Well put Carter....
But the networks are doing it for one reason only.
NASCAR enthusiasts spend millions of $$
on all the logo crap...t-shirts- hero worship stuff
and all the other media crap that goes along with it.
Marketing. Nascar has apparently done it right.
They sell tons of it so the networks go where
the money is.
It may suck.... but money talks.
Paul Tegler
wizardz@toad.net
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carter Shore" <clshore@yahoo.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: RIP Speedvision
> Don't get me wrong, I'd hate to see Speedvision become
> 'the NASCAR channel', but there's a whole lot more to
> NASCAR racing than meets the eye.
> NASCAR has some of the most sophisticated teams and
> skilled drivers on the planet. Period.
> True, it's rather specialized, but that specialization
> results in victory being decided by the most subtle
> nuances, in engine preparation, in suspension tuning,
> in driver skills and technique, and in team tactics.
> Consider herding a 3000 lb racecar at 200 MPH around a
> banked track, in a continuous 4 wheel drift, for 500
> miles, surrounded by 20-30 other drivers that don't
> mind 'a little bangin' around'. Now, do it every
> weekend for 35 odd weeks.
> It *looks* easy on TV, but it'not.
> Mind you, I prefer BTCC, or Speedvision Cup, but that
> does not mean that I cannot also appreciate yhe
> nuances of another form of racing.
>
> Carter Shore
>
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