rally racing on tv

this is probably way off topic but i was wondering if any good channels show rally racing here. im in ithaca ny, and have time warner digital cable only channel i can think of off the top of my head is speedvision and they only have it 1 thursday night a month (at most)...what kindof crap is that

Check again, SPEED covers the WRC events every weekend they have one. OLN Outdoor living network seems to be covering the SCCA Pro Rally series here in the states.. -- Biz "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and the....." - Ash "warlord716 yahoo.com>" <warlord716@<NOSPAM> wrote in message news:td6Ja.12078$[email hidden]... > this is probably way off topic but i was wondering if any good channels show > rally racing here. im in ithaca ny, and have time warner digital cable > > only channel i can think of off the top of my head is speedvision and they > only have it 1 thursday night a month (at most)...what kindof crap is that > >

"warlord716" <warlord716@<NOSPAM>yahoo.com> wrote in news:td6Ja.12078$[email hidden]:

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> this is probably way off topic but i was wondering if any good > channels show rally racing here. im in ithaca ny, and have time warner > digital cable > > only channel i can think of off the top of my head is speedvision and > they only have it 1 thursday night a month (at most)...what kindof > crap is that > >

Go to a mall and ask random people what WRC stands for. Ask them if they know the names of Tommy Makkinen, Richard Burns, Colin Mcrae(you might get a few youngsters who know this one if you ask it outside a software store). Considering that Rallye in the US is about as popular as lawnmower racing, you should be standing up and proclaiming that Speed's coverage of Rallye racing is indeed the Golden Era. I have been a very vocal complainer of the 'nascar channel' in the past, I worried that the focus on Nascar would dilute the other racing coverage. But so far, we are still getting far more road racing/rallying coverage than any other time in US television. Sure it would be great to have more extended coverage for many series, but compared to the snippets and highlights we had in the past, these past two years on Speed have been far and away more complete and timely than any other. THAT is what kind of crap that is. :) dave henrie

good call...i just realized i did have OLN... thanks "Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:XuaJa.16242$[email hidden]... > Check again, SPEED covers the WRC events every weekend they have one. OLNOutdoor living network

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> seems to be covering the SCCA Pro Rally series here in the states.. > -- > Biz > > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and > the....." - Ash > > > "warlord716 yahoo.com>" <warlord716@<NOSPAM> wrote in message > news:td6Ja.12078$[email hidden]... > > this is probably way off topic but i was wondering if any good channels

show > > rally racing here. im in ithaca ny, and have time warner digital cable > > > > only channel i can think of off the top of my head is speedvision andthey > > only have it 1 thursday night a month (at most)...what kindof crap isthat > > > > > >

On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 23:52:57 GMT, "warlord716" <warlord716@<NOSPAM>yahoo.com> wrote: >this is probably way off topic but i was wondering if any good channels show >rally racing [...] Rallying ain't racing.

"Magnus Svensson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 23:52:57 GMT, "warlord716" > <warlord716@<NOSPAM>yahoo.com> wrote: > > >this is probably way off topic but i was wondering if any good channelsshow > >rally racing [...] > > Rallying ain't racing. No, it's better...

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 21:08:04 +0100, "Nick" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>> >this is probably way off topic but i was wondering if any good channels >show >> >rally racing [...] >> >> Rallying ain't racing. > >No, it's better...

Damn straight it is! But it's not racing, so stop calling it Rally Racing, yanks! (pet peeve of mine) "Rally Racing" woiuld be what we call Rally Cross.

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> >> Rallying ain't racing. > > > >No, it's better... > > Damn straight it is! But it's not racing, so stop calling it Rally > Racing, yanks! (pet peeve of mine) > > "Rally Racing" woiuld be what we call Rally Cross.

I know, I'm on the right side of the pond, too. (That's right as opposed to left, not right as opposed to wrong ;-). 'Racing' over there seems to mean 5 lead changes per lap. There's an outcry if the guy on pole actually wins the race. That's why they like roundabouts and don't like F1... <g>

Magnus Svensson > > Damn straight it is! But it's not racing, so stop calling it Rally > Racing, yanks! (pet peeve of mine) > > "Rally Racing" woiuld be what we call Rally Cross. > Kinda like the Euro-types who refer to Winston Cup Cars as NasCARS.....You do me...I'll do you..... :) dave henrie

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> Magnus Svensson > > > > Damn straight it is! But it's not racing, so stop calling it Rally > > Racing, yanks! (pet peeve of mine) > > > > "Rally Racing" woiuld be what we call Rally Cross. > > > Kinda like the Euro-types who refer to Winston Cup Cars as > NasCARS.....You do me...I'll do you..... > > :) > > dave henrie > >

hehe or them europeans who call soccer football or americans who call football rugby...lol well i should take that last comment out right, we americans need to present a united front to the world so we can go kick its @ss. :)

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> Magnus Svensson > > > > Damn straight it is! But it's not racing, so stop calling it Rally > > Racing, yanks! (pet peeve of mine) > > > > "Rally Racing" woiuld be what we call Rally Cross. > > > Kinda like the Euro-types who refer to Winston Cup Cars as > NasCARS.....You do me...I'll do you.....

Or kinda like everybody in the world, who refer to IRL cars as crapwagons ;-)

In article <bdn27l$ubnbj$[email hidden]>, "Nick" <[email hidden]> writes: >> Kinda like the Euro-types who refer to Winston Cup Cars as >> NasCARS.....You do me...I'll do you..... > >Or kinda like everybody in the world, who refer to IRL cars as crapwagons >;-) Not everybody... Eldred -- Help find missing child: Tatianna Ashley Chillcutt from Michigan(info on my homepage) Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Not everybody... Well, I guess Txxx Gxxxxx might call them something else...

In article <bdq7b5$vu1pm$[email hidden]>, "Nick" <[email hidden]> writes: >"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> Not everybody... > >Well, I guess Txxx Gxxxxx might call them something else... > I don't call them crapwagons either. I'm as pissed off about the split as most people here. But it's american open-wheel racing, it's pretty damn exciting, and I enjoy watching it. I'm an open-wheel fan, which means I'll watch Champ Cars, IRL, F1, F3000, Barber Dodge series, etc... And given the opportunity, I'd JUMP at a chance for a seat in any of those series. Eldred -- Help find missing child: Tatianna Ashley Chillcutt from Michigan(info on my homepage) Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

> And given the opportunity, I'd JUMP at a chance > for a seat in any of those series. So would I, definitely, but even if I was in the IRL I'd probably still call them crapwagons <g>. It has become a habit that I just can't shake ;-)