{"id":11031,"date":"2012-11-08T11:54:51","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T16:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=11031"},"modified":"2012-11-05T19:55:39","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T00:55:39","slug":"tv-times-for-november-9-11-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/tv-times-for-november-9-11-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"TV TIMES For November 9-11, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Lou Modestino<\/strong><\/div>\n
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If J J Wins Yet Another Chase Championship,\u00a0How Will\u00a0NASCAR Fans React?<\/div>\n
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Jimmie Johnson continues to prove that he’s a real force to be reckoned with causing disappointment\u00a0to many provincial NASCAR fans who\u00a0plain don’t like him.\u00a0 They\u00a0complain that\u00a0he’s won too many championships, five\u00a0to be exact, and won’t give someone else a chance.\u00a0\u00a0Another reason –\u00a0they consider him\u00a0to be an outsider.\u00a0\u00a0This past Sunday,\u00a0JJ took the pole, a preview of things to come, of what to expect on race day. \u00a0He took the Cup race by out-driving his toughest challenger, Brad Keselowski,\u00a0to the checkers in the closing laps of the Texas event.<\/div>\n
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Keselowski wasn’t\u00a0timid though, as he aggressively drove\u00a0til the race came down to the very end bumping his way by JJ as they swapped the lead.\u00a0 Due to a late race restart, however,\u00a0Brad lost momentum and\u00a0had to settle for second place while Kyle Busch ended up third.\u00a0 It appears that Kaselowski’s problem could have been that he took on only two tires\u00a0at his last pit stop.\u00a0 In the all important Chase to the Nextel Cup, JJ leads\u00a0Brad by +7 with Clint Bowyer third.\u00a0 Referring to his competition with Brad, JJ\u00a0said, “Bare knuckles is a great way to describe it.\u00a0 But I managed to get by him at the end.”<\/div>\n
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On what the remaining two races will be like at\u00a0Phoenix and Homestead, Johnson remarked, “I expect a lot more hard racing from Brad. He suprised me when he came into victory lane to congratulate me.\u00a0 I was also glad that the race was over because it was action packed.\u00a0 Close to the end when Brad and I got close, we didn’t wreck. “<\/div>\n
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Keselowski quipped, “I thought I had him but it didn’t work out. I ran him hard, and that’s the way it is.” Kyle Busch, who’s not in the race to the Cup, said, “We had a fast car and we got out front. Those two guys (Brad and Jimmie) were battling very hard, and I was looking for an opportunity (that never happened) if they tangled. \u00a0Ricky Craven, ESPN’s NASCAR analyst, gave his assessment, “Jimmie Johnson dominated the race early.\u00a0 Kyle Busch was also strong, and that’s unusual for him to be that good in the late season.”<\/div>\n
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As the ESPN TV cameras panned the stands, lots of empty seats could be seen at the Texas venue. Those big\u00a0cookie cutter mile-and-a- halfers still have problems selling tickets\u00a0completely.\u00a0 Between the sagging\u00a0economy and unhappy fans who\u00a0don’t think that the quality of NASCAR races are worth the price of the ticket must be the reasons. \u00a0A lot of the disenchanted, however, do watch it on TV – the price is right.\u00a0 The improving TV ratings reinforce that theory, because those fans tune into the long and short races for the last 10-20 laps, the Texas race, especially, because it’s such a l-o-n-g grind.<\/div>\n
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A day earlier, Kyle Busch won the pole for the Nationwide race.\u00a0\u00a0Yet Kevin Harvick ended up the winner while Elliott Sadler and Rick Stenhouse are tied in that division’s point race.\u00a0 In the Nationwide Truck Series, Johnny Sauter was the winner as the result of holding off Parker Kligerman at Texas.<\/div>\n
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In other NASCAR news, sorry to hear that former Cup driver, Sterlin Marlin,\u00a0was hit with two difficult scenarios –\u00a0his doctors told him that he has\u00a0a serious nervous system disease and then his race cars were engulfed in flames at his son-in-law’s garage.<\/div>\n
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NASCAR’s Nationwide Series could remain in Canada in 2013 possibly at the Triois Riviere, Quebec, street course, provided the promoters can put together a deal with NASCAR for next season.<\/div>\n
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Over in the Persian Gulf, Abu Dhabi to be specific, Kemi Raikkonen won the Formula 1 race with Fernando Alonso next and then Sabastian Vettel.\u00a0 Vettle, though,\u00a0still leads that point chase over Alonso by +10.<\/div>\n
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ESPN’s live telecast of the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday, Oct. 28, earned a 2.8 household coverage rating (2.4 U.S. rating), averaging 3,617,199 viewers, according to the Nielsen Company. Last year’s telecast earned a 3.6 household coverage rating, while the rating was the same as the 2010 race telecast. Greensboro, N.C., led the nation with a 7.6 rating, followed by Birmingham (6.3), Richmond and Charlotte (5.9) and Norfolk (5.6).<\/div>\n
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SPEED, the American television home for Formula One racing since 1996, plans an expanded programming slate from the Grand Prix of the United States, the penultimate event on the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship circuit, highlighted by live race coverage on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 1:30 p.m. ET from Austin, Texas.\u00a0\u00a0Hosted by Bob Varsha, with analysis from David Hobbs and Steve Matchett, and pit reporting from Will Buxton, SPEED\u2019s live coverage of the inaugural event from the newly built Circuit of the Americas begins Friday, Nov. 16, with the opening practice session on the 20-turn, 3.427-mile track at 11 a.m. ET.\u201cOur F1 team has had this weekend circled on the calendar for quite some time,\u201d said SPEED President Scott Ackerson. \u201cIt\u2019s tremendous to have Formula One racing again on U.S. soil, and SPEED\u2019s expanded coverage will match the enthusiasm F1\u2019s passionate fans have for the return.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Earlier in the week, SPEED will air a 30-minute special entitled\u00a0Building the Circuit of the Americas: F1\u2019s Return to the U.S.<\/em>\u00a0(Nov. 11, 6 p.m. ET).\u00a0\u00a0Former racer Sam Posey, who competed in the 1971 and \u201972 U.S. Grand Prix events at Watkins Glen, also will provide his unique perspective.<\/p>\n

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In addition to coverage of all on-track action, SPEED.com enhances each broadcast with streaming video from four on-board cameras for each session — two Mercedes-sponsored cameras, one Formula One Management (FOM)-produced feed and one \u201cproducer\u2019s choice\u201d feed. All will include natural sound.<\/p>\n

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SPEED.com\u2019s\u00a0comprehensive online and social media coverage of the Austin weekend also will include exclusive reporting from veteran F1 journalist Adam Cooper, commentary from the SPEED on-air team, event-specific video content and expanded photo galleries. SPEED also will expand its social offerings with the\u00a0F1 Social Garage<\/em>, live chats & polls, votes and fan interaction via the Formula 1 on SPEED Facebook account (www.facebook.com\/formula1onspeed<\/wbr><\/a>) and Twitter (@Formula1onSPEED).<\/p>\n

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Broadcast schedule for the U.S. Grand Prix on SPEED (all times ET and subject to change):<\/p>\n

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Sunday, Nov. 11<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Building the COTA: F1\u2019s Return to the U.S.\u00a0<\/em>(6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n

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Friday, Nov. 16<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mobil 1 The Grid<\/em>\u00a0(10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.)<\/p>\n

Practice Session One (11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., LIVE)<\/p>\n

Practice Session Two (3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., LIVE)<\/p>\n

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Saturday, Nov. 17<\/strong><\/p>\n

Practice Session Three (10 a.m. to 11 a.m., LIVE)<\/p>\n

Qualifying Session (1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., LIVE)<\/p>\n

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Sunday, Nov. 18<\/strong><\/p>\n

F1 Grand Prix of the United States (1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., LIVE)<\/p>\n

The All-American Victory: Dan Gurney Wins the Belgian GP<\/em>\u00a0(4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n

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With the 2012 NASCAR season nearing the finish line, four of the sport\u2019s biggest stars will open their lives to fans in a one-hour conversation special with ESPN\u00a0SportsCenter<\/em><\/em><\/em>\u00a0anchor\u00a0Hannah Storm<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.<\/em><\/p>\n

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SportsCenter<\/em><\/em><\/em>\u00a0Special: NASCAR Face-to-Face with Hannah Storm, will feature NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers Jimmie Johnson, Brad Keselowski, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart. Viewers will get an up-close look at their lives away from the track through a blend of conversation and access as they near the end of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, with Johnson and Keselowski locked in a battle for the 2012 series championship.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Formula One supremo, Bernie Ecclestone, has suggested that the motor-racing championship is now unlikely to be floated on the stock exchange until 2014 at the earliest due to continuing instability in the money markets.\u00a0 This report came from SportsBusinessInternational.<\/p>\n

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We read with interest Nate Ryan’s piece in the October 31 edition in USA Today. Ryan is of the opinion that NASCAR and Indy Car should merge, given the recent antics of the management of Indy Car and Indianapolis Motor Speedway who fired Indy Car CEO Randy Bernard. While on the surface, Ryan feels that NASCAR is of a “sound mind” and Indy Car is acting “insane” by dumping Bernard who seemed to bring stability to the most prestigious open wheel series in North America, we have a different view.<\/p>\n

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Take for instance that NASCAR’s “brain trust”, Brian France, set in motion a number of things that turned off the hard core NASCAR base who left the scene which resulted in less ticket sales combined with falling TV ratings. When Brian realized the error of his ways, be quickly began to reverse all that he had changed due to the fans negative reaction. In fact his latest change back to allowing the manufacturers involved in NASCAR to return to using sheet metal that very much resembles what’s in the showroom, thereby bringing back the “Race them on Sunday and sell them on Monday” approach.<\/p>\n

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Brian France hardly knew what the temperature was of the NASCAR water when he started. \u00a0He certainly knows now.\u00a0 On taking over Indy Car, that organization is currently a ship without a rudder. Brian has his own set of problems, that he created, to focus on in order to get NASCAR back on track.\u00a0As we have said before, Indy Car can’t stand success and just when it seems to be going well pulls a stunt like dumping Bernard. In fact we think that Bernard would be an asset to the NASCAR camp.\u00a0But that’s a long shot at best because Brian France would would hardly hire someone and give him the power to outshine himself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Lou Modestino If J J Wins Yet Another Chase Championship,\u00a0How Will\u00a0NASCAR Fans React? Jimmie Johnson continues to prove that he’s a real force to be reckoned with causing disappointment\u00a0to many provincial NASCAR fans who\u00a0plain don’t like him.\u00a0 They\u00a0complain that\u00a0he’s won too many championships, five\u00a0to be exact, and won’t give someone else a chance.\u00a0\u00a0Another reason […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schedules"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}