Speed GT race interrupted by ARCA????
07-24-2006, 06:07 PM
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I was all set to watch the race, pulled up my menu on my DirectDVR, set a nice cold beer on the coffee table and hit 'play'. Then I yelled DAMN SPEED CHANNEL!
Man, I really looked forward to that too. At least my beer didn't go to waste.
Man, I really looked forward to that too. At least my beer didn't go to waste.
07-24-2006, 07:02 PM
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It should be shown again on Wed if I remember correctly.
A few of us went out to watch the race at a local restaurant and had to wait thru all of it until we were shown.
A few of us went out to watch the race at a local restaurant and had to wait thru all of it until we were shown.
07-24-2006, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Frenchican
I was all set to watch the race, pulled up my menu on my DirectDVR, set a nice cold beer on the coffee table and hit 'play'. Then I yelled DAMN SPEED CHANNEL!
Man, I really looked forward to that too. At least my beer didn't go to waste.
Man, I really looked forward to that too. At least my beer didn't go to waste.
I feel your pain. The same damn thing happened to me. I will know next time to just set the Tivo for a specified period of time (like two hours longer than normal).
Thanks for the info of the rebroadcast.
07-24-2006, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Frenchican
I was all set to watch the race, pulled up my menu on my DirectDVR, set a nice cold beer on the coffee table and hit 'play'. Then I yelled DAMN SPEED CHANNEL!
Man, I really looked forward to that too. At least my beer didn't go to waste.
Man, I really looked forward to that too. At least my beer didn't go to waste.
07-24-2006, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Vette5.5
Speed Channel, what's that? Occasionally I'll stumble upon some programming of interest, but it's been the NASCAR channel for years.
So they did broadcast the race just later in the day?
07-24-2006, 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 05C6spdvert
So they did broadcast the race just later in the day?
I will wait 'til wednesday. (Probably Friday since I work Wed....)
07-24-2006, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Vette5.5
Speed Channel, what's that? Occasionally I'll stumble upon some programming of interest, but it's been the NASCAR channel for years.
07-24-2006, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Anthony @ LGMotorsports
It should be shown again on Wed if I remember correctly.
Originally Posted by LG Motorsports
Here is the rest of the Speed TV schedule for the Speed GT World Challenge series
So you can watch today's race again on Wed and Friday.
LG
Utah Wed, Jul 26 1:00PM
Utah Fri, Jul 28 4:30PM
Road America Sat, Aug 26 2:00PM
Mosport Sun, Sep 10 4:00PM
Road Atlanta Sat, Oct 14 3:00PM
Laguna Seca Sat, Oct 28 2:00PM
So you can watch today's race again on Wed and Friday.
LG
Utah Wed, Jul 26 1:00PM
Utah Fri, Jul 28 4:30PM
Road America Sat, Aug 26 2:00PM
Mosport Sun, Sep 10 4:00PM
Road Atlanta Sat, Oct 14 3:00PM
Laguna Seca Sat, Oct 28 2:00PM
07-24-2006, 10:47 PM
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I know.. It sucks. I had it set to record on my dvr as well and if I wouldn't have checked to see if it was taping, I wouldn't have known. I ended up extending the recording well past the scheduled time to record it.
It will replay this Wednesday the 26th at 1:00 PM Eastern time. The TC race is right before it at Noon.
It will replay this Wednesday the 26th at 1:00 PM Eastern time. The TC race is right before it at Noon.
07-24-2006, 11:05 PM
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The race was about an hour late. When I tuned in the Speed Touring Car series was on. The GT race was broadcast during the Monster Jam time period and I believe Monstor Jam was canceled for the day.
What were they supposed to do? A live event ran over its time period and all TV broadcasters remember the Heidi disaster that CBS had when they cut from a live football game to show the movie Heidi.
Bill
What were they supposed to do? A live event ran over its time period and all TV broadcasters remember the Heidi disaster that CBS had when they cut from a live football game to show the movie Heidi.
Bill
07-24-2006, 11:20 PM
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It's a freaking ARCA race though. It shouldn't have been live in the first place. They tape delay just about everything else except for F1 (Thankfully) or NASCAR.
I don't even care that they tape delay World Challenge. I just hate that they don't play it a lot of the times until a week after the race has happened. At least play it the same weekend.
I don't even care that they tape delay World Challenge. I just hate that they don't play it a lot of the times until a week after the race has happened. At least play it the same weekend.
07-25-2006, 09:05 AM
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I was so disapointed that the "Monster Jam" was cancelled. I was looking forward to seeing the "Grave Digger" crush a couple of toyota and honda. 
Now I will have to check my local listings to see when I can watch a re-run of it. Darn!
Try the thread below and send Speed TV your complaints.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1452205
I think that with enough pressure, Speed TV will see the light. I also believe that some of the viewers watch all of the garbage Speed TV shows out of habbit and some car nuts (like me) only have about 3 channels locked into my remote because I only watch racing and news.
If they showed the World Challenge and promoted it, they will watch! and the ratings will go up and everyone will be happy.
LG
Now I will have to check my local listings to see when I can watch a re-run of it. Darn!
Try the thread below and send Speed TV your complaints.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1452205
I think that with enough pressure, Speed TV will see the light. I also believe that some of the viewers watch all of the garbage Speed TV shows out of habbit and some car nuts (like me) only have about 3 channels locked into my remote because I only watch racing and news.
If they showed the World Challenge and promoted it, they will watch! and the ratings will go up and everyone will be happy.
LG
Last edited by LG Motorsports; 07-25-2006 at 06:16 PM.
07-25-2006, 09:22 AM
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I actually saw a COMMERCIAL for Speed World Challenge on Speed. Hallelujah!
With regard to the live event issue -
IMO - this is more of a DVR issue than a television issue. They agreed to televise the ARCA race live - and there was a delay. That's what happens sometimes.
If our DVR's were a little more clever - like the VCR Plus days of old - you'd plug in the show and it would start it when it started and end it when it ended - regardless of the actual "time". No more missing events due to goofy schedule changes, etc.
Drives me nuts when the series or season finales go 5-10 minutes longer than the "rectangle on the schedule grid" and I miss the ending!!!!
With regard to the live event issue -
IMO - this is more of a DVR issue than a television issue. They agreed to televise the ARCA race live - and there was a delay. That's what happens sometimes.
If our DVR's were a little more clever - like the VCR Plus days of old - you'd plug in the show and it would start it when it started and end it when it ended - regardless of the actual "time". No more missing events due to goofy schedule changes, etc.
Drives me nuts when the series or season finales go 5-10 minutes longer than the "rectangle on the schedule grid" and I miss the ending!!!!
