Jimmie Johnson won the race on Sunday and edged a little closer to the points lead, but I think the bigger story was something that happened off the track. After 30 years on pit road, reporter Dr. Dick Berggren retired, making Dover his last race. Berggren, like so many broadcasting greats who came before him [...]
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We Lost A Big Hat on Sunday
June 3rd, 2012 
Journo 
Posted in NASCAR News, Racing Observations 
Tags: broadcast, Dick Berggren, Dover, ESPN, Fox, NASCAR 
7 Comments »TNT’s Disappointing Summer Series
July 16th, 2010 Journo After six weeks, TNT’s turn at the helm of the Cup Series broadcasts is over. And if you ask me, it couldn’t have come any sooner. From missed stories, to commercial overkill, TNT’s races were lackluster at best. Thanks to the wonders of technology (the DVR) and Speed’s Wednesday re-broadcast, TC and I usually catch [...]
Posted in Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, broadcast, NASCAR, network, Richard Petty, television, TNT, tv 27 Comments »NASCAR Needs Dan Patrick
December 11th, 2009 Journo Dan, if you’re reading this (which I doubt you are) we need you. OK, maybe not Dan per se, I doubt he’s too interested in becoming a member of the NASCAR press corps (though if he is…), but this sport could really use someone like him. You’re probably asking yourself at this point, “what the [...]
Posted in The Business of NASCAR Tags: broadcast, Dan Patrick, David Poole, ESPN, newspaper, reporter, Sports Illustrated, sportscaster, television 11 Comments »