Another annual grandest day in sport is in the can. Not a good day to have JR as part of your name. Although I’m not sure what the definition of a sport – or an athlete for that matter – is, for simplicity I’ll include auto racing for the time being. Memorial Day (more precisely, […]
Month: May 2011
Pave Paradise?
Another All-Star Race is in the can. Let’s hope rumors (i.e. false statements) don’t contribute to the call from some pundits to eliminate grassy areas from race tracks. I was on the fence about going to the race for a while. Two things changed my mind: The impending Rapture and the news that again […]
Rubber Match
Another good race is in the can. Right now, TNT must be thinking “What are we, chopped liver?”. We know there’s at least one genius at Fox. Never has a network got so much (good) press out of a single minor broadcast moment. Granted, it would have been a major moment if it had been […]
Crank It Up More
Back to last race. So Fox got an Emmy for Best Live Event Audio for “Crank It Up”. Imagine. An award for racing sounds at a race. Isn’t “Crank It Up” just the volume turned up on the racing sounds and the volume muted on the announcers? I wish I could do that at home. […]
Automobile Row
Another good race is in the can. Good thing I’m not a gambling man. OK. Good thing I wasn’t watching the race in a gambling environment. With 2 laps to go, I would have bet the ranch against the 78. Nice job, Regan. So we have resigned ourselves to the fact that Nascar seems satisfied […]
Juan More Time
Another good race is in the can. I should have more to say about the actual racing. It was a beautiful Saturday evening of racing in the former Capital. There was a lot of action and some doubt surrounding the outcome. For the most part, all the players performed well. All of those not included […]
