:y9n19.4277$[email hidden]... > "Hans Jensen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:vWi19.70851$[email hidden]... > > ...watching a bunch o' redneck's go around and around and > > around and then around again is boring > > I gotta tell ya Hans, I was pretty bored watching F-1 this weekend aswell... > > - David > >

So how do the dragsters get back to the start line for the next race?! ;) "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:LZn19.85366$uh7.14107@sccrnsc03... > > "Tim Miser" > > Doesn't ALL racing go around and around and around and then aroundagain??

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Your more than welcome to your opinion, but I'll take a Hooters Pro cup over some old movie any day. Just what have you lost from the switch to SPEED? I still see bikes, rally, F1, drag boats. We have also gained CART and WoO as well as NASCAR. I guess its just a culture thing because watching a "parade" around a road course is not what I'd call racing and other do. Maybe its a US vs. the rest of the world type thing. MadDAWG

"Tim Miser" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:A2t19.720721$cQ3.111991@sccrnsc01... > So how do the dragsters get back to the start line for the next race?! > ;) > That depends...if they blow up on a run, they get brought back in boxes.......... dave henrie :)

"David Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<kva19.2569$[email hidden]>...

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> Finally after a year I finally got Speedvision ummm, Speed Channel back. > Moved to a new place and was out of luck for a while. I thought NASCAR took > over this channel? Based on what I've seen so far it is pretty much the > same. I've seen F-1, Rally, CART, Superbikes and all the other great stuff > I used to see. > > Was everyone just jumping to conclusions before? > > - David Cook

I don't think they've dropped any significant race coverage this year. There was plenty of "empty space" in the old Speedvision schedule. All the new additional NASCAR stuff hasn't crowded out any significant race coverage YET. As far as non-race coverage goes, they've kept the neat "Legends of Motorsport" for now. I am recording all episodes that I am interested in. They aren't making any new ones though, so I expect it to disappear in the next year or so. They did kill off the "Lost Drive-in" show with Bruce Dern on Sat. nights. Which upsets me some, because I love those funky old car chase movies from the 60s & 70s. But it was probably bound to die eventually (just like MonsterVision on TBS). The long-term expectation is that NASCAR-related coverage will continue to grow on Speed...along with it's "sister" channels Fox and FX. Like kudzu, it may eventually squeeze everything else out to the margins. If that really happens, we can hope that ESPN will pick up the "droppings" from Speed and start all over again. - Ted

>"David Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:<kva19.2569$[email hidden]>... > >> Finally after a year I finally got Speedvision ummm, Speed Channel back. >> Moved to a new place and was out of luck for a while. I thought NASCAR >> took over this channel? Based on what I've seen so far it is pretty muchthe >> same. I've seen F-1, Rally, CART, Superbikes and all the other great stuff >> I used to see. >> >> Was everyone just jumping to conclusions before? Evidently so, the changes made weren't as bad as everyone expected. While we're on the subject could someone at Speed please go out and find some new sponsors? I now own a Tote-Em-Pole, Bowflex workout machine, and a DR Brush Mower. I've got a lot of money piling up here, but there doesn't seem to be any other product to spend it on. I've been trying to find one of those nifty 550 Spyders like the old coma guy has, but they're quite rare. Don McCorkle

LOL,, F'in BowFlex mercials, Geeeeezzz, Ya git da DR WeedWacker yet? -- Daytona Beach - Winter Speed Carnival 1903 - 1935 1919 - Ralph DePalma Driving Champion and winner of hundreds of races, sets new 1 mile record driving 905 cubic inch V-12 Packard on beach at 149.875 mph. DePalma also sets World Records for distances of 2 to 20 miles and standing mile. His standing mile record of 92.713 mph is unbroken for 36 years.

De Plane's are gone, (at least I haven't seen any yet) ah shit I just checked the schedule, OshKosh Fly-In is on Saturday, Bah! Lost DriveIn is gone. Still to much Boats, SpeedTV should swap the boats to ESPN for AMA Motocross IMO. -- Daytona Beach - Winter Speed Carnival 1903 - 1935 1919 - Ralph DePalma Driving Champion and winner of hundreds of races, sets new 1 mile record driving 905 cubic inch V-12 Packard on beach at 149.875 mph. DePalma also sets World Records for distances of 2 to 20 miles and standing mile. His standing mile record of 92.713 mph is unbroken for 36 years.

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> "Hans Jensen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:vWi19.70851$[email hidden]... > > ...watching a bunch o' redneck's go around and around and > > around and then around again is boring > > I gotta tell ya Hans, I was pretty bored watching F-1 this weekend as well... >

F1 isn't about racing. It's about money, technology, and watching 1 or 2 teams dominate the rest of the field. If you want to see exciting racing, based on driver skill, then watch the F3 or F3000 series. IMO this should get far more coverage than the processions they call F1 races. -- Cpl Hicks

Hicks wrote: > F1 isn't about racing. It's about money, technology, and watching > 1 or 2 teams dominate the rest of the field. I'm afraid that apart from the latter (which happens now and then no matter how much tech is involved) you're more or less right. F1 is rapidly on the way of any sport that gets too professional: only the richest of the rich will be able to afford it in the end. If even the fans think it's boring these days (and I am a fan, but not about cars which have autocorrection, auto-steering, auto-braking and anti-wheelspin) chances are something's basically and seriously wrong. If it were up to me, we'd go back to a "GPL" kind of formula: no wings, lower cornering speeds, no electronic "driving aids", simple and cheap cars so that more teams will be able to come in, and all driving done "by hand". But keep the monocoques and all other safety improvements which have saved many a life in the last few decades. And while we're at it, back to the original F1 qualifying system: no qualifying, just a lottery for places. Give the backmarkers a good chance now and then, and the public some more racing action. Regards, Rudy

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> >"David Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >news:<kva19.2569$[email hidden]>... > > > >> Finally after a year I finally got Speedvision ummm, Speed Channel back. > >> Moved to a new place and was out of luck for a while. I thought NASCAR > >> took over this channel? Based on what I've seen so far it is pretty much > the > >> same. I've seen F-1, Rally, CART, Superbikes and all the other great stuff > >> I used to see. > >> > >> Was everyone just jumping to conclusions before? > > Evidently so, the changes made weren't as bad as everyone expected. While > we're on the subject could someone at Speed please go out and find some new > sponsors? I now own a Tote-Em-Pole, Bowflex workout machine, and a DR Brush > Mower. I've got a lot of money piling up here, but there doesn't seem to be > any other product to spend it on. I've been trying to find one of those nifty > 550 Spyders like the old coma guy has, but they're quite rare. > > > Don McCorkle

LOL, yup. And they never have come up with any new commercials for Speed itself. The original Speedvision self-promo commercials got old, but at least they were funny the first 500 times I saw them. - Ted