[OT] Motorsport on British TV [ long]

What with all the discussion about Speedvision recently, I thought some of you non-UK types might like to see the sort of choice we get over here, and to compare it to what you get (got?). I'll only list free-to- air terrestrial programmes, as that's all I can get... SATURDAY ======== 11.00am Channel 4: Goodwood Revival 2001 (highlights, 1 hour) 1.30pm ITV: Japanese GP Qualifying (*live*, 1 hour 45 mins) 3.15pm ITV: Ken Tyrrell - Surviving Formula One (1 hour 5 mins) SUNDAY ====== 5.40am Channel 5: Moto GP from Melbourne (*live*, 1 hour 50 mins) 6.00am ITV: Japanese GP Race (*live*, 2 hours 30 mins) 12.45pm Channel 5: Moto GP (full-length rerun, 1 hour 35 mins [sic]) 1.15pm ITV: Japanese GP Race (full-length rerun, 2 hours 30 mins) 7.30pm Channel 5: Motorsport Max (magazine, 30 mins) MONDAY ====== 12.15am [sic] ITV: Japanese GP (highlights, 1 hour 5 mins) 1.55am Channel 4: The Chequered Flag - German saloons, TOCA support and Formula Rally (highlights, 55 mins) 2.50am Channel 4: TVR Tuscans from Brands Hatch (highlights, 25 mins) 3.15am Channel 4: Goodwood Revival 2001 (as Sat, highlights, 1 hour) TUESDAY ======= 12.30am Channel 5: Moto GP from Melbourne (yet another full-length rerun, 2 hours 25 mins [I know, these running times are all over the place!]) 2.55am Channel 5: FedEx CART - Laguna Seca, (highlights, 1 hour 45 mins) 4.40am Channel 5: "Motorsport" (haven't a clue, 30 mins) WEDNESDAY ========= 3.10am ITV: The Racing Arrows (documentary series, 25 mins) 4.15am Channel 5: Motorsport Max (as Sun, magazine, 30 mins) 10.35pm ITV: Pulling Power - Jenson Button helps "cure video game addicts" (gah!) (magazine, 30 mins) THURSDAY AND FRIDAY =================== Nothing at all! (Unless you love Argentinian league football...!) A bit of an odd week, this one, as there's no BTCC or WRC, and instead hours and hours of snooker is our diet in the afternoons. :-( (Incidentally, those lucky people who do have all the subscription services, such as Eurosport and Sky, get quite a bit more - karting, Superbikes, drag racing, better CART coverage, Winston Cup, truck racing, motocross and rallycross. Oh, and several hours of petanque, for some reason... :-) ) -- One-line reply + 300-line quote = unread post. The GPL Scrapyard returns (slowly): http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com

Jeepers, David - looks pretty much like a speedvision schedule. For not much longer, it seems. Seriously depressing news about this mutating Nascar Channel thing. Hell; the stuff's omnipresent as it is, already. Oh well, maybe ESPN2 will pick up the slack; they already show some less mainstream racing series like indy lights and outdoor(!) motocross. Thinly scattered between all the ubiquitous X-treme sports stuff like bmx bungee jumping and freestyle naked vert skateboarding, that is... So long, WRC, SBK and Moto GP. Ciao, Legends. Sheesh... SB "David Buttery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> What with all the discussion about Speedvision recently, I thought some > of you non-UK types might like to see the sort of choice we get over > here, and to compare it to what you get (got?). I'll only list free-to- > air terrestrial programmes, as that's all I can get... > > SATURDAY > ======== > 11.00am Channel 4: Goodwood Revival 2001 (highlights, 1 hour) > 1.30pm ITV: Japanese GP Qualifying (*live*, 1 hour 45 mins) > 3.15pm ITV: Ken Tyrrell - Surviving Formula One (1 hour 5 mins) > > SUNDAY > ====== > 5.40am Channel 5: Moto GP from Melbourne (*live*, 1 hour 50 mins) > 6.00am ITV: Japanese GP Race (*live*, 2 hours 30 mins) > 12.45pm Channel 5: Moto GP (full-length rerun, 1 hour 35 mins [sic]) > 1.15pm ITV: Japanese GP Race (full-length rerun, 2 hours 30 mins) > 7.30pm Channel 5: Motorsport Max (magazine, 30 mins) > > MONDAY > ====== > 12.15am [sic] ITV: Japanese GP (highlights, 1 hour 5 mins) > 1.55am Channel 4: The Chequered Flag - German saloons, TOCA support and > Formula Rally (highlights, 55 mins) > 2.50am Channel 4: TVR Tuscans from Brands Hatch (highlights, 25 mins) > 3.15am Channel 4: Goodwood Revival 2001 (as Sat, highlights, 1 hour) > > TUESDAY > ======= > 12.30am Channel 5: Moto GP from Melbourne (yet another full-length > rerun, 2 hours 25 mins [I know, these running times are all over the > place!]) > 2.55am Channel 5: FedEx CART - Laguna Seca, (highlights, 1 hour 45 > mins) > 4.40am Channel 5: "Motorsport" (haven't a clue, 30 mins) > > WEDNESDAY > ========= > 3.10am ITV: The Racing Arrows (documentary series, 25 mins) > 4.15am Channel 5: Motorsport Max (as Sun, magazine, 30 mins) > 10.35pm ITV: Pulling Power - Jenson Button helps "cure video game > addicts" (gah!) (magazine, 30 mins) > > THURSDAY AND FRIDAY > =================== > Nothing at all! (Unless you love Argentinian league football...!) > > A bit of an odd week, this one, as there's no BTCC or WRC, and instead > hours and hours of snooker is our diet in the afternoons. :-( > > (Incidentally, those lucky people who do have all the subscription > services, such as Eurosport and Sky, get quite a bit more - karting, > Superbikes, drag racing, better CART coverage, Winston Cup, truck > racing, motocross and rallycross. Oh, and several hours of petanque, > for some reason... :-) ) > > -- > One-line reply + 300-line quote = unread post. > > The GPL Scrapyard returns (slowly): http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com

David Buttery <[email hidden]> wrote on 16 Oct 2001: <snip> > 1.30pm ITV: Japanese GP Qualifying (*live*, 1 hour 45 mins)<snip> Sorry - should read "full-length rerun". -- One-line reply + 300-line quote = unread post. The GPL Scrapyard returns (slowly): http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com

2001: <snip> <snip> Sorry - should read "full-length rerun". -- One-line reply + 300-line quote = unread post. The GPL Scrapyard returns (slowly): http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com

Steve Blankenship <[email hidden]> wrote on 16 Oct 2001: <snip> > outdoor(!) motocross.<snip> What's odd about that? -- One-line reply + 300-line quote = unread post. The GPL Scrapyard returns (slowly): http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com

Motocross is typically an indoor sport? Cheers Hamish "David Buttery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Steve Blankenship <[email hidden]> wrote on 16 Oct 2001: > > <snip> > > outdoor(!) motocross. > <snip> > > What's odd about that? > > -- > One-line reply + 300-line quote = unread post. > > The GPL Scrapyard returns (slowly): http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com

Forgot to add the ;-). Just a cynical dig from the homeland of Supercross, and its new bastard child freestyle motocross. Actually, I spent quite a few years in motocross in my formative years; even made my required pilgrimage to Namur. But consistent TV coverage of outdoor motocross races in the U.S. is a recent phenomenon, one that's indicative of a niche channel's willingness to cover narrow-interest sports. Just mentioned it in the hope that if road racing (4-wheeled or 2) finds itself in need of a home on U.S. TV, there are some at the ready. Cheers, SB "David Buttery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Steve Blankenship <[email hidden]> wrote on 16 Oct 2001: > > <snip> > > outdoor(!) motocross. > <snip> > > What's odd about that?

> Motocross is typically an indoor sport? Only in America. Everywhere else, it's typically outdoors. Andy -- PC-Based Multimedia System http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms NB: Spamtrap - my name @yahoo.co.uk

What the heck are you guys complaining about? If we're *lucky* we get a 30mins show every forth-night or so.... (Excluding Eurosport that is...) -- ed_ "David Buttery" wrote: > THURSDAY AND FRIDAY > =================== > Nothing at all! (Unless you love Argentinian league football...!) >

Ed Solheim wrote: > > What the heck are you guys complaining about? > If we're *lucky* we get a 30mins show every forth-night or so.... > > (Excluding Eurosport that is...) Have you submitted your entry to the BR2001 yet ? :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

Site updated yet? :-) -- ed_ "Goy Larsen" wrote: > Have you submitted your entry to the BR2001 yet ? :-)

Site updated yet? :-) -- ed_ > Have you submitted your entry to the BR2001 yet ? :-)

There are places Outside America? Surely you jest <g> :) Ash - N.Ireland - the 59th state "Andy Laurence" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9qgrn6$nphfa$[email hidden]...

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| > Motocross is typically an indoor sport? | | Only in America. Everywhere else, it's typically outdoors. | | Andy | -- | PC-Based Multimedia System | http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms | NB: Spamtrap - my name @yahoo.co.uk | |

> There are places Outside America? Surely you jest <g> :) No really, there's a land far, far away beyond the rippling waters of this world. People there speak with funny accents, and drive small cars. They pay a fortune for PC bits, and land..... Andy -- PC-Based Multimedia System http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms NB: Spamtrap - my name @yahoo.co.uk

c'mon yer just pulling our legs now...If there really was 'land'(as you say) beyond the large waters...wouldn't it just fall off the ends of the Earth? Next you'll be telling us that these 'funny speaking' people with their 'small cars' eat French Fried potatoes and call them Chips... dave henrie "Andy Laurence" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9qhkg9$o1og5$[email hidden]...

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> > There are places Outside America? Surely you jest <g> :) > > No really, there's a land far, far away beyond the rippling waters of this > world. People there speak with funny accents, and drive small cars. They > pay a fortune for PC bits, and land..... > > Andy > -- > PC-Based Multimedia System > http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms > NB: Spamtrap - my name @yahoo.co.uk > >

Heck; I bet they probably put vinegar or mayonnaise on them too. Obviously not to be trusted... ;-) SB "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote... <snip> > Next you'll be telling us that these 'funny speaking' people with their > 'small cars' eat French Fried potatoes and call them Chips...

hey, some of us put cheese curds and gravy on our fries. And we live on the same side of the pond as you. ;) Steve Blankenship wrote:

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> > Heck; I bet they probably put vinegar or mayonnaise on them too. Obviously not to be trusted... > > ;-) > > SB > > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote... > <snip> > > Next you'll be telling us that these 'funny speaking' people with their > > 'small cars' eat French Fried potatoes and call them Chips...

In message <[email hidden]> [email hidden] (David Buttery) wrote: [ snip ] If you could please post these schedules in *advance*, we might all be able to set our video recorders!!! :-) > A bit of an odd week, this one, as there's no BTCC or WRC, and instead > hours and hours of snooker is our diet in the afternoons. :-( The BTCC (highlights of the final round at Brands) should be on this Saturday or Sunday. Keep an eye out! Note that it's the last time the BTCC will be shown on BBC - woo-hoo! :-) -- Richard. "Michelle, ma belle. These are words that go together well, my Michelle."

Ed Solheim wrote: > > Site updated yet? :-) Yep, far as I know Jan updated it the other day, no up to date entry list though, the guys hosting the place is having a spot of bother and we can't seem to get in via FTP, and of course, as of right now the whole site is down, but what more can you expect when you're hosted by BHMS....:-) Send me the info (drivers, make and preferred number) and your car file and I'll see that Jan gets it, now how's that fer a deal....? Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

In article <9qhkg9$o1og5$[email hidden]>, "Andy Laurence" <[email hidden]> writes: >> There are places Outside America? Surely you jest <g> :) > >No really, there's a land far, far away beyond the rippling waters of this >world. People there speak with funny accents, and drive small cars. They >pay a fortune for PC bits, and land..... ...and gas...only they pronounce it 'petrol'... Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +360.54... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Yes and they even have roads with bends in them - tsk... -- Cheers, Robin Lord - Trance DJ & Sim Racer. http://www.oppositelock.co.uk N�rburgring and Grand Prix Legends "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <9qhkg9$o1og5$[email hidden]>, "Andy Laurence" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >> There are places Outside America? Surely you jest <g> :) > > > >No really, there's a land far, far away beyond the rippling waters of this > >world. People there speak with funny accents, and drive small cars. They > >pay a fortune for PC bits, and land..... > > ...and gas...only they pronounce it 'petrol'... > > Eldred > -- > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +360.54... > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Yes but like ALL American roads, they only turn left right? dave henrie "Robin Lord" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:VB1z7.4701$[email hidden]... > Yes and they even have roads with bends in them - tsk... > -- > Cheers, > Robin Lord - Trance DJ & Sim Racer.

> c'mon yer just pulling our legs now...If there really was 'land'(as you > say) beyond the large waters...wouldn't it just fall off the ends of the > Earth? > Next you'll be telling us that these 'funny speaking' people with their > 'small cars' eat French Fried potatoes and call them Chips... Nah, that'd be stupid Andy ;-) -- PC-Based Multimedia System http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms NB: Spamtrap - my name @yahoo.co.uk