Speed Channel

[capitlj]

Bp-08;310370 wrote:
They make a remote use it.

You really are "special" aren't you? I usually use my remote to flip back and forth between channels, see original post.
In any case I wouldn't be upset if I could find some decent motorsports that were airing on another channel. My beef is the fact that the Speed Channel airs NASCAR crap nearly round the clock, and its particularly frustrating when they are showing a re-run of a fucking Craftsman Truck race when I know there is an Aussie V8 race going LIVE at the exact same time.

[Trafik Jamz]

HD Theater (281 on Direct TV, 364 on DISH) has more car stuff on that I care to see than Speed.

[bubba]

speed used to be so good, they used to air wrc a lot years ago, along with all kinds of neat motorsports... haven't watched the channel in a long time as my basic doesn't have it on there (fuck cable one)...

[thrash]

Yeah years ago when I was a direcTV subscriber speed was cool. WRC coverage and Speed World Challenge was great TV.

The only motorsports I watch now are formula 1.. and i download torrents of the BBC UK coverage. Much better than the US broadcast team.

For stuff with a very broad world-wide appea, like F1 and WRC, finding torrents is probably your best bet. Speed really is the NASCAR channel now.

[hondaking424]

Trafik Jamz;310380 wrote:
HD Theater (281 on Direct TV, 364 on DISH) has more car stuff on that I care to see than Speed.

HD theater's the shit

[Puppet Master]

hondaking424;310392 wrote:
HD theater's the shit

agreed. Even street customs is a good show. West Coast Customs had a bad tv rep after doing pimp my ride for so long, but street customs sort of gives them some sort of credibility back

[Bp-08]

capitlj;310376 wrote:
You really are "special" aren't you? I usually use my remote to flip back and forth between channels, see original post.
In any case I wouldn't be upset if I could find some decent motorsports that were airing on another channel. My beef is the fact that the Speed Channel airs NASCAR crap nearly round the clock, and its particularly frustrating when they are showing a re-run of a fucking Craftsman Truck race when I know there is an Aussie V8 race going LIVE at the exact same time.

Well they wont make a channel for programs people dont watch. Rally, f1 and stuff are not very entertaining.

[99civic]

speed channel is gay i remember some retard mexican talking about how riced his civic is lol

[dont got a ride]

99civic;310406 wrote:
speed channel is gay i remember some retard mexican talking about how riced his civic is lol

LMAO it took me and my crew 6 hours to get here!

[DaveH]

Channel 494 on cableone.

hondaking424;310392 wrote:
HD theater's the shit

[capitlj]

Bp-08;310403 wrote:
Well they wont make a channel for programs people dont watch. Rally, f1 and stuff are not very entertaining.

You're not seriously suggesting that NASCAR is more exciting than rally? How about the Australian V8 Supercars, those guys hit the rumble strips so hard half the car gets airborne. F1 has lost a lot of excitement with the current rules but is still much more entertaining than NASCAR.

[dont got a ride]

monster jam

/thread

[bubba]

Bp-08;310403 wrote:
Well they wont make a channel for programs people dont watch. Rally, f1 and stuff are not very entertaining.

since turning one direction for hours at a time is soo much more entertaining...

DaveH;310415 wrote:
Channel 494 on cableone.

wish i could be that ballin, lol

capitlj;310433 wrote:
You're not seriously suggesting that NASCAR is more exciting than rally? How about the Australian V8 Supercars, those guys hit the rumble strips so hard half the car gets airborne. F1 has lost a lot of excitement with the current rules but is still much more entertaining than NASCAR.

anything > nascar

dont got a ride;310434 wrote:
monster jam

/thread

Lol... should be the White Trash Motorsports network...

[capitlj]

I can actually get into Monster Jam if I ignore the announcers. Those 5-6 ton trucks accelerate faster than most supercars and jump 30 feet in the air, that's fucking cool.

[Bp-08]

capitlj;310433 wrote:
You're not seriously suggesting that NASCAR is more exciting than rally? How about the Australian V8 Supercars, those guys hit the rumble strips so hard half the car gets airborne. F1 has lost a lot of excitement with the current rules but is still much more entertaining than NASCAR.

Yea being cars driving around a track following each other is exciting to watch. Would be fun to drive, not so fun to watch. Rally yea it would be cool to do, and those guys are crazy, probably pretty fun to see in person but on tv no. At least there is actual racing in nascar.

bubba;310439 wrote:
since turning one direction for hours at a time is soo much more entertaining...

wish i could be that ballin, lol

anything > nascar

Lol... should be the White Trash Motorsports network...

golf is just hitting a ball, basketball is just shooting hoops, hockey is just skating back and fourth, drag racing is just driving in a straight line. People bitch about everything they dont like.

[Trafik Jamz]

Bp-08;310453 wrote:
Yea being cars driving around a track following each other is exciting to watch. Would be fun to drive, not so fun to watch. Rally yea it would be cool to do, and those guys are crazy, probably pretty fun to see in person but on tv no. At least there is actual racing in nascar.

F1 has a MUCH broader following worldwide than NASCAR....and more excitable fans. It's really too bad that Americans have such a short attention span otherwise I'm positive that F1 would be followed more closely here, but it seems like we (as a nation) can't follow a race that involves left AND right hand turns without getting confused about who is leading and what is going on. There is so much more strategy/technology in F1 than NASCAR that its not even funny. You can't just rub and bash your way to the front and hope that your car holds up. It takes far more finesse and skill to race at ridiculously high speeds with cars that are engineered to properly race rather than compete in a high speed demolition derby.

F1>NASCAR all day, every day....especially Sundays

[ichibankilla]

NASCAR is the only motor sport were you can get up and go take a 30 minute shit, come back, and it's like you never left in the first place. It's THAT boring, predictable and repetitive.
Just look at Tony Stewart, the only other sports he would pass as an "athlete" in is bowling and golf.
"What do you do for a living?", "Well, I'm a professional left turner.".
Just like Zoolander, NASCAR drivers are ambiturners.

[DrifterExtreme]

Trafik Jamz;310454 wrote:
F1 has a MUCH broader following worldwide than NASCAR....and more excitable fans. It's really too bad that Americans have such a short attention span otherwise I'm positive that F1 would be followed more closely here, but it seems like we (as a nation) can't follow a race that involves left AND right hand turns without getting confused about who is leading and what is going on. There is so much more strategy/technology in F1 than NASCAR that its not even funny. You can't just rub and bash your way to the front and hope that your car holds up. It takes far more finesse and skill to race at ridiculously high speeds with cars that are engineered to properly race rather than compete in a high speed demolition derby.

F1>NASCAR all day, every day....especially Sundays

Ok this is so beyond wrong. for one F1 is boring as shit compared to nascar. I'm all for watching different motorsports but serious, go drive a huge hunk of shit around a track at 190mph for hours with 40 other guys around you bumping into you. Yeah there fucking doing nothing in the cars but sipping on there caramel macchiatos. :icon_scratch:

In F1 it's "oh no i was 3.12843 mm to far in and my trajectory was a bit off so i rubbed your carbon infused honeycomb winglit yadda yadda" and your out the race.

Nascar is not something i watch and am very into but it's a hell of alot better then the 25 lap races, i mean time trails that is F1.

i love watching aussi supercars, gt racing, etc... on speed but where is the rally and other sports. For christ sake thay had lawnmower racing on the other day and not wrc?????

[capitlj]

Like I said the current F1 rules do make it a little boring but not as boring as NASCAR IMO. You know what is super exciting to watch, MotoGP, DTM, and Aussie Supercars. Rally racing can drag on but all they need to do is show the dash cam a little more. Speaking of drag why is there no drag racing on Speed? I can't recall ever seeing Top Fuel, Funny Cars, or Pro Stock cars/bikes on Speed. ESPN has it pretty regularly so I can't bitch too much but when your channel is dedicated to motorsports professional drag racing is a pretty big deal to just leave out.

[Trafik Jamz]

DrifterExtreme;310464 wrote:
Ok this is so beyond wrong. for one F1 is boring as shit compared to nascar. I'm all for watching different motorsports but serious, go drive a huge hunk of shit around a track at 190mph for hours with 40 other guys around you bumping into you. Yeah there fucking doing nothing in the cars but sipping on there caramel macchiatos. :icon_scratch:

In F1 it's "oh no i was 3.12843 mm to far in and my trajectory was a bit off so i rubbed your carbon infused honeycomb winglit yadda yadda" and your out the race.

But you proved my point in this thread. NASCAR has less to do with precision and more to do with knowing which part of your car can be used to put another driver out of commission and still allowing yourself the opportunity to finish the race.

If smash-em-up racing is your cup of tea, then yes...NASCAR wins every time....sometimes I watch nascar as well, primarily for the wrecks.