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Cartman · PostPosted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:21 pm

Joe A wrote:

Not really a fan of the stop motion stuff, but that was really impressive. Lot of fun to watch.

Neither am I, but I came across it while looking for old reference photos, and as a history buff, the attention to detail really blew me away. Y'know, considering it's 40+ years old.

Here's the guy who made the video. Has plenty of pics of his old models along with some rare photos he took from a couple of Cup races that year.

Shane · PostPosted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:11 pm

Weird, doesn't work for me.

Racefan4ever · PostPosted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:53 pm

I believe I read somewhere that Chad Little is director of the Truck Series now

Mrtumadre81 · PostPosted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:25 pm

Well at least he's away from the mod tour

smokyburnout · PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:22 am

Racefan4ever wrote:

I believe I read somewhere that Chad Little is director of the Truck Series now

Brad Moran moves up from NASCAR Canada to Touring Series director, Chad Little to Trucks, Wayne Auton to Nationwide, Joe Balash to "International Competition Liason".
http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-nascar-revises-competition-personnel-structure/

Cartman · PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 4:05 am

NBC wants back in the TV bidding wars:

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The shift to a less passive audience that would rather interrelate with a race telecast than just watch comes as NASCAR negotiates its next television contract. The current deal expires after the 2014 season and by the time '15 rolls around the TV landscape could look very different. FOX has already renewed its agreement through 2022 to the tune of $300 million per year, or $2.4 billion over the eight years. That's a significant bump up from the $220 million Fox is currently paying for a package of races that includes the Daytona 500. Despite a drop in ratings, an increase is also expected from other television entities for the remaining components of the contract, which include 23 other Sprint Cup races, ten inside the Chase, and the entire Nationwide Series schedule. Incumbents TNT and ABC/ESPN are expected to again jump back into negotiations but a wild card has come to the table in the form of NBC. Desperate for quality and popular live sports programming for its NBC Sports Channel, the Peacock Network is expected to make a substantial play for a big piece of the NASCAR pie. But while the dollars may turn out to be greater in the NBC proposal, at this point the network could not match the exposure and publicity NASCAR receives from the "World Wide Leader" in sports. As part of the mighty ESPN machine, NASCAR enjoys a hefty amount of promotion on not just auto racing-related programming but a wide range of content across a variety of television, radio and online platforms.(Motor Racing Network)(12-24-2012)

ChrisTRD · PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 6:15 pm

Id be ok with that if they put Shaheen in the booth

Woodski · PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 6:24 pm

Ralph Shaheen is a horrific announcer.

SBan83 · PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 6:33 pm

I liked Ralph as play-by-play guy over Adam Alexander but AA is getting better.

ChrisTRD · PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 7:06 pm

Woodski wrote:

Ralph Shaheen is a horrific announcer.

He was great filling in for the magician.

Shane · PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:20 pm

Ralph would be fine on pit road.

zippy · PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 11:44 pm

I think he's awesome with calling supercross races. And that finish at Daytona he called will go down as one of the best play by plays in my book.

Temiree · PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 11:50 pm

I still remember his commentary of Kyle Busch being turned around at the end of the 2009 Coke Zero 400. I thought it was a great call!

Racefan4ever · PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 10:54 pm

Apparently they let Tommy Baldwin use the Facebook account today

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Blaney yes. Is Blaney in 36 no. Development driver yes. Park no. Getting ready to take Daytona and Charlotte test cars to Wind Tunnel on the 2nd. Building one of our primary Phoenix cars now. Schedule to have 7 cars done by Feb 1st. Cars look cool as heck.

Alliance with Max q no. JJ ? possible

Danica thing all done.

Rudy working on other things.

Chris A · PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 1:10 am

Is that a post or a telegram?

Joe A · PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 1:51 am

Re: NBC, they should get Dusty Rhodes to do color commentary.

Cartman · PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 5:15 am

That bit about the spare tire is pure gold.

Also, someone should implement "Clean as a Safeway chicken" into a broadcast.

FHgrad99 · PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:52 pm

Dusty Rhodes: the one motorsports announcer that makes some of Darrell Waltrip's expressions sound brilliant.

dr dog · PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 4:09 pm

That video brought back a rush of memories. First, I miss watching motor madness every friday night.

Also, wasn't there some female anchor host lady who got abducted in a WWF style fake plot thing? I remember the show ending with her being kidnapped or something and the screen going blank. :lol:

Racefan4ever · PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 4:37 pm

So I was watching Vevo last night and stumbled across this. I had not seen it since it was released in 1996. You will probably never see anything like this again.

[youtubeidiot]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpV2ZzXnlpE[/youtubeidiot]

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