Hooray for Speedvision (again!)

(Without taking the effort to check their online programming guide in advance,) I was hoping that Speedvision would show the FIA Rally Recap Marathon today, and I'm pleased to see that they did not disappoint. viva la speedvision! (or something)

On Tue, 01 Jan 2002 16:32:26 GMT, "doubleu" <[email hidden]> wrote: >(Without taking the effort to check their online programming guide in >advance,) I was hoping that Speedvision would show the FIA Rally Recap >Marathon today, and I'm pleased to see that they did not disappoint. > >viva la speedvision! (or something) Amen to that. It was the holiday present of the season for me. Watching it right now makes me wonder, again, if these guys aren't the best drivers in the world, overall.

I just watched some Rally Racing on SV. I've come to one conclusion. These Rally guys are absolutely, totally NUTS! "Turn 1. 10 meters. Watch the 10,000 foot cliff. Turn 2. 20 meters. Watch the by-standers on the track, and the 20,000 foot cliff on the right." "Ooops, we rolled over. Ok, we're going again. Wait, we're still falling off that 10,000 foot cliff. 20 meters. THONK! We bent a wheel." LOL! -Larry "chairborne" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3c31e987.2722538@news-server...

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> On Tue, 01 Jan 2002 16:32:26 GMT, "doubleu" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >(Without taking the effort to check their online programming guide in > >advance,) I was hoping that Speedvision would show the FIA Rally Recap > >Marathon today, and I'm pleased to see that they did not disappoint. > > > >viva la speedvision! (or something) > > Amen to that. It was the holiday present of the season for me. > Watching it right now makes me wonder, again, if these guys aren't the > best drivers in the world, overall. >

Damn! I wanted to watch the Automotive Product Showcase all day! I guess I can do that tommorrow. ;) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Morgan Vincent Wooten System Specs: http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/m/v/mvwooten/system.txt ----------------------------------------------------------------- "doubleu" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:uwlY7.153018$[email hidden]... > (Without taking the effort to check their online programming guide in > advance,) I was hoping that Speedvision would show the FIA Rally Recap > Marathon today, and I'm pleased to see that they did not disappoint. > > viva la speedvision! (or something) > >

On Tue, 01 Jan 2002 17:39:33 GMT, "Larry \(The Other Larry\)" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I just watched some Rally Racing on SV. > >I've come to one conclusion. > >These Rally guys are absolutely, totally NUTS! > >"Turn 1. 10 meters. Watch the 10,000 foot cliff. Turn 2. 20 meters. >Watch the by-standers on the track, and the 20,000 foot cliff on the right." > >"Ooops, we rolled over. Ok, we're going again. Wait, we're still falling >off that 10,000 foot cliff. 20 meters. THONK! We bent a wheel." > >LOL! > >-Larry

LOL! Pretty good recap of an average rally :)) Andre

lol. It's a pretty scary sight seeing it in person. I saw a guy fall off a 10 foot bridge in real life and was stuck upside down in the stream, but they were okay. Thanks, Alex "Larry (The Other Larry)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:pvmY7.17451$[email hidden]...

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> I just watched some Rally Racing on SV. > > I've come to one conclusion. > > These Rally guys are absolutely, totally NUTS! > > "Turn 1. 10 meters. Watch the 10,000 foot cliff. Turn 2. 20 meters. > Watch the by-standers on the track, and the 20,000 foot cliff on the

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> > "Ooops, we rolled over. Ok, we're going again. Wait, we're still falling > off that 10,000 foot cliff. 20 meters. THONK! We bent a wheel." > > LOL! > > -Larry > > "chairborne" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3c31e987.2722538@news-server... > > On Tue, 01 Jan 2002 16:32:26 GMT, "doubleu" <[email hidden]> > > wrote: > > > > >(Without taking the effort to check their online programming guide in > > >advance,) I was hoping that Speedvision would show the FIA Rally Recap > > >Marathon today, and I'm pleased to see that they did not disappoint. > > > > > >viva la speedvision! (or something) > > > > Amen to that. It was the holiday present of the season for me. > > Watching it right now makes me wonder, again, if these guys aren't the > > best drivers in the world, overall. > > > >

Yep, that was an awesome day - had the TV on the whole time. What's particularly cool is that the new season starts in about 2 weeks, and now I have a good idea of who everybody is and what their personalities are like. Looks like I'm going to be following WRC now, on top of everything else :^) "doubleu" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:uwlY7.153018$[email hidden]...

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> (Without taking the effort to check their online programming guide in > advance,) I was hoping that Speedvision would show the FIA Rally Recap > Marathon today, and I'm pleased to see that they did not disappoint. > > viva la speedvision! (or something) > >

They are. Marc "chairborne" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3c31e987.2722538@news-server... > Watching it right now makes me wonder, again, if these guys aren't the > best drivers in the world, overall. >

Think again. Speedvision (soon to be "The Speed Channel," i.e., NASCAR 24/7) just gutted the Website--the most widely-read general-interest auto racing site on the planet. It cost too much, and, hey, gomers don't read anyway. "doubleu" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:uwlY7.153018$[email hidden]...

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> (Without taking the effort to check their online programming guide in > advance,) I was hoping that Speedvision would show the FIA Rally Recap > Marathon today, and I'm pleased to see that they did not disappoint. > > viva la speedvision! (or something) > >

Yea I have to agree with you, those guy's are nut's. I watched it too and was very impressed by the coverage and on board camera shot's. Especially the shot of the guy sliding on his roof, because that's normally how I end up in a N4 online race so I could relate.Wouldn't it be cool if we could put a second person in the N4 cars? Put the team owner or crew chief with the driver. I wonder if that would change any driving styles? lol "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Tue, 01 Jan 2002 17:39:33 GMT, "Larry \(The Other Larry\)" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >I just watched some Rally Racing on SV. > > > >I've come to one conclusion. > > > >These Rally guys are absolutely, totally NUTS! > > > >"Turn 1. 10 meters. Watch the 10,000 foot cliff. Turn 2. 20 meters. > >Watch the by-standers on the track, and the 20,000 foot cliff on the

right." > > > >"Ooops, we rolled over. Ok, we're going again. Wait, we're stillfalling

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> >off that 10,000 foot cliff. 20 meters. THONK! We bent a wheel." > > > >LOL! > > > >-Larry > > LOL! Pretty good recap of an average rally :)) > > Andre

In article <uwlY7.153018$[email hidden]>, "doubleu" <[email hidden]> writes: >(Without taking the effort to check their online programming guide in >advance,) I was hoping that Speedvision would show the FIA Rally Recap >Marathon today, and I'm pleased to see that they did not disappoint. > Rats, I didn't know about that. I'm not a big rally fan, but that would have been interesting to watch... Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Yeah, especially the one's on 'food grinders' or whatever :) -Larry "Morgan V. Wooten" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:BAmY7.339630$[email hidden]...

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> Damn! I wanted to watch the Automotive Product Showcase all day! I guess I > can do that tommorrow. ;) > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Morgan Vincent Wooten > System Specs: > http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/m/v/mvwooten/system.txt > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > "doubleu" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:uwlY7.153018$[email hidden]... > > (Without taking the effort to check their online programming guide in > > advance,) I was hoping that Speedvision would show the FIA Rally Recap > > Marathon today, and I'm pleased to see that they did not disappoint. > > > > viva la speedvision! (or something) > > > > > > >

Amen. On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 00:41:40 -0500, "Marc Collins" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>They are. > >Marc > >"chairborne" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:3c31e987.2722538@news-server... >> Watching it right now makes me wonder, again, if these guys aren't the >> best drivers in the world, overall. >> >

Amen. On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 00:41:40 -0500, "Marc Collins"

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>They are. >Marc >> Watching it right now makes me wonder, again, if these guys aren't the >> best drivers in the world, overall.

"Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<RBEY7.61800$[email hidden]>... > Think again. Speedvision (soon to be "The Speed Channel," i.e., NASCAR > 24/7) just gutted the Website--the most widely-read general-interest auto > racing site on the planet. It cost too much, and, hey, gomers don't read > anyway. > Gutted? I've been checking it out and it doesn't look gutted to me? Perhaps it was down for maint over the holidays? Speedvision has already announced expanded Rally coverage for 2002. I'll try to find the link, but the pres of SV has done a good job of allying alot of our fears. SV will probably dump shows like "Ship Shape" before anything else. It was a bit worrying, though, that most of the advertising during the last part of the marathon was classic car ads and PSA's. I'm bummed I missed the Rally marathon - I've become addicted this year. I wish *someone* would make good modern Rally sim for the PC. I can't wait for Rally Trophy in the US - but it sounds like the stages are somewhat lacking in length and technical challenge. Kendt

Kent, Perhaps I spoke too soon. But it *will* happen. I'm not called Cassandre for nothing (stiletto heels, leather bustiers, and my perfect pencil-sharpener tits to the contrary notwithstanding). There is a perfectly good modern rally sim: Mobil 1 Rally Championship. Excellent graphics, tactile feedback, and tweakable physics. There's also CMR2 and a bunch of others. Rally Trophy sounds interesting...if you like Fiat-Abarth 600s and Volvo PV544s. --Steve "Kendt Eklund" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:<RBEY7.61800$[email hidden]>... > > Think again. Speedvision (soon to be "The Speed Channel," i.e., NASCAR > > 24/7) just gutted the Website--the most widely-read general-interestauto > > racing site on the planet. It cost too much, and, hey, gomers don'tread

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> > anyway. > > > > Gutted? I've been checking it out and it doesn't look gutted to me? > Perhaps it was down for maint over the holidays? > Speedvision has already announced expanded Rally coverage for 2002. > I'll try to find the link, but the pres of SV has done a good job of > allying alot of our fears. SV will probably dump shows like "Ship > Shape" before anything else. > It was a bit worrying, though, that most of the advertising during the > last part of the marathon was classic car ads and PSA's. > > I'm bummed I missed the Rally marathon - I've become addicted this > year. I wish *someone* would make good modern Rally sim for the PC. > I can't wait for Rally Trophy in the US - but it sounds like the > stages are somewhat lacking in length and technical challenge. > > Kendt

Stephen Smith wrote: > >(stiletto heels, leather bustiers, and my perfect > pencil-sharpener tits to the contrary notwithstanding). Were you equipped that way when you were editor of Car & Driver? BB

But speaking of Speedvision and Car & Driver... I imagine everyone here knows that Fox has bought SPV (and will be changing its name to 'The Speed Channel"); what's more worrisome, as revealed in the latest Car & Driver's article on the sad clown show that CART has become, is that Fox may well turn Speedvision/The Speed Channel into NASCARTV, devoting more and more of its programming time to every possible aspect of NASCAR, which means less and less available air time for WRC, Touring Cars, FIAGT, Petit LeMans, not-so-Petit LeMans, Legends of Motorsport, and that other sad clown show, F1. Frankly, I don't particularly *care* what brand of underwear Jeff Gordon wears (though the thought of HIM in stiletto heels and a leather bustier is intriguing, to say the most). BB

The moment I think of when you mentioned this, was several rallys ago, where the in-car shot was of someone driving up a windy road in very thick fog. It was absolutely breath-taking. Also, how many in-car crash shots are as dramatical, and show as much emotion, as for example, the one of Colin and Nicky rolling over several times in the Rally of Great Britian. 'nuff said. <jwilliam> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Amen. > > On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 00:41:40 -0500, "Marc Collins" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >They are. > > > >Marc > > > >"chairborne" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >news:3c31e987.2722538@news-server... > >> Watching it right now makes me wonder, again, if these guys aren't the > >> best drivers in the world, overall. > >> > > >

No, we were required to wear burqas by the Vice President in charge of Prohibiting Virtue and Promoting Vice. "Bart Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Stephen Smith wrote: > > > >(stiletto heels, leather bustiers, and my perfect > > pencil-sharpener tits to the contrary notwithstanding). > > Were you equipped that way when you were editor of Car & Driver? > > BB

What I said.... "Bart Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> But speaking of Speedvision and Car & Driver... I imagine everyone here > knows that Fox has bought SPV (and will be changing its name to 'The > Speed Channel"); what's more worrisome, as revealed in the latest Car & > Driver's article on the sad clown show that CART has become, is that Fox > may well turn Speedvision/The Speed Channel into NASCARTV, devoting more > and more of its programming time to every possible aspect of NASCAR, > which means less and less available air time for WRC, Touring Cars, > FIAGT, Petit LeMans, not-so-Petit LeMans, Legends of Motorsport, and > that other sad clown show, F1. Frankly, I don't particularly *care* what > brand of underwear Jeff Gordon wears (though the thought of HIM in > stiletto heels and a leather bustier is intriguing, to say the most). > > BB

"Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<Y2PY7.62452$[email hidden]>...

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> Kent, > > Perhaps I spoke too soon. But it *will* happen. I'm not called Cassandre > for nothing (stiletto heels, leather bustiers, and my perfect > pencil-sharpener tits to the contrary notwithstanding). > > There is a perfectly good modern rally sim: Mobil 1 Rally Championship. > Excellent graphics, tactile feedback, and tweakable physics. There's also > CMR2 and a bunch of others. Rally Trophy sounds interesting...if you like > Fiat-Abarth 600s and Volvo PV544s. > > --Steve

Oh yeah - I know Rally Championship - I *love* it. Even with the slightly quirky physics I think it's the best out there. I guess I'm lamenting that they went to the RC Xtreme crap instead of a minor update and real WRC courses :(. Nothing beats 20min of flat out white-knuckle driving with an Act-Labs Force RS cranked to 100%. Actually with all the patches and slightly tweaked physics values, it's really pretty good. You're gonna make me get back to my A8 championship. Good thing it looks like I'll be snowed in tomorrow. Kendt

It will be a little confusing for the first events...WRC Richard Burns has left Subaru, Tommy Makkinen has left Mitsubishi, but good ol Colin is still with Ford I think. dave henrie "Rick Baumhauer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a10o9s$nli7l$[email hidden]... > Yep, that was an awesome day - had the TV on the whole time. What's > particularly cool is that the new season starts in about 2 weeks, and nowI > have a good idea of who everybody is and what their personalities arelike. > Looks like I'm going to be following WRC now, on top of everything else:^)

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> > "doubleu" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:uwlY7.153018$[email hidden]... > > (Without taking the effort to check their online programming guide in > > advance,) I was hoping that Speedvision would show the FIA Rally Recap > > Marathon today, and I'm pleased to see that they did not disappoint. > > > > viva la speedvision! (or something) > > > > > >

Rallye is indeed facinating to watch. Especially the incar footage....how the co-driver keeps track of their location, and how the driver can actually hear him in all the hubbub is amazing. One of the drivers had a camera pointed at his face. I don't think he blinked once when he was on camera. How long can an average person go without blinking?? It reminds me of the Le Mans race when Toyota last ran. The had a face camera on one of the Japanese drivers(the former F1 guy--mindblank at the moment) and he NEVER blinked. How do they do that?? dave henrie "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> In article <uwlY7.153018$[email hidden]>, "doubleu" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >(Without taking the effort to check their online programming guide in > >advance,) I was hoping that Speedvision would show the FIA Rally Recap > >Marathon today, and I'm pleased to see that they did not disappoint. > > > > Rats, I didn't know about that. I'm not a big rally fan, but that would

have

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> been interesting to watch... > > Eldred > -- > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPLRank - under construction... > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats

you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Stephen Smith wrote: > > What I said.... SO you did -- missed that part of the thread. Well, Fox Fux us again... BB

Get the Mika Hakkinen gene...or become a robot (I guess they are the same thing...) -Stuart Becktell "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Ng_Y7.247$[email hidden]... > Rallye is indeed facinating to watch. Especially the incarfootage....how > the co-driver keeps track of their location, and how the driver canactually > hear him in all the hubbub is amazing. One of the drivers had a camera > pointed at his face. I don't think he blinked once when he was on camera. > How long can an average person go without blinking?? > It reminds me of the Le Mans race when Toyota last ran. The had aface

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> camera on one of the Japanese drivers(the former F1 guy--mindblank at the > moment) and he NEVER blinked. How do they do that?? > dave henrie > "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > In article <uwlY7.153018$[email hidden]>, "doubleu" > > <[email hidden]> writes: > > > > >(Without taking the effort to check their online programming guide in > > >advance,) I was hoping that Speedvision would show the FIA Rally Recap > > >Marathon today, and I'm pleased to see that they did not disappoint. > > > > > > > Rats, I didn't know about that. I'm not a big rally fan, but that would > have > > been interesting to watch... > > > > Eldred > > -- > > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > > GPLRank - under construction... > > > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats > you > > with experience... > > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. > >

Kendt, Where are you? Buffalo? ;o) I just re-ran the while 6-race BRC, but, to win, I had to crank *all* the cheats up to 200%. I felt ashamed, but the game cheats, too! (The timing and scoring are way off the mark.) Now I've unlocked the A8 Championship and may have a go at that with the cheats dialed back to more realistic levels. The worse is the braking--even w/o *any* cheats, the brakes are like Col. Stapp's rocket sled--you must be pulling 30 G's! Yeah, too bad abt. RC Xtreme. I too was hoping they'd just put a polish on RC and update the cars, but, like Comanche 3 to 4, they effing *ruined* it! --Steve "Kendt Eklund" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:<Y2PY7.62452$[email hidden]>... > > Kent, > > > > Perhaps I spoke too soon. But it *will* happen. I'm not calledCassandre > > for nothing (stiletto heels, leather bustiers, and my perfect > > pencil-sharpener tits to the contrary notwithstanding). > > > > There is a perfectly good modern rally sim: Mobil 1 Rally Championship. > > Excellent graphics, tactile feedback, and tweakable physics. There'salso > > CMR2 and a bunch of others. Rally Trophy sounds interesting...if youlike

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> > Fiat-Abarth 600s and Volvo PV544s. > > > > --Steve > > Oh yeah - I know Rally Championship - I *love* it. Even with the > slightly quirky physics I think it's the best out there. I guess I'm > lamenting that they went to the RC Xtreme crap instead of a minor > update and real WRC courses :(. Nothing beats 20min of flat out > white-knuckle driving with an Act-Labs Force RS cranked to 100%. > Actually with all the patches and slightly tweaked physics values, > it's really pretty good. You're gonna make me get back to my A8 > championship. Good thing it looks like I'll be snowed in tomorrow. > > Kendt