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Thursday, 10/5 on SPEED
8 p.m. ET: Chase is On
Friday, 10/6 on SPEED
3 p.m. ET: NASCAR Live
4 p.m. ET: Nextel Cup Happy Hour
7 p.m. ET: Trackside
8 p.m. ET: ARCA race
Saturday, 10/7 on SPEED
Noon ET: Nextel Cup qualifying
2:30 p.m. ET: Craftsman Truck race
7:30 p.m. ET: NASCAR Performance
8 p.m. ET: Tradin' Paint
Sunday, 10/8 on SPEED
11:30 a.m. ET: NASCAR RaceDay
7 p.m. ET: NASCAR Victory Lane
8 p.m. ET: The SPEED Report
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Final practice: Nextel Cup Series UAW-Ford 500 Friday, Oct. 6 4 p.m. Speed
Qualifying: Nextel Cup Series UAW-Ford 500 Saturday, Oct. 7 Noon Speed

Craftsman Truck Series Talladega 250 Saturday, Oct. 7 2:30 p.m. Speed

Nextel Cup Series UAW-Ford 500 Sunday, Oct. 8 1 p.m. NBC

All time Eastern. Times and station subject to change.

[WVGrandma4Kasey]

Monday Oct. 9th on IFC at 7:00
Rank
Posted by Thrash13
From what I've heard, the movie is the best "behind the scenes" bull riding movie ever created. It goes behind the chutes of the 2004 World Title race in which Moraes, McBride, and Lee were battling for the top prize all year long. I've heard great things about it, and I can't wait to watch it next Monday.

This article at ProBullStats might help out a little more.

Probullstats Rodeo & Bull Riding News


Rank: The Movie Posted: Aug 17, 2006Not... Rank: the smell of leftovers gone bad

By: Slade Long - PBS Editor

PBS HQ --- Back in the 1980's there was a bootleg video rumored to have been put together by Glen McIlvain. Some of you may have seen it. It featured footage from the NFR, Super Bull in Del Rio, and other sources - notably the 1973 documentary The Great American Cowboy. Forgive me for innaccuracy - it's been years since I've seen either film - but in one or both of those films there was a powerful clip of a long bull riding hangup dubbed over with an announcer (Clem, maybe...) reciting the cowboy's prayer. In The Great American Cowboy, there was also some footage of Larry Mahan getting on Oscar with no one around - on a dollar bet.

Again, forgive me if I have the sources wrong or mixed up - it's been twenty years since I've seen them - but those two scenes spoke more about the sport of bull riding than any other film I have ever seen, although there was hardly any commentary involved in either one.

RANK, a new feature length documentary by John Hyams and Jon Greenhalgh puts me in mind of those two scenes, as it conveys the essence of what modern bull riding is about by showing rather than telling. Shot on location in Las Vegas, Oklahoma, and Texas, Rank loosely follows Justin McBride, Adriano Moraes, and Mike Lee as they progress through the 2004 PBR World Finals.

There is almost no outside narration or commentary in the film. What dialogue there is is provided by the bull riders, Dillon & H.D. Page, Rob Smets, Tandy Freeman and others. McBride's Grandmother makes a notable appearance. In my opinion, Dr. Freeman improves on his usual line... "it's not if you get hurt," etc... with the simpler and more powerful assessment: "Wimps don't make it this far."

The visual aspect of the film is what is most appealing. The camera work in Rank draws out the gritty reality of bull riding in a way that the usual film / video coverage of bull riding cannot, simply because it is "the usual." Art speaks through the unusual or the unexpected, and that is how good art is sometimes able to convey a truth better than the straight facts can. The passing scenes in this film show much by showing little and by showing detail. It is not your usual reality/journalistic/PR fare - it's much more real than that.

Truth is, Rank may be the best documentary about rodeo or bull riding in over 20 years. Our sport certainly gets more tv/film coverage than ever, but rarely has it ever gotten quality treatment like this. Rank is a must-see for fans of bull riding and rodeo, and it shows us that the "Great American Cowboy" still exists.

RANK premieres Oct. 9, 2006 on IFC TV.



An IFC Original documentary offering an unprecedented look into the gritty realities and exhilarating thrills of professional bull riding.


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This is just too funny...sent to me from my friend in Australia.
And I know most of you are going to laugh at this...enjoy!!
Hugs and love,



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12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going
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14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't
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Go on, forward this to your friends. You know you want to