I do sometimes watch the NASCAR truck series on Speed. I like the MC races (MotoGP and AMA) as well F1. I have to admit that I my TV is on Speed a disproportionate amount of time.
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 4:14 PM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oh, sure, I know what's on Speed. The reference to the other series > was because that's what I'll be trying to find enough time to watch > this weekend besides Le Mans. The IndyCar coverage is on Versus > (which also has cycling coverage - Dauphine Libere & Tour de Suisse). > > Speed (AKA "All NASCAR, all the time") carries a lot of NASCAR because > the powers-that-be at Fox think that's what they can sell (Speed was > bought by Fox a few years ago). And I'm sure the deal cut to get the TV > rights to the principal series required them to also carry some of the > support races, lower series, etc. But of late there does seem to be at > least a slight reduction in the emphasis on NASCAR - possibly due to > the fact that NASCAR is no longer quite the ratings powerhouse it was. > It's still by far the most popular series in the US, but it's losing > market share. > > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 02:19:31PM -0400, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> Actually, the other programming is NASCAR practice/qualifying and some >> ARCA (NASCAR minor league) races. I think Speed is required by law to >> carry any NASCAR activity whatsoever whenever it's on. >> >> On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 1:59 PM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 07:36:30AM -0400, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> >> Speed has pretty good coverage, although they do not show the whole 24 >> >> hours. ?They intersperse other programming. >> > >> > Which my TiVo is recording. ? Please do not post spoilers here - real >> > life is interfering with my ability to devote time to watching this live. >> > >> > Then there's the IndyCar race, and Formula One. ?It's a busy weekernd. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > [email protected] >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> > follow the directions. >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Desjardins >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
