NASCAR on NASN-Sky-FOX etc.

There were some strange things said during Atlanta. Love the 'smoking car' bit when it was the truck clearing Carl's oil. Had to laugh out loud at that one.

Some other odds and ends were weird too ---- am I right in thinking actually NASCAR owns and allocates the car numbers to the teams, which is why Jr didn't take the 8 with him? Sure I read that somewhere, or was I dreaming it.

Also, thought the "four car change" was fun when it should have been "four tyre change".

And the reason they line up lap down cars on the inside on restarts is because of the Lucky Dog rule. Hmm, ok then.

Lots of others I can't remember now too. Didn't detract from the coverage, I find the gaffs quite amusing.

And let's not forget there are few fun cockup comments made by Jeff Hammond bless him as he fumbles with his words. And some of his 'safety' advice must rile many fans as they can be very basic too, but then they are aimed at the American newcomer to the sport, so swings and roundabout really.

Let's not forget, it's not easy sitting in front of the camera and making sense all the time.

I hoped things would get better at Sky Sports, but things have got MUCH worse. All we can do as fans is email them every week untill they get something right.

Hi guys. When I move into my new house, I'm gonna probably use a freeview box. How would I go about getting Setanta/NASN and how much would it cost.

Also can someone tell me what other sports they show so I know whether or not it would be worth it?

Cheers.

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Originally Posted by acorn

just checked sunday's timings for the bristol race and they've only allocated 2 and 1/2 hours(22.30-01.00). seems a tad short for my liking. are we only going to see highlights on suday with a FULL race replay on monday? last years race had 15 cautions and lasted 3 and 1/4 hours.

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Sky guide said Bristol was on at 10pm.

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Originally Posted by acorn

just checked sunday's timings for the bristol race and they've only allocated 2 and 1/2 hours(22.30-01.00). seems a tad short for my liking. are we only going to see highlights on suday with a FULL race replay on monday? last years race had 15 cautions and lasted 3 and 1/4 hours.

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and its recorded

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Originally Posted by Speedworx

Sky guide said Bristol was on at 10pm.

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it may have done but the sky epg says 10:30pm-01:00am(repeated monday 07:30-10:00).

Received an email back from Sky today.

Dear Sir

Thanks for your email regarding NASCAR

Unfortunately, when we take our live feed from the US it can prove increasing difficult to match their commercial breaks. As Fox had added an additional 3 breaks to their pattern that we were not expecting and then did not take their last break as planned. We were forced to go to break as soon as the winner crossed the line and the winner was announced. However, we did make sure that they were put into the re-edit the following day
This is not a normal occurrence which hopefully won't be repeated, however, I am sorry that this spoilt your enjoyment of the race.
With regard to the coverage of the Bristol race. We are showing NASCAR delayed highlights on Sun 16th- this is because we have live A1 GP taking place at the same time. Coverage will be approximately 2hours 30 minutes.
Thanks again for taking the time to contact us at Sky. We always welcome viewers comments and feedback.

Kind regards

Dont know about you guys but i feel we are worse off now than Setanta, sky must not be used to covering live sport from the states and did no homework before hand, showing Nascar live didnt last long , as soon as something else clashes lets just drop it .Wish i could get a dish to pick up Fox ect and i would tell these companys to stick it.

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Originally Posted by Rapier Racer

I didn't see any post race stuff :( Typical when my guy wins theres nothing shown.

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In fairness to Sky I watched the race on Fox and they had about 5 mins of post-race..
Kyle was happy, still hates COT, Tony wasn't happy, still hates Goodyear, Edwards thought he could have won, bye.. So you didn't miss much!

bet you didnt miss the first half an hour of the race aswell ,it was cut straight after Kyle crossed the line and we didnt get to see who came after him.