NASCAR on NBC

Firetiger(MN) · July 6, 2003

I'd like to watch some of the race please. They play more commercials than I've ever seen. Then they come back from a commercial and the race has already restarted (typically some of the best racing). It's like two laps and then commercial. This is rediculous. More passes have happened during commercial than when it's on air. Yeah this happens on occasion, but the probability goes up a lot more when it's 5 minutes of advertisements to every 2 minutes of racing.

Geesh!

tmf6902 · July 6, 2003

I agree...although NASCAR wasn't as popular before it was on network TV, I think the races were better because there weren't to many commercials.....on that note...atleast fox breaks into the commercials when something exciting happens....NBC should stick to friends

Firetiger(MN) · July 6, 2003

aaaaaannnnnd another commercial.

Firetiger(MN) · July 6, 2003

and another

Elwood · July 6, 2003

I noticed this last year when NBC was coering, I had hoped they would've fixed the problem of showing comercials during restart, but they didn't. I understand they tried to show them as often as possible early on so they could go longer at the end without them, but going to comercial with one to go under yellow was just plain stupid.

I think we should all find out how to contact NBC and complain. We could each send them an email, and have as many of our friends that are not on this forum do the same thing. I'm sure it won't cut the number of comercials, but maybe it will improve the timing of them.

Firetiger(MN) · July 6, 2003

I noticed this last year when NBC was coering, I had hoped they would've fixed the problem of showing comercials during restart, but they didn't.

Same here. After about two commercial breaks I remembered that they were doing the same thing as last year. I figured it was about every 6 minutes between breaks during green flag racing. That's very poor.

It must have been killing them to actually show an entire 20+ laps continueous without ads not to mention the winners circle right after. lol

General Lee 01 · July 6, 2003

Oneof the big complaints I have about lastnight's telecast, is the number of mistakes madeby the announcingteam, and thefact they did not correct themselves after they were proven wrong.

Case in point, After the big wreck, BP said something during the first couple of replays. "Kurt will have some explaining to do after he gets outof the infield care center.".

Busch drove away fromthew wreck, he did not go to the care center.

Zane · July 6, 2003

NBC sucks

Fox rules.

SilveradoWV · July 6, 2003

I agree, it seems like NBC just doesnt know how to bring a NASCAR race like Fox or the good ol days of ESPN!

k1500chevy97 · July 6, 2003

Only time I watch NASCAR is when I need to

MountaineerTom · July 7, 2003

I don't think Fox does that great of a job myself. I remember many, many times when they have come back from commercial and the race had already started. To me, the best part of Fox is DW.

DaleRedSS · July 8, 2003

I agree with you! NBC and their team Alan,Wally and Benny don't do the job as well as fox's team. I got so tired of the commercials I turn the race off.