Jun 19th, 2007 by Bob Storck
The Daly Planet
Motorsports TV Critic John Daly reviews the 2007 television coverage of the stock car racing scene.
The Slow Quiet Death of “Inside NEXTEL Cup” on SPEED
I simply cannot wait for Inside NEXTEL Cup Racing to finally die. This classic NASCAR TV program is dead as a doornail. […]
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Jun 18th, 2007 by Bob Storck
How wonderful it is when racing series feel so financially secure that they can sue sponsors — especially when the sponsors only want to give the sport MORE money!
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US motor racing series, NASCAR, has filed a $100 million counter claim against AT&T in a landmark case concerning NASCAR’s right to offer its series title sponsor, […]
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Jun 15th, 2007 by Bob Storck
Can Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton resist rushing to Indy this week for a photo op?
Interest in Paris Hilton has cooled down so they’ve lost their spotlight opportunity in LaLa land.
The timing couldn’t be worse for the young lad.
Pray for him!
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Jun 15th, 2007 by Bob Storck
That is more dramatic than mentioning that the new Peugeot diesels proved fastest in the pre-race trials. This should provide some drama to what has threatened to become a perpetual Ingolstadt Teutonic walkover. Of course, reliability is likely to be the big issue.
Also, while Corvettes have driven out all other competitors in the US races, […]
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May 28th, 2007 by Hugo Becker
Dario Franchitti wins the Indy 500 for Team Andretti-Green.
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May 28th, 2007 by Hugo Becker
Hendrick captures another Nextel Cup win at the Coca-Cola 600
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May 28th, 2007 by Hugo Becker
Danica Patrick and Tony Kanaan ‘kiss’ in the pits at the Kansas Speedway IRL race.
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May 28th, 2007 by Hugo Becker
McLaren sweeps again at Monaco.
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Apr 26th, 2007 by Bob Storck
David Richards, the former Benetton and BAR team principal who returns to the sport next year with his own Prodrive team, has hinted that Aston Martin could enter Formula One in five years’ time.
In the sport’s hey day in the sixties, all the major F1 teams except for Ferrari were English. Today, only McLaren and […]
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Apr 25th, 2007 by Bob Storck
Based on ratings reported in SportBusiness news, TV audience ratings for the ‘Big Five’ European markets France, Spain, Germany, Italy and the UK shows that despite broadcasting live at ‘unfriendly’ European times, the three races so far this season have rating any US series would kill for . . . even NASCAR. Qualifying continued to […]
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