Jim,
No, you're not the only one. I remember trying
hard to find a station here in Detroit that
was carrying the race. When we did find one,
the signal was weak.
Having met Hobbsie at the SAE Motorsports
Expo and Conference a number of years ago,
he is knowledgeable and entertaining.
Doug
--- jrhill <jrhill@chorus.net> wrote:
> Bob Lang writes:
>
> > . . . I cannot stand listening to Shaheen. I also
> > think that Derek Daley is an ASS . . .
>
> Well, let's be candid -- most of the FOT (myself
> included) would likely
> prefer SpeedTV's David Hobbs, if for no reason other
> than his history as a
> Triumph pilot.
>
> > I think it's that Wisconsin thing.
>
> As is Mr. Hobbs.
>
> Part of the problem is that neither CBS nor SpeedTV
> control the video feed,
> the commentators are not AT the race -- they're
> watching it from the States
> on TV just like the rest of us mokes -- and there's
> no one reporting from
> out on the corners. Am I the only one who remembers
> when the Indy 500
> broadcast team included reporters at EACH of the
> four corners (and that was
> when you could only "watch" the race on the radio)?
>
> Jim Hill
>
>
> === Help keep Team.Net on the air
> === http://www.team.net/donate.html
|