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I wonder if he says that more than he talks aboot tire compounds :)
"The Reds are the red sidewall tires that are indicated by a red stripe around the tire. Otherwise the Reds would be black if they didn't have the red stripe. We call those "Blacks" because they're not red."
After reading about the shake up at Versus I was hugely disappointed to see these two well meaning but professionally challenged agents still in operation at ESPN.
I think race car drivers are second only to politicians when it comes to being honest with themselves as well as others so quote of the race definitely goes to Marco: "I had it whoaed up pretty good."
Well, I missed the race and didn't tape it. So I will have to say, it is all in the abstract for me.
However, to complain about Reid is valid, the guy sucks. To complain about Goodyear, well, he pretty much sucks, but since he is sort of local to me (from just over in nearby Newmarket and raced at Mosport for years) I have a soft spot for the little guy. Ya, he sucks to a degree, but to be fair, both he and Reid are at the mercy of the monitors.
As someone who has dabbled in the TV world, the first thing you learn is the guys in the truck control what the talent see's. They likely can see very little of the race track, and in most events, are lucky if they see anything more than the cars blasting by them on the straight. It isn't always cut and dried they can even see a corner. So I will have to say they likely were at the mercy of the footage on replay. Now that said, from what I read here, they still got it wrong, but hey, it is Marty and Scott. We are not talking Murray and James.....
Another problem with broadcasts on road/street courses is that unless you have the budget to really put a lot of cameras out there (and add production trucks and personnel and and and...well you get the idea, to really do a race right, it costs more money. Then you need all this good info to go into the truck with producers and directors that don't have their head up their @ss. This is the real issue I find with ABC/ESPN. They are so busy chasing stupid stories (Danica) that they never build an narrative of the story that is unfolding, and their camera people, most likely are not racing people either. They may not REALIZE that pass is VERY relevent and the director likely doesn't either. It takes replay and sub producers and directors to see what happens, and get that replay up to the director in a relevent fashion. There are so many nuts and bolts that have to go together to make a production work, and I do think outside of the people doing racing for Speed, no one has a clue how to do road racing anymore. Most of the road racing coverage I have seen even of NASCAR isn't always doing anything but covering the top guys, and even then not always.
IT is a tough thing, but if the IRL wants better coverage, they will have to pony up for the extra production trucks and cameras, and have to really impress up on the dumb jerk producers that there are other drivers other than the Go-Daddy girl.
Simona did amazing.....and to me she is the story of the year as much as anyone is...