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06-10-2008, 08:42 PM
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| Pocono 500 Observations Don't ya wish they had "in-flight" movies for some of these NASCAR snoozers? This particular version of the Pocono 500 wasn't as boring as normal, but there was a period of sleepyeyedness... But, let’s start at the start. Who was that guy who sang the National Anthem? Must be one of those “off Broadway” people .. Great singing voice, but a lousy sense of tempo. When he started I thought we were in for a rousing march tempo, then he slowed to a stroll then he bounced all around until he decided to show everyone he could hold a note. All in all, he might as well have been one of those American Idol hopefuls. I’d give his presentation a D– grade. Too bad the announcers (and some others) weren’t listening during the honoring of Jim McKay. They quoted him, but didn’t heed his words: “It’s not how much you talk, but what you say.” How refreshing to start a race with out “Boogity…” YES!!! Did they ever find that kid that was playing with the buttons in the TV trailer? Had to be a really young one. Kept starting commercials in the middle of announcer's desertation, turning off the sound and generally disrupting the broadcast. Probably one of those “Take your kid to work” deals… And why did we have to go to commercial for them to fix the audio problem? The cameras don’t work without audio? Speaking of audio, why can’t they turn down the audio from the in-car mics? Ya can’t hear the people talking for all the exhaust noise. If I want to hear nothing but exhaust noise I’ve got plenty around here, don’t need them polluting the race with it. Of course I realize it’s a double edged sword. But I can mute an announcer I don’t care for... OK, how many of you were as confused as me trying to find Ryan Newman on the track? Guess they’re getting ready for the Verizon takeover of Alltel by getting us used to Kodak. But us oldtimers don’t associate Kodak with Newman nor the #12… And, how about that .. that .. that “paint job” on Mark’s car? Reminds me of some of the new “fashion” I’m seeing pre-teen girls parade around in. Well, last week we had problems on the narrow pit road at Dover. This week we had problems on the w-i-d-e pit road at Pocono. I’m beginning to think the problem isn’t the width of the pit road, but rather the size of some of these driver’s egos mixed with the inattention/slow response of both spotters and crew chiefs. Did ya notice during the first half or so of the race, on every restart the first “bubble” to appear above any car was for the car that pulled down violently towards the white line on the front straight? I guess that’s one way to get TV time. NASCAR Coverup Alert!!! Let’s see, Juan Pablo gets wrecked and catches on fire. Alertly, he drives to the end of pit road (on the apron) and pulls up in front of 2 NASCAR officials holding fire extinguishers and jumps out of the car. The NASCAR officials stand there and watch the car burn. Later in the broadcast NASCAR releases a statement that those two guys were there for “driver safety” and when the driver got out and walked away, their job was done. The folks that got there 15 seconds or so later were responsible for the car… Whoever heard of pit road officials who weren’t supposed to act in an emergency? Shame on you NASCAR! I know if I were a car owner, a driver or a pit person I’d be scared as hell the “right” official wouldn’t be nearby to save my life!!! How many times have you sat and watched the cars parade around under yellow while cleanup operations were underway and wondered “what’s going on?; why is it taking so long?” Don’t ya wish the TV folks would train a camera on the cleanup operation from time to time just so you’d know there was still work going on? Well, NASCAR doesn’t, ‘cause then you’d know that the track is ready long before the folks in the tower are ready to go back racing. And “one more lap” at pace car speed around Pocono is equivalent to one potty break…(that’s a tidbit for reference when we visit this track later this season.) I think the open-wheelers had some sort of war going on: Hornish & Carpentier twice caused yellows; then Hornish and Franchiti ended their day crashing each other. Wonder what it was all about? Commercials .. New (to me):
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06-10-2008, 10:17 PM
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06-11-2008, 04:45 PM
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| Re: Pocono 500 Observations Nascar officials responsible for the safety of the driver. I saw em standing there with the fire extinquisher but didn't see em putting out the fire to ensure the safety of the driver, heck I didn't even see them helping the driver out of the car. "THAT'S NOT MY JOB" What's up with Jeff Burton pushing another driver down into the cone with his car? Never really heard anything about it, but I saw it. Can you image if Kyle did that to DEJ, geez it would be all they talked about for the rest of the night or the week. Was that Greg Biffle driving over his crewman? What's the deal with the crewman dropping the catch can and just leaving it on the ground?
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