*For whatever reason the comment section accidentally got closed on this post. It’s back open now and ready for your comments. We apologize for the error! We don’t do a lot of posts about the TV coverage around here, because we don’t see much of it live and there are some great sites out there [...]
Posts Tagged ‘TNT’
Welcome Back Allen Bestwick
July 22nd, 2011 
T.C. 
Posted in The Business of NASCAR 
Tags: Allen Bestwick, ESPN, Fox, play by play, TNT, tv 
17 Comments »TV Ratings Improved. Now Let’s Move On
June 14th, 2011 Journo Ratings. Ratings. Ratings. For the last several seasons following the highs and lows of TV viewership in NASCAR has been as much a sport as the action on track every weekend. From NASCAR’s height in 2005 to its lowpoint last season the sport’s media latched onto the storyline of NASCAR’s decline. The weekly reports of [...]
NASCAR Missing Out Big With Online Offerings
August 3rd, 2010 T.C. As NASCAR continues to look for ways to improve the sport, both on and off the track, one area I believe they are missing a huge opportunity is with their online content. While there are plenty of articles, blog posts, and video clips available at NASCAR.com and the many other racing related websites, NASCAR is trailing [...]
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 »Kyle Busch Maturing Little By Little
July 5th, 2010 Journo I know you’re saying right now, “Journo, what the heck are you talking about?” Give me a minute. After Kyle and Juan Pablo Montoya got together on lap 103 (Montoya was about to get lapped by Busch who was in the lead), Kyle gave a very snarky interview to TNT. He said: “Yeah, I guess [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Bill Janitz, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kyle Busch, NASCAR, TNT, True Speed, True Speed Communications, wreck 17 Comments »The Teams You Won’t See On TV
May 31st, 2010 T.C. When you watch a race on TV, or see one in person, certain people get the spotlight. The drivers of course, are at the top of this list. Everyone knows them. Team personnel are next, with crew chiefs and a few select crew members getting most of the notoriety. You will also probably notice the presence [...]
Is NASCAR Starting Its Recovery?
April 15th, 2010 Journo The last two seasons have been rough for this sport. Sponsors have left, fields have shrank and teams have folded. Mergers became the new name of the game for many fledgling organizations and layoffs plagued the industry. What NASCAR was faced with was a forced correction thanks to a bad economy. As a result the [...]
Posted in Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR Tags: Economy, ESPN, Fox, NASCAR, ratings, SPEED, sponsorship, TNT, tv ratings 11 Comments »NASCAR Perception and the Media
November 9th, 2009 Journo Following Talladega and comments by NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston on his blog, there has been a lot of discussion of the coverage of NASCAR races; more importantly how that coverage is shaping the audience’s perception of what they’re seeing. All I can say is, it’s about time. Earlier this year I took up the topic [...]
Posted in NASCAR at the Track, NASCAR News, Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR Tags: Bob Jenkins, Brian France, Eli Gold, ESPN, Fox, Ken Squier, Mike Joy, MLB, NASCAR, NASCAR perception, NFL, perception, Ramsey Poston, ratings, talladega, TNT, tv, TV contract, TV coverage, tv ratings 27 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #30
June 30th, 2009 T.C. It’s hard to believe, but this is the 30th edition of ATIW! We’ve got another full slate of questions to get to, so I will save the babbling for the answers. If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we will be answering any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So if [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: Bill Weber, logos, pit road speed, spotter, Tire Changer, TNT, uniforms 3 Comments »NASCAR History. Learn It.
April 16th, 2008 Journo Nothing irritates me more when I meet someone within the sport than when they don’t know anything about the history. Generally these are the people who fell ass-end into it (believe it or not it does happen). It boggles my mind how you can come into something like this and not know anything about where the sport [...]
Posted in NASCAR History Tags: Alabama Gang, Bobby Allison, Bud Moore, David Pearson, ESPN, Harry Gant, History, NASCAR, Pride of NASCAR, TNT No Comments »