OT: What happened to Bob Varsha?

Two years ago Bob Varsha was the lead announcer for ABC television in the U.S. for CART racing. Last year he seemed to disappear. Now this year he is working for Speedvision, doing features and last night, F1 I wouldn't suspect moving from ABC to Speedvision was by design. Just interested. Anybody know? Thanks James Larson Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Bob is doing the F1 broadcasts on Speedvision with Hobbs and Posey :) I for one am glad he's back. He adds a great touch. -- Richard "ZZ" Busch Official member: Screamers Racing League Sim Racing Mag Honda Challenge NASROC ---------------- Busch Motorsports: Remember racecar is racecar spelled backward ----------------- Busch Carpentry: Plans?, Oh, you mean that napkin sketch? NOTICE TO BULK E-MAILERS: Pursuant to US Code, Title 47, Chapter 5, Subchapter II, p.227, any and all nonsolicited commercial E-mail sent to [email hidden] is subject to a download and archival fee in the amount of Five-Hundred Dollars U.S. E-Mailing denotes acceptance of these terms.

Bob did F-1 races back in the early eighties too. "Richard ZZ Busch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Bob is doing the F1 broadcasts on Speedvision with Hobbs and Posey :) I > for one am glad he's back. He adds a great touch. > > -- > Richard "ZZ" Busch > > Official member: > Screamers Racing League > Sim Racing Mag Honda Challenge > NASROC > ---------------- > Busch Motorsports: > Remember racecar is racecar spelled backward > ----------------- > Busch Carpentry: > Plans?, Oh, you mean that napkin sketch? > > > NOTICE TO BULK > E-MAILERS: > Pursuant to US Code, Title 47, Chapter 5, Subchapter II, p.227, any and > all nonsolicited commercial E-mail sent to [email hidden] is > subject to a download and archival fee in the amount of Five-Hundred > Dollars U.S. E-Mailing denotes acceptance of these terms.

Correction, 1979........................ > Nope I got a videos of Gilles Villeneuve and Rene Arnoux doing battle in > 1982 (yes the famous one) in the French GP and good old Bob Varsha is doing

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> the call......... > > 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

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> > (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

Nope I got a videos of Gilles Villeneuve and Rene Arnoux doing battle in 1982 (yes the famous one) in the French GP and good old Bob Varsha is doing the call......... "Rick Baumhauer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9FRy4.11607$[email hidden]... > I think Stiff meant "late eighties to early nineties"................ > > Personally, I'm very happy to have Varsha and Hobbs back together - theyare

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> 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, anddecided > he preferred auto racing after all. Good man................ > > Rick > >

Correction, 1979........................ "Stiff" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4%Ty4.61332$[email hidden]... > Nope I got a videos of Gilles Villeneuve and Rene Arnoux doing battle in > 1982 (yes the famous one) in the French GP and good old Bob Varsha isdoing

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> the call......... > > "Rick Baumhauer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9FRy4.11607$[email hidden]... > > 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 itmade

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> > (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 > > > > > >

> 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. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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> > In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] (James Larson) wrote: > > > 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. > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

Bob was calling the F1 race on Speedvision with David Hobbs. I believe that they said he was returning after being away for 7 years.