*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 [...]
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July 22nd, 2011 
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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 [...]
Did Chad Knaus Say What I Think He Said?
May 31st, 2011 Journo fleet·ing ex·ple·tive a non-scripted verbal profanity or obscenity expressed and broadcast during a live television broadcast or radio broadcast. The term appears primarily in discussions of United States broadcasting law. Yep, he did. If you watched the Coca-Cola 600 all the way through Sunday night, you were treated to a little fleeting expletive courtesy of Chad Knaus. As Jimmie Johnson’s engine [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR Tags: Chad Knaus, fine, fines, fleeting expletive, Fox, hendrick motorsports, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, sanction, tv 35 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #96
October 12th, 2010 T.C. The NASCAR teams have a home game this week, as both the Nationwide and Cup Series will take to Charlotte this weekend. As the teams look forward to sleeping in their own beds this week, we’ve got the 96th round of reader questions and answers. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: 6 man pit crew, Austin track, Auto Club Speedway, drivers, ESPN, fines, fuel can, Garage, Kenny Francis, manufacturer, Owen Kelly, pit road, Robby Gordon Motorsports, shark fin, talent, Turner Motorsports, tv, vintage, wheel 5 Comments »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 »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 [...]
Rain Delays Aren’t Good For Anyone
March 28th, 2010 T.C. I don’t know what it is about Martinsville, but I feel like it rains every time the NASCAR train stops in town. Some level of racing always happens, but it seems that it’s very rare for the both the Trucks and Cup cars to get the whole weekend in without incident. Now, we are heading [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Brian Neudorff, delay, Fans, Martinsville Speedway, postpone, rain, teams, tracks, tv, weather 5 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #64
March 2nd, 2010 T.C. The Nationwide Series gets its first off week of the year, while the Truck and Cup Series head to Atlanta this weekend. It’s only midweek though, and that means another round of reader questions and answers. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So if you’ve [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Daytona, employment, fatback mcswain, jeff burton, NASCAR, pit box, ryan newman, spoiler, tv, wind tunnel 6 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 »