Marty Reid and Scott Goodyear RUINING INDY CAR SERIES!

I almost threw up when theyt followed Danica for about half the race. SHE WAS IN 9TH!!!! Who the heck cares? If it was all about a girl doing good, why wouldn't they follow Simona who was in 2nd at the time? I think beachbum is right, they were doing it to promote their Nationwide coverage. As such I think someone from the league (Randy?) should sit down and explain to them how they are being paid to cover INDYCAR. What a disgrace. It's been bad for quite a while, but it is really getting worse. They are down to their D league interns running the show now.

What race??
I tuned in and watched the Danica show for a while, then gave up waiting to see her do some shower scenes and photo shoots in the Si style and fell asleep

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Originally Posted by chuck34

I almost threw up when theyt followed Danica for about half the race. SHE WAS IN 9TH!!!! Who the heck cares? If it was all about a girl doing good, why wouldn't they follow Simona who was in 2nd at the time? I think beachbum is right, they were doing it to promote their Nationwide coverage. As such I think someone from the league (Randy?) should sit down and explain to them how they are being paid to cover INDYCAR. What a disgrace. It's been bad for quite a while, but it is really getting worse. They are down to their D league interns running the show now.

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Well at least they didn't interview Danica after the race. A the Nationwide races she is usually interviewed before most of the top 5, even when she finishes well back.

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Originally Posted by markabilly

What race??
I tuned in and watched the Danica show for a while, then gave up waiting to see her do some shower scenes and photo shoots in the Si style and fell asleep

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In all fairness, they stopped that nonsense after a while. But it says a lot about the quality of the ABC broadcast that they completely missed the late incident between her and Hildebrand. When it comes to missing things they don't make exceptions even with Danica!

Thanks to Scott Goodyear, I just learned that Sao Paulo is in Switzerland!!!

I really enjoyed the comment that Simona did such a good job last year leading her "hometown race". :eek:

Thanks Scott for letting me know!!!

Long, long ago, I discovered that the least painful way to watch any form of motor racing on television is with the sound off. It makes the experience somewhat more tolerable and one can have the classical music station on while you read or occasionally watch whatever is being broadcast. How anyone can stand the incessant chatter, the endless dribble of nonsense, and very tiresome noises of the announcing team for any series is beyond me. I don't much care for modern motor racing in about any form, but it does improve at least marginally with the sound off.

I think one of my favorite parts of yesterday's broadcast was the IZOD "Sound of..." or something like that.

It was the half-a-lap where Marty & Scott SHUT UP and we got to watch cars going around the track and only heard the sound of the engine.

I was impressed very early on in the broadcast when Power, Kanaan & Dario, in order, took the green flag.
Several corners later, Dario was first, followed by Kanaan and Power.
There was no mention of how this happened.
To miss a pass for the lead is inexcusable, and is more important than seeing Marco on his lid 50 times over.
The only thing that I really liked about the broadcast was the footage from the on-board camera systems...whoever was controlling them did a very good job, rotating the view just in time to capture relevant action.

There was a camera at ground level which was used once for a split second, it gives a real sense of the cars speed. It should be used more.

I'm just glad the race was broadcast for gosh sakes. Much better than the ABC/ESPN coverage of Sebring!