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Tommy Vercetti · PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:00 am

ChrisTRD wrote:

Unlike Kyle and his Nationwide BS, at least when Kurt races in something other than Cup, he does it in an awesome way. So, if Kurt does this, this guy will have run Cup, NHRA and now IndyCar. Neat.

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Kurt Busch looking to run IndyCar finale: #78- Kurt Busch says it is a "good possibility" that he'll race in the Izod IndyCar Series finale in October at Auto Club Speedway to prepare for next year's Indianapolis 500. "We're working on it," Busch said during a break in testing Monday at Watkins Glen International. "We just have to keep our fingers crossed." The IndyCar season finale, a night race, is Oct. 19 at Auto Club Speedway. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Talladega Superspeedway the following day. Busch was encouraged by his May 9 test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He passed the IndyCar rookie test and had a top lap of 218.210 mph in a car from Michael Andretti's team. Busch's effort is contingent on sponsorship. If money isn't found for Busch to run at Auto Club Speedway this season, he says he would feel "blind" at Indianapolis next May "and that's just going to be too much to make up."(Motor Racing Network)(7-31-2013)

Dear God, let this happen.

Signed,
Tommy To
Guy who has tickets to the MAVtv 500 at Fontana

Andre · PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 4:53 pm

Tommy Vercetti wrote:

ChrisTRD wrote:

Unlike Kyle and his Nationwide BS, at least when Kurt races in something other than Cup, he does it in an awesome way. So, if Kurt does this, this guy will have run Cup, NHRA and now IndyCar. Neat.

Quote:

Kurt Busch looking to run IndyCar finale: #78- Kurt Busch says it is a "good possibility" that he'll race in the Izod IndyCar Series finale in October at Auto Club Speedway to prepare for next year's Indianapolis 500. "We're working on it," Busch said during a break in testing Monday at Watkins Glen International. "We just have to keep our fingers crossed." The IndyCar season finale, a night race, is Oct. 19 at Auto Club Speedway. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Talladega Superspeedway the following day. Busch was encouraged by his May 9 test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He passed the IndyCar rookie test and had a top lap of 218.210 mph in a car from Michael Andretti's team. Busch's effort is contingent on sponsorship. If money isn't found for Busch to run at Auto Club Speedway this season, he says he would feel "blind" at Indianapolis next May "and that's just going to be too much to make up."(Motor Racing Network)(7-31-2013)

Dear God, let this happen.

Signed,
Tommy To
Guy who has tickets to the MAVtv 500 at Fontana

I read this as "tickets to the MADtv 500 at Fontana"... starring Simona de Silvestro as Miss Swan, and Kurt Busch as Stewart "let me do it" Larkin.

That being said, I just realized Kurt Busch had been on an episode of MADtv, ironically shot at Fontana.

/random
/gottalayoffthecoffee

highgroove · PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 4:58 pm

This is not twitter.

Tommy Vercetti · PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:02 pm

Andre wrote:

Tommy Vercetti wrote:

ChrisTRD wrote:

Unlike Kyle and his Nationwide BS, at least when Kurt races in something other than Cup, he does it in an awesome way. So, if Kurt does this, this guy will have run Cup, NHRA and now IndyCar. Neat.

[quote]Kurt Busch looking to run IndyCar finale: #78- Kurt Busch says it is a "good possibility" that he'll race in the Izod IndyCar Series finale in October at Auto Club Speedway to prepare for next year's Indianapolis 500. "We're working on it," Busch said during a break in testing Monday at Watkins Glen International. "We just have to keep our fingers crossed." The IndyCar season finale, a night race, is Oct. 19 at Auto Club Speedway. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Talladega Superspeedway the following day. Busch was encouraged by his May 9 test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He passed the IndyCar rookie test and had a top lap of 218.210 mph in a car from Michael Andretti's team. Busch's effort is contingent on sponsorship. If money isn't found for Busch to run at Auto Club Speedway this season, he says he would feel "blind" at Indianapolis next May "and that's just going to be too much to make up."(Motor Racing Network)(7-31-2013)

Dear God, let this happen.

Signed,
Tommy To
Guy who has tickets to the MAVtv 500 at Fontana

I read this as "tickets to the MADtv 500 at Fontana"... starring Simona de Silvestro as Miss Swan, and Kurt Busch as Stewart "let me do it" Larkin.

That being said, I just realized Kurt Busch had been on an episode of MADtv, ironically shot at Fontana.

/random
/gottalayoffthecoffee[/quote]
What is the capitol of Thailand?

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Andre · PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:51 pm

highgroove wrote:

This is not twitter.

Quite the astute observation, there.

FHgrad99 · PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:18 pm

ChrisTRD wrote:

SecretAgentHarvick wrote:

ChrisTRD wrote:

Unlike Kyle and his Nationwide BS, at least when Kurt races in something other than Cup, he does it in an awesome way. So, if Kurt does this, this guy will have run Cup, NHRA and now IndyCar. Neat.

John Andretti has also ran Cup, Indycar and NHRA.

Didn't know Andretti ran some NHRA. Regardless it's an impressive thing to do these days.

John Andretti drove a Top Fuel Dragster in NHRA for former Major League Baseball player Jack Clark sponsored by Taco Bell. He did that between his CART days and before his NASCAR career.

Cartman · PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 10:26 pm

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 1, 2013) – FOX Sports and NASCAR solidified their future together last October when they announced a multi-platform, multi-series media rights agreement through 2022. Today, less than 10 months later, the two organizations announced they have extended that agreement, which begins in 2015 and runs through 2024. In addition, FOX Sports has added exclusive rights to three additional NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events and the first 14 NASCAR Nationwide Series events of each season. FOX Sports secured exclusive rights to the entire NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season through 2022 last fall and that part of the agreement also has been extended through 2024.

Financial terms of the extended agreement were not disclosed.

NASCAR’s media rights package for 2015 and beyond is now complete with FOX Sports holding rights to the first 16 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, first 14 NASCAR Nationwide Series races and entire NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. NBC, which last broadcast NASCAR events in 2006, will televise the final 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, final 19 NASCAR Nationwide Series races and the NASCAR K&N Pro Series and NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour events beginning in 2015.

In total, NASCAR will have the same number of NASCAR Sprint Cup races on network television – 16 – as it does in the current television package. FOX Sports will broadcast nine races and NBC will show seven.

“FOX Sports has been an outstanding partner for NASCAR and we could not be more pleased with the additional commitment they are making to our sport and the fans,” said NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France. “FOX Sports has delivered for our fans a number of innovations that have changed how our sport is presented, and our entire industry has now come to expect excellence from NASCAR on FOX. We believe this new agreement underscores our shared commitment to the fans over the next decade.”

FOX Sports began broadcasting live NASCAR races in 2001 and will launch its new all-sports network, FOX Sports 1, on Aug. 17 with a live broadcast of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race from Michigan International Speedway as the network’s first-ever live event. NASCAR will be an anchor property for FOX Sports 1 and has been a large part of the promotional efforts to launch the new network. This new agreement marks the return of the NASCAR Nationwide Series to FOX Sports, a series it broadcast as part of its original package beginning in 2001.

“FOX Sports is now the exclusive home of NASCAR, the most popular racing series in America, for the first five months of every season through 2024,” said FOX Sports Co-Presidents and COOs Randy Freer and Eric Shanks. “The NASCAR Nationwide Series is second only to NASCAR Sprint Cup as the most-watched form of auto racing in the country. FOX Sports now owns the sport every weekend from Speedweeks and the Daytona 500 through June, and we expect these events to provide significant viewership for FOX Sports 1. The addition of Nationwide to the 1,100 hours of original motorsports programming already scheduled clearly puts FOX Sports at the front of the race to serve motorsports fans in the U.S.”
“We obviously are excited to extend our relationship with FOX Sports with a good balance of racing on the FOX Network,” said NASCAR VP of Broadcasting and Productions Steve Herbst. “NASCAR on FOX has been very popular with NASCAR fans everywhere and we believe its expanded schedule will strengthen its relationship with the fans and provide the sport with many opportunities to cross-promote and grow our combined audiences.”

Summary of FOX Sports’ Exclusive Rights (2015-2024):
· First 16 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points races of each season, including the Daytona 500
o Nine on FOX Sports and seven on FOX Sports 1
· First 14 NASCAR Nationwide Series points races of each season
o Fourteen races on FOX Sports 1
· NASCAR Sprint Unlimited, Budweiser Duel and NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
· All NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races

SBan83 · PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:52 am

I'm curious about the Whelen Mod coverage; wonder how far it goes. Full schedule is probably unlikely.

Ian-S · PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:43 am

Yeah that's the best bit of the announcement :lol:

highgroove · PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:01 pm

Andre wrote:

highgroove wrote:

This is not twitter.

Quite the astute observation, there.

Your a bit boring mind, are'nt you?

..Oh there's another for you...

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:14 pm

Oh No, we will have Michael Waltrip going "She Bang, She Bang,..................., She Bang" at the start of every truck race :ohmy:

Ian-S · PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:16 pm

Hasn't MW been doing stuff like that for last two years on Speed? Just cos the channel name is changing doesn't really make it new, if anything he is the better broadcaster of the two brothers.

Andre · PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:47 pm

highgroove wrote:

Andre wrote:

highgroove wrote:

This is not twitter.

Quite the astute observation, there.

Your a bit boring mind, are'nt you?

..Oh there's another for you...

Ridicules member for trying to inject random humor into thread. Calls said member boring. The irony is delicious, and ends up becoming quite funny itself. Hats off to you, sir!

Anyway, I'm definitely hoping that between the Speed changeover to Fox Sports 1 and the fact that NBCSN isn't on my current cable package (not sure of its general availability up here), that people north of the border will be able to watch the majority of next year's races.

Cartman · PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 3:42 pm

Random thought: I'd like to see Gus Johnson replace Mike Joy in the FOX booth someday.

SecretAgentHarvick · PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 3:47 pm

Cartman wrote:

Random thought: I'd like to see Gus Johnson replace Mike Joy in the FOX booth someday.

LMAO! He's doing everything else, why the hell not?

Chris A · PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 4:11 pm

Ugh, Gus is so damn annoying. He's horrible on all the soccer games they've been putting him on. No idea how FOX thinks the fans want to hear some random guy commentating on a sport he never focused on.

Tommy Vercetti · PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:05 pm

He's better off calling basketball games.

HEART. BREAK. CITY.

smokyburnout · PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 8:15 pm

If they replaced Mike Joy, I'd have to push the SAP button at the start of every Fox race.

ChrisTRD · PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:07 pm

Yeah Mike Joy better stay for a while. Rewatch the last 2 laps at Talladega from this year and listen to how he calls it. Smooth and giving facts the whole time all while keeping the energy sky high. Just great.

Cartman · PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:11 pm

That, and they'd probably promote Rick "PRAHBLEMS" Allen to play-by-play, which would be a fucking nightmare.

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