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I agree with almost everything Frank and Ollie say about appeal - in theory. Appeal is really important to all art. The combination of skill and attractiveness or pleasure to the senses is what makes art. For cartoons, that's the combination of "solid drawing" and what F and O are calling "appeal". Solid drawing is very easy to judge, because it is objective. It's either right or wrong. That doesn't make it easy to do, of course, but without it, you lack control over anything else, including "appeal".
It's much harder to define "appeal" than to define "Solid Drawing" because it is subjective; in Disney's case, "appeal" is judged very narrowly - very very narrowly. I find a much wider array of cartoon art styles appealing than the Disney animators do and find much of what they do unappealing-including the very generic Italian characters above, both of whom are the exact same stock design, varying only in their girth. These designs have been recycled endlessly throughout Disney's films - they even use the same designs for the animal characters. I think the very fact that Disney has such a limited repetitive amount of character designs is evidence of how hard it is to achieve appeal in the first place. Disney discovered a few stock traits that Walt found appealing and they just kept using them, for fear of trying something new that might be deemed "ugly".
By "ugly" Frank and Ollie mean just about anything that doesn't look like 40s Disney style. I agree that overly detailed characters or overly graphic characters are hard to turn into enduring animated characters, but it's not that simple.
Many of Warner Bros. characters aren't as "cute" or appealing in design as the best Disney characters, yet as characters they have have endured. Bob McKimson's personal style is generally regarded as unappealing, even though it's obvious he has great solid drawings. Clampett was able to get him to do very appealing stuff in a few cartoons - Coal Black, Falling Hare, An Itch In Time, What's Cookin' Doc - and on the famous 1943 Bugs Bunny Model sheet.
The sad truths about "appeal" is very few people have it in the first place and the whole concept of it seems to be lost.
If you grew up in the 70s or afterwards, you've probably come to accept ugliness and lack of sensory pleasure in all the arts: music without melodies, sloppy illustration, icky fine art, ugly cartoons both on TV and in feature films. A small handful of today's cartoonists look back to the 1930s to the 50s and see that obviously everything was more appealing to the senses back then, but most people today just accept ugliness in art matter-of-factly. Anything obviously appealing, like an old time melody is automatically written off as corny and unhip.
At one time, the "look" of a cartoon was its main factor. It drew you in to find out what it was about just by being so much fun to look at. Now watching cartoons is an acquired taste. It has to be learned (like eating broccoli) because cartoons aren't attractive anymore. They actually hurt your eyes and you have to train from youth to ignore the physical pain before you can accept cartoons for some other reason than that they are cartoons.
There are more executives in charge of animation today at each studio than there ever were, and they equate "appeal" with "too cartoony". They all want to be taken seriously as filmmakers, so to them the uglier, blander, more detailed and less fun to look at their characters are, the more "realistic" they are. "Realistic" equals "quality" to the sensory deprived.
Here are some "ingredients" of appeal, but knowing them doesn't guarantee that you can capture the subtleties and balance them to just the right degree to make your drawings look fun.
Pleasing construction:
Disney Appeal: Based on infant, baby animal and feminine traits.
Big heads, big eyes, soft flesh - but wrapped around good construction and perspective.
Proportions: cartoonists magnify the things we find interesting and shrink the things we find ugly or boring.
Big heads, small bodies, big hands sometimes etc.
A good cartoonist draws emotions rather than precise accuracy or realism.
Personal style: Some artists just have naturally appealing styles. Rod Scribner and Chuck Jones can take Bob McKimson's basic structures and make them prettier. Fred Moore can take a character designed from generic circles and draw him with flair and appeal.
Animators who draw well but don't have strong appealing individual styles benefit from having good designs to work from. Design and appeal are not 100% the exact same concepts but they overlap.
Freddie Moore is the basic Disney master of appeal, and lots of people have copied him superficially yet still find appeal an elusive concept.Cal Arts animators love the flow and rhythm in his loose sketches (I do too) and figure that if they draw loose with flowing lines and never commit to a finished drawing, then they will be as appealing as Moore himself.
Moore can draw solid finished drawings as well, but that's harder to copy.There is a lot more to Moore than just flowing lines. He understands construction, anatomy, balance and just happens to put it all together in a very unique and pleasing way that invites hordes of copycats who draw vague flowing blobs.
Control of variety of shapes: This is what good designers do. It's slightly less intuitive than personal style because you have to to intellectually create new shapes and combinations, rather than just rely on a gifted hand that makes every character look good.
You can be too intellectual though and have clever combinations of odd shapes that are intellectually stimulating but not very fun to look at.
Surface details: Disney has more surface details on their characters than Warner's.
Disney designers deduced that the fur pattern of a squirrel's face is the most pleasing of all and designed a squirrel face mask that they stretched over countless characters to make them automatically cute.
Disney imitators for decades have thought this was the secret and they stretched their squirrel-masks over their badly constructed characters and we ended up with "All Dogs Go To Heaven", "Balto" and many other unappealing Disney copies.
Balance of shapes: The spaces between your design elements have to be just right in order to have a pleasing balance. The Disney animators pursued this goal to an almost mathematical perfection. Bambi evolved from earlier Disney deer that had less pleasing proportions, balance and surface details. Once they nailed that balance, they used it on scores of characters for the next decade and feared trying anything new, until UPA and Ward Kimball purposely broke this mold and did ugly on purpose just to teach Frank and Ollie a lesson.
Even though this is supposed to be cold and uninviting, it still retains many Disney design principles: balance, construction (2d construction), clear staging, variety of shapes and more.


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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Dueling at Daytona
Thursday is a big day for SPEED as the network gets to cover two Sprint Cup Series races, even though they are not for points. The highlight of the day are the Gatorade Duels. There is, however, lots of other TV surrounding those two sprint races.
ESPN2 slips into action with 10AM coverage of the Nationwide Series practice. That will put Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree back on the air. Jarrett will later be joined by Ray Evernham and Nicole Briscoe for a post-duel edition of NASCAR Now on ESPN2 at 5:30PM.
The spotlight shines squarely on SPEED as the network kicks things off at noon ET with a one-hour telecast of the Camping World Truck series practice. This will be a first look at the cast of characters fans will see on SPEED this season. In the TV booth it's going to be Rick Allen and Phil Parsons. Ray Dunlap and Hermie Sadler will handle the reporting duties.
Next up at 1PM is a one-hour edition of RaceDay that serves as the preview show for the duels. John Roberts hosts with with the full RaceDay crew of Kenny Wallace, Larry McReynolds and Kyle Petty on the SPEED stage. Wendy Venturini, Matt Clark and Rutledge Wood are the reporters.
Krista Voda looks awfully good in the Hollywood Hotel and she will once again host the pre-race show for the duels with Jeff Hammond from that location. Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds will call the race from the TV booth. Steve Byrnes and Dick Berggren are the pit road reporters.
SPEED will air the duels live at 2PM and then replay them both starting at 8PM ET. There is no other scheduled re-air, so set the DVR.
Post-race both TV partners will go head-to-head. SPEED will offer Victory Lane while ESPN2 offers NASCAR Now both at 5:30PM. Victory Lane is a signature show for SPEED after every race while NASCAR Now has been struggling with bad timeslots and no re-airs for two years now. Roberts, Petty and Hammond will handle Victory Lane with Wendy Venturini and Bob Dillner as the reporters.
The telecast day wraps-up with another Camping World Truck Series practice with Allen, Parsons and Waltrip and 6:30PM. Then, the re-air of the duels follows at 8PM.
Please use this post to offer your TV-related comments as a big day of NASCAR TV rolls by. To add your opinion, just click on the comments button below.
We will also be providing a comment stream on Twitter at twitter.com/thedalyplanet that is always entertaining. We expect many of the TV personalities, reporters and NASCAR officials to take part in that. Have a great Thursday of racing!
49 comments:
- ChrisKRacing said...
The duels are a waste of time now. They used to be important parts of the event, but with all of the guaranteed starting positions, they're just glorified practice sessions now. There are only a small number of teams that it matters to and the rules about who gets in and who doesn't are so complicated that there's no way the TV people are going to be able to explain them to the people watching.
- February 22, 2012 at 11:14 PM
- Zetona said...
Since when are the Duels arranged by odd and even owner points standing positions instead of qualifying speed? Duel 1 is all odd-number owner points, except for polesitter Edwards, who was number 2 in points but won the pole, meaning the slowest car that would have raced in Duel 1 is going to race in Duel 2 instead.
I thought NASCAR was working on clarifying its rules. I don't even know when this one came into place. I greatly preferred having all the cars with an odd qualifying rank in Duel 1 and all the cars with an even number in Duel 2.
I'm really excited for the Duels themselves, though. I missed them last year, and I'll at least be able to catch Duel 1 this year and most of Duel 2, depending on the race pace. When's the green flag supposed to drop for Duel 1, and how long is the break between the two?
- February 23, 2012 at 12:05 AM
- RacingGirl88 said...
Thanks for all the info JD! Appreciate being able to get it all in one spot! See ya on Twitter, where you are correct, it's always entertaining!
- February 23, 2012 at 12:15 AM
- Anonymous said...
Zetona its been that way for years now
- February 23, 2012 at 8:57 AM
- Michael Stoffel said...
I'm sure the answer is no...but..
My daughter can't get SPEED on her college cable system...any chance the Duels are streamed? (legally)
- February 23, 2012 at 9:48 AM
- Vicky D said...
Yeah Nascar gives the cup teams so much practice and poor Truck Series & NW series drivers are hardly seen this week. And I just heard that TS is going to be the in-car reporter for the NW race. What a shame!
- February 23, 2012 at 11:05 AM
- John in Chico said...
Michael Stoffel said...
I'm sure the answer is no...but..
My daughter can't get SPEED on her college cable system...any chance the Duels are streamed? (legally)
search for justintv or something like that.
JD, do we get Race Buddy today on Speed? That would be nice.
- February 23, 2012 at 12:27 PM
- Charlie Spencer said...
JD, if I'm trying to follow on Twitter during the race, do I want my browser on your Twitter page or mine?
- February 23, 2012 at 12:59 PM
- Chadderbox said...
I will be at race today. I am heading into the speedway now. Won't be able to comment on the tv coverage but i will have headphones and scanner tuned to the tv frequency so i can listen to the race telecast on speed while watching live. I am going to follow this blog and twitter on my iphone. Weather is warm. Hoping for an underdog to race into the 500.
- February 23, 2012 at 1:18 PM
- Charlie Spencer said...
I like the idea of qualifying races, although I wish there weren't so many cars locked in and so few for whom it really matters. I recall hearing the IRL is going to try it a couple of times this year.
I'd like to see longer races broken into two qualifying races and a shorter main event with smaller fields. Take Darlington, for example. Instead of 500 miles, run two qualifiers at 75 or 100 miles each, and move 20 cars from each to a 250 or 300 mile 'A-Main'.
I'm getting better at reading the Capcha words. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad one.
- February 23, 2012 at 1:40 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
As these are quals we are not live blogging, but I will have comments coming at me on Twitter.
- February 23, 2012 at 1:43 PM
- John in Chico said...
Race Buddy is up!
- February 23, 2012 at 2:11 PM
- GinaV24 said...
how many times will we see mikey's in car? and shots of danica?
i agree the duels serve no real purpose. just way to wreck more cars
- February 23, 2012 at 2:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
SPEED is having audio issues. Sounds staticy. But hey, let's go racing boys!
- February 23, 2012 at 2:15 PM
- RPM said...
What's up with the PBP audio?
- February 23, 2012 at 2:55 PM
- Ann_Ominous said...
I think Danica just had her "Welcome to NASCAR" moment!
- February 23, 2012 at 3:21 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
That was a big hit.
- February 23, 2012 at 3:24 PM
- Spencer said...
I was thinking the same thing Ann Ominous, also wonder what the odds that Fox will put MW in the HH
- February 23, 2012 at 3:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
Wow. SPEED is having all sorts of issues. And black screen during the Danica interview?
Speaking of Danica, what a hard hit. Wow. Glad to see she walked away ok after that.
- February 23, 2012 at 3:28 PM
- RPM said...
Who is running audio? Let's hope they find a new crew Sunday.
- February 23, 2012 at 3:29 PM
- Roland said...
Audio way off and some of the mics are creating static.
- February 23, 2012 at 3:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
Audio and video are off by like 5+ seconds. I wonder if the reair will be the same way? Probably.
- February 23, 2012 at 3:33 PM
- Jimm57 said...
how hard is it to fix the audio delay? Its been like this a while now.
- February 23, 2012 at 3:33 PM
- SD80MAC said...
Michael Stoffel said...
I'm sure the answer is no...but..
My daughter can't get SPEED on her college cable system...any chance the Duels are streamed? (legally)
MRN is straming their radio broadcast at http://www.motorracingnetwork.com
- February 23, 2012 at 3:39 PM
- Ann_Ominous said...
Fortunately the car turned itself around to where she hit on the passenger side. Head on or left corner or driver's side would of really been horrid!
I was tending to my laundry and missed some of the after coverage. I know with Danica's crash I never heard them say who transfered. I was really surprised when Krista put up the graphic that Robby transfered in! Had they said that before? Did they ever interview the two transferees? (and what happened to Trevor?)
- February 23, 2012 at 3:59 PM
- Sophia said...
So glad Danica is ok. Scary crash and inside response with her hands was interesting to see. I'd never seen that before. Wow...glad she's safe.
The Audio problems were very annoying...hope they get fixed.
- February 23, 2012 at 4:03 PM
- Jimm57 said...
the delay is fixed, but theres still a static noise on some lines
One to go
- February 23, 2012 at 4:06 PM
- Buschseries61 said...
Thank god for MRN streaming! I got to listen to the end of duel #1 as I rode home in my car.
Excellent, professional broadcasting.
Now I'm watching SPEED and just annoyed. It's the freakin' Darrell Waltrip Show featuring some play-by-play by Mike Joy. Just like the Bud Shootout, the booth conversation is disconnected from the race as DW moves his jaw. I've tried to start the year with a fresh look at FOX, but this is frustrating.
- February 23, 2012 at 4:23 PM
- Buschseries61 said...
I'm not sure how I feel about Michael Waltrip wearing his team t-shirt with sponsor logos on it as he sits in the Hollywood Hotel. SPEED shouldn't have a shortage of collar shirts and blazers.
- February 23, 2012 at 4:49 PM
- Anonymous said...
Mike Joy's play by play made the last few laps of the second race. He didn't get trampled on by DW or Larry Mac either. Still the best PxP in the sport.
- February 23, 2012 at 5:01 PM
- SD80MAC said...
I'm not sure what Speed's problem is today. The garbled audio and pixelation is driving me crazy! (And yes, it is going to be a short trip!) I don't think it is Solar Flares. So far, no peaks reported today.
- February 23, 2012 at 5:02 PM
- Charlie Spencer said...
Buschseries61, I'm not sure how I feel about DW making excuses for his brother.
- February 23, 2012 at 5:09 PM
- Anonymous said...
The audio problems again are on Victory Lane too. Odd that out of the blue, Mikey would go into the Hollywood Hotel and Hammond would disappear. No one knew until now that he was doing Victory Lane. You would think SPEED would mention that. Wish they had all the problems on any other day except for today.
- February 23, 2012 at 5:21 PM
- Charlie Spencer said...
Anon 5:21, better today than Fox on Sunday.
- February 23, 2012 at 5:28 PM
- CaseMoney said...
The Duels - formerly a fun event, now marginalized by the Top 35 rule. I didn't bother to watch.
- February 23, 2012 at 5:34 PM
- Buschseries61 said...
@ CaseMoney - Totally agree with that. I had to force myself to find the excitement in duel #2. Even the battle between the GOGH cars was dullest I remember.
NASCAR is returning the Bud Shootout to it's original format in 2013, hopefully NASCAR goes back to provisionals & the former Daytona 500 qualifying format too.
- February 23, 2012 at 5:40 PM
- James said...
What we learned.
Mikey wrecks himself lmao!
Danica got wrecked by Almo something...
Nascar threw the yellow to quick.
Finally JPM got pay back for
wrecking KK in practice.
Hendrick cars are running HOT
Toyota is slow
Ford engines are cheating
Robby Gordon is smart...Everythings for sell lol
Speed has had since Dover last year to get ready for this week.
They need back ups for back ups for back ups.
This is Superbowl week..failure is not an option.
- February 23, 2012 at 5:41 PM
- AveryNH said...
I think everything is in full gear now. Race 1 was great listening to the live stream as with race two. Really stunned there wasn't more accidents in race two. Money is the ford camp for Sunday. Even Stenhouse ran strong
- February 23, 2012 at 6:03 PM
- Sophia said...
just turned on camping world series practice. haven't seen booth but Miguel somebody interviewed & NO AUDIO at all & booth did not comment.
Who is ruining the sound on SPEED? Last year they had tech issues & the lip sync is just nuts.
- February 23, 2012 at 7:10 PM
- glenc1 said...
that was Miguel Paludo. There was audio at the start, then it cut off. I haven't been home but it appears SPEED's been having some kind of issue.
Oddly enough, a couple times on ESPN the last few weeks the sync was off on something...I think it was PTI.
- February 23, 2012 at 7:19 PM
- Zetona said...
Fox tuned down Larry Mac before the 2011 season, and it looks like DW is a bit more subdued so far in Speedweeks. Hope it stays that way.
- February 23, 2012 at 7:23 PM
- Ben in N.C. said...
Great. Both the blabbering idiots missed the race. Now we can listen to the Kenny and Michael blabber blabber blabber. Nascar, the only sport where you can do nothing in a career and they'll document it in 1080p. Welcome to cup Danica. Fox booth=numbskulls.
- February 23, 2012 at 7:40 PM
- Anonymous said...
Wow. Even on the reair they are having problems. The screen for the last 5 minutes has been stuck on Paul Menard and his girlfriend during the anthem. Audio is good, but the video is like frozen.
- February 23, 2012 at 8:08 PM
- Debby said...
Has anyone seen the Kenny Wallace "all access" special? I watched 5 min and deleted from DVR. Too much. Between him and MW not making the race today, I thought I would start singing "Don't Cry for me Argentina". OMG. Otherwise coverage and the races were good. I'm glad racing is back.
- February 23, 2012 at 8:22 PM
- Sophia said...
ps here some cbs shows have been out of sync for weeks on all tvs. I notice it subtle on Y & Restless!
must be some japanese dubbed movie virus :)
- February 23, 2012 at 8:34 PM
- Spintrips said...
Fox/Speed is still having problems covering the race finishes.
Did anyone notice the poor camera angle at the finish line of the Bud Shootout? It wasn't until the replay that we saw KB in front of Stewart.
Today's 1st race was over for almost 10 minutes before we learned McDowell and Robby transferred.
- February 23, 2012 at 8:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
Need more blimp shots. The overhead shots are the best angle, especially at the finish.
- February 23, 2012 at 8:45 PM
- OSBORNK said...
I really hate it that KW and MW didn't make the race. It would have been so much quieter without them near a microphone.
- February 23, 2012 at 10:45 PM
- Bobby O said...
What is up, still, with the artsy fartsy camera on a movable swivelling boom? Even my girl asked why I was not interested in looking at the D grass?
What good is split screen when you show KW in-car on him, and other side showing his slow but car in the pits? Why waste the D split screen?
Not about TV, (even though I have many more comments) Does every driver hate ole "bug eye idiot"?
- February 23, 2012 at 11:07 PM


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Monday, April 28, 2008
Talladega Takes A Backseat On TWIN
The debate rages every time that This Week In NASCAR throws the switch from review to preview. Once again on Monday, the SPEED program continued to pull the ultimate bait-and-switch on NASCAR fans.
Two of the key stories from the Sprint Cup race at Talladega involved Jimmie Johnson and Michael Waltrip. Their run at the end of the race and the colossal failure of either to complete that effort were certainly on the minds of the fans.
TWIN had Waltrip and Chad Knaus as panelists on the show and both were ready to talk for the full hour. Unfortunately, after a brief "teaser" about Talladega, the program once again followed the normal format and switched totally to a preview of the upcoming race from Richmond, VA.
Despite the outstanding video previews and footage of the Richmond action, fans still have to adjust to the panel talking about "the future" before the discussion of the past race has even started. Changing gears is tough to do when the other NASCAR TV shows do not follow this type of format. Perhaps, moving things around for one episode might be a good experiment.
Knaus and Waltrip have begun to have fun with each other on this show, and Waltrip has finally found his on-air groove with host Steve Byrnes. The fun is creeping back into this program in the same type of manner that it developed on the original Inside NEXTEL Cup series.
The NASCAR Media Group is also feeling out this show as they produce the series, and things have begun to take shape. The background now contains moving video, the lighting has improved, and the pace has been slowed down slightly. The program needs more camera shots of all three panelists, and the decision to have the two guests either talk to the host or the camera needs to be sorted-out.
Knaus is beginning to be a good match for Waltrip. While Waltrip brings his unique sense of humor and style to the program, Knaus is always trying to be the serious-minded crew chief. This contrast makes for some fun moments, and usually results in Knaus shaking his head in disbelief.
Once the show switched topics to Talladega, fans could see what should have been discussed right up-front. Waltrip, Knaus and Byrnes had a lot of fun with the highlights and the good vibe of this show was back. This included Waltrip "discovering" the truth about several issues he had during the race.
Knaus has proven to be a great student of the sport, and his analytical perspective is a welcome addition. His veteran comments about the racing action proved to be memorable when he discussed Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson coming together late in the event. He and Waltrip also addressed bump-drafting in a very frank manner.
Each week there is a review of some SPEED moments from the weekend and also an edited feature that contains "scanner chatter." This week that was lots of fun, and Knaus and Waltrip "tagged" the feature by saying some of the Cup drivers were "whiners."
The scanner feature transitioned directly into Dave Despain's weekly editorial. Perhaps, Despain could be best-served by emerging directly from a commercial and then letting the show proceed with business as usual.
A feature on Jeff Burton was informative, but interrupted the focus on last weekend's racing. There was a lot of conversation left on the table about Talladega and this is another big issue for this TV series. How many features are too many?
Surprisingly, both the Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series got very poor treatment. Despite the issues in both events, the highlights were minimal and the time allotted was brief. Certainly, the Nationwide discussion should have been much more substantial and wide-ranging.
As This Week In NASCAR continues to mature, the struggle to prioritize content will no doubt be the primary issue. Had this show featured the three weekend races and then transitioned into a Richmond preview, the results for the viewer may have been very different.
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- Newracefan said...
The best thing about this show was that I finally found out what happened during the last lap. Michael blew up, who knew. They even had a closer picture of the last lap crash and a possible reasons for the final melee. I've moved on from the backwards discussion issue and try not to let it ruin the entire show for me (I don't like it but have come to accept it). I liked the Jeff Burton piece but if it was skipped (how about using it for that 2 hour RaceDay) they would have had more time for NW and trucks. I thought it was a fun show and am planning to watch it again to pick up all the stuff I missed the first time.
- April 28, 2008 at 9:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
Yes JD, You are right. 803PM to 823pm I am (previewing)reviewing a race that I have yet to see. I did not record the show tonight and did watch the full hour. Good to see Michael change his opinion after seeing the replay. "discovering" the truth about several issues he had during the race." as you said. Still feel the show is in reverse. Still not happy w/the order of the show. Yes, the chuckles were better this week. Too bad more was not said of the N'wide race.
- April 28, 2008 at 9:24 PM
- Kyle said...
Its sad to see MW and CK waste a few hours of their day off on this horrid program.
I guess I don't understand the target audience of this show... I thought it was for the race fans, that know what Richmond is and don't need a 20 minute preview of the race.
This show was to let the experienced fan get some "insider" info on the race. I mean my god you have the back to back champ crew chief sitting on your set. LET HIM TALK ABOUT THE RACE. Not what is going on next week.
I watched about 5 minutes of the program when Top Gear was in commercial, I'd rather watch Clarkson make fun of Hammond for an hour. Then waste time watching 20 minute preview of next week that I will see in the 2 hour pre race show next week..
- April 28, 2008 at 9:32 PM
- Ritchie said...
Mr. Daly, I find it hard to believe that you honestly believe that having Michael Waltrip talk over the other panelists creates a good show. Please tell me what form of television programming that behavior is considered acceptable? It reached a boiling point when he "suggested" that Chad Knauss be quiet. What really rubs me the wrong way was the fact that they were talking about camber! Shouldn't we have the most successful crew chief in the past decade explain camber issues to the audience?
There was much, much more wrong with this show, however I won't pile on. I have a feeling that the Waltrip fans are mad enough at me already. Honestly folks, it isn't him personally, it's just his behavior and lack of manners that I have a problem with.
- April 28, 2008 at 9:45 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
I don't know if you watched the old show, but Waltrip was always the problem child and Schrader was there to keep him in line. That was the fun part.
Now, there is no Schrader and Waltrip is trying to figure out how to operate in this new TV environment.
It should be interesting to see how the rotating guests and Steve Byrnes deal with him on this show. Remember, the original idea was to have some fun now that most NASCAR fans have seen the weekend highlights like 50 times.
That is why you see the NASCAR Media Group throwing everything but the kitchen sink into this show right now. Hopefully, they will be sorting out what should stay and what should go along with the program format soon.
As for Waltrip, you either love him or you hate him, but TV execs have found out that either way....folks tune-in.
- April 28, 2008 at 10:00 PM
- TexasRaceLady said...
I really enjoyed the show tonight. Yes, the backwards theme is still wrong, but putting that issue aside, this was fun.
Chad is really starting to have fun and to not take Mikey so seriously.
- April 28, 2008 at 10:06 PM
- speedangel said...
In my opinion, this was one of the best, if not the best show of the season thus far. There were some flashes of what made the the old version of the show a must-see. I also still don't get the sequence of the content, but am reluctantly learning to live with it.
- April 28, 2008 at 11:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
@kyle--unless something has seriously changed (which I doubt) they tape the show in an hour maybe a hair more and with a very rare exception there are no retakes. It's all shot straight through. That's part of why I believe the show is scripted and why the host tries to keep Mikey on task. Otherwise they end up in "hurry up" mode and turn a segment that would have been 5 minutes into 2.
I know from when Allen was host the boyz show up a bit before the show (and has been stated more than once literally at the last second. One time Mikey was so late they started taping without him and he "snuck" in). Allen with his professional self always was there doing his show prep. I never knew if he stayed over in NC or flew down the same day from RI for the show. It would make sense for him to stay over, when NBC did the races especially, but from other talk he seemed to actually go to the non-NBC races. I recall comments he'd make as a segue into some topics that he was chatting with various team members on the plane ride back as he looked up his "big words" to use on the show.
@JD--Yup! Schrader and Mikey had a "gig" going on. So they'd make comments or give each other looks that seem "cruel" to the outside world but they can get away with it because they're buddies.
- April 29, 2008 at 2:05 AM
- Anonymous said...
I think the show is getting better every week. Chad has loosen up and started to relax and have fun with the guys. Michael is Michael, he's been like that for 12 yrs on the show and to tell you the truth, that's why I tune in. Keep making it fun guys.
I watched NN last night and noticed that "the roundtable" is a lot like IWC/INC, with ties, suit jackets and highchairs. It seems like ESPN copied the SPEED format of INC and it's working for them.
- April 29, 2008 at 6:58 AM
- Anonymous said...
Ritchie, chill out none of the people on the show were offended by Mikey, its all part of the show, Chad can hold his own and did so quite well. I wish they would have had more time for the nationwide and truck races. Really good show, getting better each week and I also did not know what happened to Mikey's car until the show, too bad. Keep up the good work, after a long day at work myself its nice to be able to laugh, relax and learn a few things and this show does all of that for me. Thank you.
- April 29, 2008 at 7:17 AM
- Ritchie said...
Mr. Daly, I actually did watch this program in the '90's. It was entertaining then with Waltrip, Schrader, Benson, and Bestwick. I know there is a lot of nostalgia for that show. However, I'm concerned that the desire to recreate something is clouding the fact that things have changed and they are not going back.
What made that show enjoyable was the fact that the three guys who drove in the race, get to tell us what it was like to do so. That and a little bit of craziness thrown in was fun.
What has changed is Mr. Waltrip now uses the show as a platform to lobby NASCAR or to lecture racefans. That is not fun.
By the way, what are the ratings for this show anyway? I have never heard.
- April 29, 2008 at 7:47 AM
- Kathy said...
I thought this was the best show of the season. Chad and Mikey are a great duo. For all his silliness, Mikey has been involved with racing his entire life and is able to comment from the vantage point of a driver, a team owner, and, my favorite, as a true fan of the sport. And Chad is great with expanding on the more technical aspects of a race. I think a lot of the fans of this show watch it expressly because it is "different" from all the other highly polished "sports locker" type offerings. I like feeling that I am an invisible passenger on one of those plane rides and am hearing what a driver and crew chief might be saying behind the scenes about the race that has just been run!
JD...does Mikey have "ownership" in this show? I'm recalling a comment that Despain made last year to him about it being "his" show and I've wondered ever since.
btw...Happy Birthday April 30 to MW!!!
- April 29, 2008 at 8:05 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
That was just a tongue-in-cheek comment about Waltrip's ability to talk about anything at anytime for seemingly any reason. It was "his show."
The program is produced by the NASCAR Media Group from the same old studio in Charlotte for SPEED. I was there two weeks ago and not much has changed from the old dumpster days with Bestwick. You can see actually see the NMG studios from I-77 as you drive through Charlotte.
- April 29, 2008 at 9:10 AM
- Anonymous said...
I am a Longtime fan but am finished with TWIN. The NASCAR media folks refuse to respect viewers CLEAR MESSAGE about the illogical and annoying plcament of next week's race.
I turned the show off 7 minutes in and will not watch again.
ESPN now has my loyalty
- April 29, 2008 at 9:47 AM
- Anonymous said...
Best show in a while! Even the guys lighting looked good. Some promising signs of an improved show.
- April 29, 2008 at 10:09 AM
- Deborah said...
Parts of last night's show were very good - mostly any time Chad and Michael were talking. However, as per usual I pretty much stopped listening during much of the preview for the next race - it would be more tolerable later in the show but I don't need it shoved down my throat right off the bat. I would have been much more interested at that point in listening to Chad and Michael discuss more how Michael and Jimmie worked together at the end of the Talladega race. Like Kathy I also liked how Michael was able to comment not only from the perspective of a driver in the race, but also as a owner - I liked hearing his thoughts on the Tony Stewart situation. I also wished that they would have left out the Jeff Burton feature so that there was more time to discuss the Truck and Nationwide races. They did touch upon the Lepage wreck, but considering what a big story that was I would have liked to have had them discuss it even more.
- April 29, 2008 at 10:30 AM
- Cypress said...
I loved the show tonight. Waltrip was funny and revealing and the show was fun.
But I also got to thinking about the preview/review thing a bit. While I think you are right that it makes the most sense to start with Talladega since it just happened and you have a late-race leader in-studio. But I started to think about your post from yesterday about NASCAR overkill -- all the pre-race hype and discussion-to-death. I don't think you can have it both ways: If fans are burned out from all those hours of coverage of Talladega, then aren't a lot of them going to also zone out when, on Monday, you keep right on talking about Talladega?
After a weekend of DEGA-DEGA-DEGA, it was nice to hear about Richmond. It was nice to hear some new stuff, get me excited, then go back into the smaller details of the weekend race.
I liked TWIN this week... a LOT!
- April 29, 2008 at 11:22 AM
- SophiaZ123 said...
while the weekend might have been lots of Dega. Dega. Dega.
I miss my driver info, info, info. While watching the midnight Y&R on SOAPNET, I clicked over for the beginning of TWIN (I could see the picture this time but there were tech glitches when I turned back at about 20 after the hour with audio, and later during the Despain bit) I noticed I turned in to watch TWIN for the Talladega race at 25 after the hour. By 37 after THEY WERE DONE TALKING ABOUT THIS RACE??????????????
yes there was scanner chatter and Mikey was funny but I turned back to my soap when the ILL PLACE Memory lane bit on Jeff burton came on. another rythmn breaker in this show.
I still don't see why a PANEL is needed for this show...if you added up the fun 'conversation' would be at most 10 minutes.
My remote in my room has a timer so I watch the intro (I was glad to hear what happened to Mikey as NOBODY mentioned that yesterday on tv) If MRN mentioned it, it was while I was back and forth from TV to MRN audio. What a shame Mikey blew up on the last lap.
Also I enjoyed him changing his mind about what happened and Hornish did NOT purposely hit him. And he took back all the things he said about Hornish yesterday. :)
Those "rare, brief bits" ARE REFLECTIVE of what made the old show FUN.
I am glad some of you can go with the most annoying format in a tv show (Well, except for FOX's Sunday race coverage that was below abysmal, with the overused baby toys)
I would also like to know the ratings on this show but frankly, it's too much SB for me (I see him enough elsewhere) and miss a third guy talking (SCHRADER!!!)
So out of the entire what 40 minute show plus commercials, 10 minutes were fun.
Pitiful, Pitiful, Pitiful.
I STILL say the Producer/director/coffee maker on this show is the same person that shows the the NO FINISH LINE on the Cup races.
NO conspiracy theory...I'm just saying.
If anything the brief glimpses of MIKEY being FUN again made me hate the rest of the overly canned video for the show.
Honestly, nobody minds sitting thru 20 minutes of the next race preview and the Snoozarama of seemingly endless video from last years show???? Good for y'all. I am just too detailed and orderly and can't stomach it.
Great googily moogily!!. The whole point of a SHOW ON MONDAY is to talk about the race ON SUNDAY. I want voices, I want talking, I want info. NONE Of us knew what happened in the last few minutes of DEGA.
If ever there was a time to majorly tweak the SEQUENCE of this show last night was it and imo they blew it. Totally.
Move this show to Thursday, call it "next" week in NASCAR and NOBODY will gripe about the bass ackwards format that SPEED holds onto and refuses to change. But NWIN makes an uncute acronym.
And give me TWO HOURS of WTunnel on Monday to cover NASCAR and other races, and I will be happy.
Monday night needs SOMETHING for us to review lots of great racin on the weekend. One hour of WT is not enough.
But I am glad the rest of you can enjoy this motherless TWIN show as to me, it is still a ship with no captain and nobody with the SPINE to admit the order of the show stinks to high heavens.
Off to get my second cup of coffee (I only have two mugs believe it or not!)
=: -)
Sorry for the long manifesto.
- April 29, 2008 at 12:02 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
You did a good job of hitting the nail on the head. How do the NMG producers get this show to stand-out from the others that fans have alread seen?
They have tried to put the cart before the horse in this new format, but it simply did not work. The reason is the same as the one they should use to change it back permanently...that is the personalities on the set.
When Waltrip and Knaus were two of the central characters in the action on Sunday, Talladega should be reviewed first.
On other shows like The SPEED Report and Wind Tunnel and even Victory Lane, they do not have the participants talking about the event for the entire hour.
INC worked because the producer allowed it to be personality-driven, just like the sport. Trusting that guys like Waltrip, Schrader and Knaus can make it interesting for the viewer is hard to do, but that is going to be the key to success for this series.
It should be fun to watch the production team wrestle with these decisions. TV is fun, huh?
- April 29, 2008 at 12:06 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Great googily moogily? Such language!
- April 29, 2008 at 12:08 PM
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- April 29, 2008 at 1:49 PM
- Anonymous said...
I've figured out how to watch the show..... now I REALLY enjoy it... I tivo it... Then I can watch the hour long show in about 30 minutes... I fast forward through the canned video and just watch the panel interaction... I never really liked Chad before this show...but my opinion has changed. I really enjoyed he and Mikey together..... To bad they don't throw Shrader into the mix....
Loved Mikey's 'aha' moments....just needed a lot more discussions and a lot less video... they are getting there...
gave up on that format...they seem to be stuck on preview before review
- April 29, 2008 at 1:51 PM
- Mike said...
I agree with the "it's getting better" comments. But, IT'S STILL A FRUSTRATING SHOW TO WATCH !!!!
Wait a minute ..... think about this, IF they flipped flopped the order of the show we could watch the best part 1st then shut 'er down when the garbage (preview) came on later. Could the producers be afraid of this scenario ???
- April 29, 2008 at 2:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
This week is pretty much the straw that broke the camel's back. Reducing the Nationwide and Truck series highlights/discussion to a mere afterthought was a totally boneheaded idea. I would love for someone to do a breakdown of how many minutes they spend talking versus showing video.
NASCAR Now blows TWIN out of the water. Sorry Speed, but until you make some changes, I will spend the time it would normally take to watch TWIN on something more useful.
Richmond, VA
- April 29, 2008 at 5:56 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
I did not get to see last night's show, but it seems to me to be a no-brainer that the show should definitely start with Sunday's race when it was as exciting as 'Dega was and then use its story lines to transition into the upcoming race. I like Mikey, Chad, and Steve, but I don't feel compelled to watch the show if Kenny S is not on.
- April 29, 2008 at 6:39 PM
- Gatorfan said...
I enjoyed the show this week, although it would have been better to hear more about the current race up front. The talk about working together and the draft and bump drafting, considering how important all of those proved to be Sunday would have been good to hear about up front. The fact they had Knaus and Waltrip...whose cars worked very well together to get up to the front and then got booted back as the race came to an end...screamed for a great re-cap.
Mikey was on a self depricating role last night:
"It's been five years.....I don't know about anyone else, but my clock is tickin'....."
"Look at me...I'm dressed retarded..."
Waltrip: "I just can't seem to get it all together...I'm strugglin steve...you know with one to go comin to the white yesterday, I was thinkin "Things are gonna work out for me...and now I am just the same old Mike.."
Byrnes "Michael Waltrip, you are my horse if you never win another race"
Knaus "I think the fumes...from the blown engine, got in the cockpit..."
Waltrip "I don't want to be your horse...cause I can't stand the thought of you riding me"
"Upon further review....maybe that WAS my fault.....I'd like to apologize to Sam Hornish for all the bad things I said about him...."
Yup...the banter was good....now if on;y they would get the show in the right order, we might be almost decent again!
- April 29, 2008 at 9:57 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
Thank you for the Mikeyisms!
Those were THE BEST PART OF THIS OTHERWISE video saturated show.
LMAO!!! CLASSIC Mikey!!
Thanks again...I really needed a laugh tonight.
- April 29, 2008 at 10:17 PM
- Anonymous said...
@kathy--JD's right, that's an old joke. The way I remember hearing it, is that Mikey was approached about doing the show and was able to invite a couple of buddies along to do the show with him. So he invited Schrader and Johnny B. along, I forget how Allen came into the picture. So they became the original Expert Panel But anywho, that's how it became "Mikey's show".
- April 29, 2008 at 11:45 PM
- Anonymous said...
TWIN would have been 500% better if there was no Mikey.......and replace him with Kenny Schrader!
I watched 2 minutes... seen Mikey and turned the channel... I have no interest in even listening to any thing he says...
- April 30, 2008 at 6:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
Gosh, missed it again... and don't care. Dang-it. (Do you suppose they will write me a note to let me know when they have finally got it working again?)
- May 1, 2008 at 3:09 PM


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The Butler men stayed unbeaten at home with a 74-63 non-conference victory over Neosho County on Tuesday at the Power Plant.
The Butler men stayed unbeaten at home with a 74-63 non-conference victory over Neosho County on Tuesday at the Power Plant.
The Grizzlies used a surge at the end of the first half to separate themselves from the Panthers. Butler had taken an 11-5 lead at the 15:30 mark on a thunderous dunk by Lamont Pruitt, but Neosho was still hanging around later in the period, trailing 23-19 with 8:47 to go in the half.
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The Butler women continued to steamroll opponents on their home floor, beating Neosho County by a 69-35 score on Tuesday.
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As a team, Butler shot 40.6 percent from the floor (26-64) and was 14-18 at the free throw line for 77.8 percent. The Grizzlies held Neosho to just 23.5 percent shooting from the field (12-51). No Neosho player was in double figures as Danielle Randle led the Panthers with six points.
Butler is now 8-2 on the season. The Grizzlies get a week off with their next game coming on the road against the same Neosho team next Monday.


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Continuing the theme of friendship in war, here is a Christmas memento from William's son Harry (my uncle) in World War Two - a menu from his Christmas meal in France in 1939.
This signed menu of December 25th 1939, written in French and typed on flimsy paper, was found amongst the papers of my Uncle Harry. He was in France with the British Expeditionary Force, 9/17th Field Battery. In the Sergeant's Mess, breakfast was cold ham with piccalilli, eggs, coffee and roll and butter; for dinner - turkey with chestnuts, pork with apple sauce, potatoes, and cauliflower followed by Christmas pudding, apples, oranges, and nuts, with cognac, rum and beer.
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
ESPN's Got Some "Splainin" To Do
Friday night at 7:30PM it will fall to Allen Bestwick to host the NASCAR Countdown pre-race show on ESPN. This week's Nationwide Series race is from Bristol, TN. That, however, may not be what is foremost on the minds of many fans.
There are a lot of opinions about what happened last week after the race that resulted in some of the harshest penalties ever levied in the Nationwide Series. Bestwick's task will be to add some facts to the story that ESPN had a very big hand in creating.
ESPN's Tim Brewer was called-out on Tony Stewart's weekly Sirius radio show for Brewer's suggestion that the two JGR drivers may have played a role in the insertion of magnetic spacers that affected the travel of the throttle cable on the dyno test after the MIS event.
Joe Gibbs assured fans that the drivers had no role in this incident and stated that JGR is going to appeal the points penalty and season-long probation that Stewart and Joey Logano received to the NASCAR commission. He made these statements Wednesday on ESPN2's NASCAR Now to reporter Marty Smith.
In the same show, ESPN Lead Analyst Dale Jarrett stated that in his opinion the drivers were not involved. That same Mr. Jarrett will be working the Nationwide Series race from Bristol and appearing on the NASCAR Countdown pre-race show.
Bestwick will be joined in the ESPN Infield Pit Studio by Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty. Also on-hand will be Andy Petree upstairs in the announce booth alongside Jarrett. Finally, live in Bristol from the Tech Center will be Mr. Brewer.
All of these ESPN on-air personalities are going to have a role in the discussion of deciding if one of the biggest names in NASCAR was directly involved in cheating on a Toyota dyno test at MIS. That name is not Joey Logano.
It was Nationwide Series Director Joe Balash who told Stewart that ESPN had used his name when discussing the incident and how it might have occurred. That did not go over well with a current Toyota driver who is about to become a Chevy owner.
Stewart was hot and it would quite possibly be in the best interest of ESPN to address the issue before putting a live microphone in-front of Mr. Stewart on Friday night. If ESPN needs help with that decision, perhaps a single phone call to Goodyear would suffice.
Handling the reporting duties from the garage and pit road for the evening will be Jamie Little, Shannon Spake, Dave Burns and Mike Massaro. What they will add during the pre-race show on this Nationwide Series key story should be interesting. Once the race is underway, pit reporting at Bristol is a nightmare. The noise level in the infield can only be described as deafening.
Race coverage is scheduled to begin at 8PM and with a lot on-the-line at this time of the year, tempers are going to be tight. Fans saw good two-wide racing in the NCTS event on Wednesday, so perhaps the Nationwide Series will find room to race as well.
Last week, ESPN shocked many fans by leaving a live NASCAR post-race show seven minutes early to get to the stick-and-ball world of SportsCenter. Friday night the live Nationwide Series race coverage is scheduled to run until 10:30PM. Waiting to go on-the-air at that time will be yet another edition of SportsCenter.
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34 comments:
- majors house said...
I think it would be really interesting to see what Tony really has to say. He really has nothing to lose and frankly he needs to tell ESPN what he thinks about being accused of cheating. I do not think that he or Lagono had anything to do with it, but cannot believe that they did not have knowledge that something was not right when they pushed on the accelerator. I have a feeling that this was done before the race somehow and that the crew chiefs and the other crew members were involved and frankly I hope that Joe Gibbs fires the ones that were involved. I really feel for him because he has run a first class operation and deserves all of the credit that he has received and now this will definitely cloud his reputation in the garage area and that is just wrong unlike what happened to Michael Waltrip last year at Daytona.
- August 21, 2008 at 9:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
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- August 21, 2008 at 10:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
Frankly, ESPN wont make mention of it. It was one of the Analysts opinion. Thats what they are hired to do is give their opinion. I never heard anyone on ESPN say "The drivers ARE the ones who put the magnets under the gas pedal." It was all speculation by Mr. Brewer. Once again I believe this whole thing is being blown out of proportion and words are being taken out of context. Its funny how the last few weeks when a major NASCAR story breaks it always seems to tie into NASCAR TV. I wish this blog would go back to is roots and stay on the topic of NASCAR television and not NASCAR news.
- August 21, 2008 at 10:08 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 10:08PM,
I have a couple hundred emailers and a ton of comments that suggest you might be a bit off-base.
The reason this issue is up is simply because of the on-going fuss.
We are the location to talk about what is going-on in the media, we not make stories that get distributed.
What we want is exactly what you started out to say. How you feel about this issue. If it is a big deal over nothing, just tell us.
We are going to focus on race coverage Friday and Saturday night just like we did for the Trucks on Wednesday.
I think ESPN has the ability to get all the parties together and clear the air, but I could start a new blog with the Tony Stewart email in the past couple of days.
Anyway, it should be interesting.
- August 21, 2008 at 10:13 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
It seems to me that Tony is now in a new world and now cannot think of just himself. It now should benefit him to try to get along with (and on) ESPN since he is still in the process of signing 1 or more sponsors for the 2nd Stewart-Haas car for 2009. I big part of the sponsor game is getting TV exposure that at least is not unflattering for the sponsor. Now he needs to "kill" them with kindness.
- August 21, 2008 at 10:29 PM
- Sophia said...
"Splainin"...one of my favorite words I quote....and love the 'two-toned Ricky Ricardo jacket'.
the latter a line from 35 yr old Jimmy Buffett song :)
Still don't know what to make of all this but yes, Tony needs to think of more than himself but needs to clear the air...and maybe somehow take the higher ground.
After all, ESPN seems to make one blunder after another these days and then pretend it never happened.
- August 21, 2008 at 10:35 PM
- darbar said...
An analyst's opinion is one thing. But to denigrate the reputation of a driver, with absolutely no concrete evidence, goes way beyond opinion. No matter how you feel about it, most casual observers of ESPN will take what's said by any of those analysts as truth. Most don't look at comments such as those given by the likes of Brewer or David Newton as "personal commentary". Most look at those comments as fact, pure and simple.
Will ESPN make mention of this issue? I highly doubt it. When have you heard of ESPN's Nascar analysts saying they're sorry for what they incorrectly reported? I can't remember anything. David Newton is the poster child for bad reporting, using unsubstantiated opinions to provide "breaking news". ESPN's apology will consist of what we've already seen on Nascar Now, but I highly doubt that we'll hear a full-on apology. That's just not ESPN's MO.
- August 21, 2008 at 10:47 PM
- Barry in Tennessee said...
JD - "Stewart was hot and it would quite possibly be in the best interest of ESPN to address the issue before putting a live microphone in-front of Mr. Stewart on Friday night.
ESPN may get a temporary reprieve: I don't believe Tony will be there Friday night.
He was scheduled to run his dirt modified at PIR Thursday night (the dirt track he co-owns in Paducah, KY with Dale Jr and Ken Schrader). However due to rain the race was rescheduled to Friday night.
There is definitely no love lost between Tony and ESPN. It'll be fun to watch what kind of jabs he gets in Saturday night.
- August 22, 2008 at 5:11 AM
- Anonymous said...
What would make anyone here think that ESPN will go out of it's way to get any story correct? If they cannot even see that there are 43 cars on any given track at the start of a race and perhaps a few less at the end of the race then how are they going to get a complex story line correct?
I would hope that ESPN will setup up just four cameras for the Bristol race. Set them up high on the top of the grandstands and switch between them. This way we will see all of 43 cars not just the 10 or so cars they can only see.
- August 22, 2008 at 6:46 AM
- Anonymous said...
You can go back to the very early days of ESPN and see that they still have their strange fetish for dropping everything to run Sportscenter . There were constant complaints in the 1980s about that .Yet here we are , decades later , and we are still forced to have to complain about something that should be obvious to ESPN .
I find it interesting that all knowing , all seeing NASCAR has decided to punish two drivers for an infraction that probably had nothing to do with them . Take away points from the drivers . Sure . The cars were in violation of the rules . But how do we justify probations for the drivers when the they havn't been proven to have any knowledge of what went on . In fact the Gibbs organization has said the drivers were not involved .
- August 22, 2008 at 7:08 AM
- Bill B said...
I don't think either driver was involved and I think the magnet was put in place after the race when the crew member goes in to retrieve helmet, booties, water bottles, etc.. The magnet may have been in the car during the race but it wasn't in place until afterward. These guys are pretty ingenious and innovative, finding a way to put a magnet in place shouldn't be that difficult.
With that said, since when does the driver not get penalized with the rest of the team?
What ESPN did was wrong because they specifically called the drivers out without proof. The drivers are part of the team and that's why they get penalized but this case shouldn't be tried by the media. All we know is that someone at JGR cheated - until there are real facts it is wrong to point the finger at any one team member.
- August 22, 2008 at 7:59 AM
- Anonymous said...
The magnet may have been in the car during the race but it wasn't in place until afterward.
I find it amusing how many people with absolutely NO WAY to know things like this for certain are happy to make statements like this.
- August 22, 2008 at 8:25 AM
- majors house said...
I am really happy to hear that Joe Gibbs is making the parties involved pay their fines and not the organization. I hope that teaches them a very valuable lesson and as far as the race is concerned, I may listen to it on MRN instead of the crap pouring out of Jerry Punch's mouth. It will definitely be more fun listening to it that way instead.
- August 22, 2008 at 8:25 AM
- Vicky D said...
I read the apologies by the two crew chiefs and from what I understood from each of them that they knew about the a magnets but who put them there no one is saying just yet. Maybe we'll find out this weekend it's a very strange story to me. Of course when things disappear in my house, it's always the invisible gremlin that does it.
- August 22, 2008 at 8:51 AM
- red said...
from over on the earlier column about jgr:
anonymous said...
"It's relevant because the guys on TV are supposed to be asking the right questions (see the title of JD's piece) and that is apparently not happening. They're also not suppose to accuse people of guilt without having some kind of evidence, which is what some are upset about."
thank you, anon! that is my entire complaint in a nutshell.
as for tony needing to "play nice" w/espn this weekend b/c tony is now an owner and will need them for his team and sponsors: i don't think tony stewart will have any problem getting media coverage for steawart-haas racing next year. it's not as if he's a third tier driver at the end of his career with no championships in his pocket. he's beginning the transition from driver into driver/owner and will then move from driver/owner into owner. each step will be watched, analyzed, discussed. i stated this earlier and i stand by it: espn needs tony stewart more than tony stewart needs espn. tony will have the rest of nascar media at his beck and call and, given his history w/the network, freezing out espn, even if only for a while, would be understandable.
(and i don't think young mr logano's dad is all that happy with espn either.)
- August 22, 2008 at 8:54 AM
- glenc1 said...
red, glad you brought up Joey. I just find it hard to believe that anyone at JGR would even *ask* an 18 year old kid to do this. Not saying he's never seen cheating in his young career, but this is a bit over the top, asking him to do something to 'fool' NASCAR inspectors at the start of his career. I'm assuming both drivers would understand what it does...but are we sure they'd have felt it if it had done beforehand (or could someone have given them a different explanation for why if felt strange?) I'm technically challenged here, just asking. As for Tony...there are reasons pro and con why he would or wouldn't, but again, the minute you even *ask* a driver to do this you're putting them in a tenuous position (and what if they said no, and you risk them leaking the info?). I just can't see someone asking him to put his new team at risk of its reputation. Not trying to be naive, just doesn't seem likely. I *like* Tim Brewer in general, but if he was off base here, someone needs to call him on it--he took the potential heat by saying it aloud. Yes, the driver does get a penalty whether he knew or not, but it does go to reputation, which for both of them, is important at this time in their careers.
I'm thinking the 'crew memeber retrieving stuff' sounds unlikely UNLESS there really was no official watching (I have no idea how careful they are.) Cause I have to believe that it would take a bit of time, a guy upside down with his legs sticking out or a guy with 'Stretch Armstrong' arms, lol.
- August 22, 2008 at 9:47 AM
- Anonymous said...
The magnets under the pedals during the race comment was just plain silly. That would tell me that the JGR Toyotas were running about what 150 more horsepower than the competition and the two drivers were sandbagging? At a superspeedway? That would be amazing, almost like when Jimmy Spencer alluded to Dale Jr. having extra power in the 2001 Pepsi 400 at Daytona. I think many posters allow their xenophobia cloud their judgment. One question on Brewer spouting off. Did Rusty issue an apology for his comments about the Newman/Penske split? I don't recall that he did. You have to wonder if ESPN is looking more into the Entertainment aspect of their name than the Sports aspect and trying to "make" stories and personalities. Wouldn't be the first time they did it and won't be the last. Also, I think we give the term "reporters" a little too much legitimacy. Face it, everyone is bucking for the next highest bidder. If some guy like Brewer or Rusty makes a half-baked assumption, he may grow stale on ESPN, but Fox, TNT, NBC, whoever will come calling in the future. Would Brewer or Rusty appreciate someone going into the way back machine and digging up their cheating from their days in the sport? Shoot, most "insiders" miss on 85% or more of their information, they simply achieve credibility on the 2 or 3 things they get right.
- August 22, 2008 at 10:41 AM
- Anonymous said...
WOW... first of all lest anyone forget BOTH cars PASSED post race inspection. SO NO the drivers could NOT possibly have placed the magnets! The only people even remotely able was anyone handling the cars post POST RACE inspection. The only reason this is even an issue at all is because this move as stupid as it was was intended to slap NASCAR in the face for the idiotic and poorly veiled attempt by NASCAR to manipulate race results and appease whiners like Jack Roush. The magnet trick was designed to make NASCAR look bad for pulling horsepower from the cars when it didn't need to. It was cheating people cheating is an attempt to gain an unfair advantage in a competition. They were attempting to make NASCAR look bad. Great thought poor execution. The better move would have been to have the engines dyno'd by a totally independent organization. ESPN is nothing more than the TMZ of sports. Gossip rumor and innuendo is its forte now. Reliable intelligent and factual reporting is gone. Tony owes ESPN nothing and if I were him and Joey Id refuse to speak to anyone from ESPN. As far as Stewart Haas NEEDING ESPN its laughable. ESPN barely covers the sport while the races are going on. I get more info from my local non race fans than I do from ESPN. ESPN signed on to cover NASCAR purely for bragging rights not because of a love of the sport or any desire to bring outstanding coverage to it. So in perspective NASCAR mainly KING BRAINLESS ( oops I mean King Brian) and his jesters Mike Helton and John Darby have their panties in a wad because someone from JGR attempted to make NASCAR look bad. Its not a cheating scandal as much as it is an issue that NASCAR is trying to manipulate results and when someone fought back , and they method those people chose was WRONG, NASCAR punched back in a fit of spoiled rage. Those at JGR who did do this should and will be punished by the team.
- August 22, 2008 at 10:44 AM
- Lisa Hogan said...
JD-Thanks for the laughs this morning. Starting with the title, then the picture, and then the column. Very enjoyable!
- August 22, 2008 at 10:58 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
I wonder if they were looking at the firewall as a part of the post-race inspection.
My email said the spacer was inserted into a pre-made slot on the firewall and not on the underside of the pedal.
Lee Spencer over at Fox Sports has a good little article about the amount of work it took to set all this up.
- August 22, 2008 at 11:00 AM
- red said...
jd said:
"My email said the spacer was inserted into a pre-made slot on the firewall and not on the underside of the pedal."
well, now. that's a new piece of information and, if true, could explain quite a bit. that's a SERIOUS piece of cheating going on, if true. wonder how the inspector found it, then.
another in a long line of things that make you go "hmmmm. . . ."
- August 22, 2008 at 11:19 AM
- red said...
hey jd? i'm just thinking about "looking at the firewall" comment. is that a normal part of post-race inspection? if not, why would the inspector have looked there unless . . . well, fill in your own supposition here.
or give tim brewer a call.
- August 22, 2008 at 11:21 AM
- Anonymous said...
NASCAR bans ESPN from all race track properties for several years and then brings them back to report on NASCAR races . Think there might be a bit of residual hatred by ESPN for the way they were treated ? Why should we expect any better coverage than what we're getting ?
The Gibbs drivers should have the points taken away for the race , but i don't get the drivers probation . The crew , and specifically the crew chiefs , were responsible for any illegal parts on the car . They should get probation . But i don't agree that the drivers should .
If Tony , or any other driver should refuse to give any interviews to any media , it wouldn't bother me one bit . Stop the soap operas , just race .
- August 22, 2008 at 11:34 AM
- Anonymous said...
I saw this posted on another website and thought that it was interesting:
Listening to Moody this afternoon and the sports guy from yahoo said something about theres only 2 guys that could have done this. The crew guy or the driver. And it would have been too obvious for the crew guy to reach in there. Moody replies that the crew guy is responsible for grabbing the helmet, the gloves and anything else left behind like water bottles etc. He was told that it took the crew guy a little too long to do that, and THAT is what tipped off the officials suspicion.
Then he went on to say "Are you telling me that Tony Stewart was driving down pit road, removing his helmet, his gloves, his hans device, undoing his seatbelts, taking off his steering wheel and reaching down to slide that thing in? Have you seen him? My apologies to Tony Stewart but it would be dificult or near impossible. God bless Tony and all rotund guys everywhere but a lot of people would pay good money to see that attempt, it would be a Humpy Wheeler side show."
- August 22, 2008 at 11:38 AM
- Anonymous said...
I just hope that someone reminds Tony that espn is not worth a $25,000 penalty when responding on tv to these inflammatory remarks.
- August 22, 2008 at 12:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
anon 10:44, to use a Law & Order phrase, Jack Roush is not on trial here. If you read Lee Spencer's piece, as well as others, Jack's complaints are detailed and make a lot of sense--NASCAR created a problem by not allowing the other teams to make changes for that 'level playing field' (and personally, I don't care that much about particular manufacturers).
In any case, I think I'm with JD in thinking this would not be an inspection item of the normal type...so it would make sense that the car could pass inspection with it in there. That wouldn't be a complete tear down. BTW, I don't think it's crazy to suggest they'd sandbag for one race to get an advantage for many races. I don't think that's what happened, but I don't think it's that far out there either.
I think part of the 'tough questions' not being asked by ESPN (yet) is of Robin Pemberton. Why not just say they were suspicious of a crew person's behavior (if that bit from Moody's show is true--and what an image, lol...) and that was how they found it. I'm just getting the feeling they don't want to admit someone got something past them, or almost did (and in that case, why not say, our officials caught them; it ought to be a compliment). If that isn't the case, he's basically throwing the accusation on the drivers.
- August 22, 2008 at 12:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
NASCAR indefinately suspended seven JGR crew members. If NASCAR felt that the drivers had anything to do with this, they would have been indefinitely suspended too.
- August 22, 2008 at 1:09 PM
- Anonymous said...
I have been very disappointed in the coverage of this story from the beginning. At its fundamentals, it is an engineering story based on NASCAR's approval of ALL manufacturers' parts and pieces and fundamental engine design. When Toyota wanted to enter the sport, NASCAR had to approve their engine design. TOYOTA had the benefit of starting with a clean sheet of paper and learning lessons that other manufacturers had learned as well from years of experience with existing engines. NASCAR's big mistake was in approving a Toyota design that made other existing engines obsolete.
Unfortunately, most fans aren't interested in engine design features and the NASCAR approval process. I have not seen any ESPN person offer a credible explanation of the underlying issues. And without an understanding of the underlying issues, discussions inevitably descend into subjective issues such as brand loyalty, driver reputations, the concept of fairness, etc.
Some commenters say Toyota earned their advantage through hard work and shouldn't be penalized, and the other manufacturers should respond. Chevrolet already has. They developed the RO7 engine which is now used in the Cup series. NASCAR refuses to allow the use of the RO7 engine in the Nationwide Series, supposedly for economic reasons. For those who say Toyota was penalized unfairly, why aren't you criticizing NASCAR for refusing to allow Chevy's best engine in the Nationwide series? The "penalty" assigned to Toyota in the Nationwide series never names Toyota but is framed in the reference of engine design. If Chevy's RO7 engine was approved for the series, Chevy would have the same plate restriction as Toyota.
For the technically challenged, I will offer this comparison. Suppose NASCAR approved a Toyota proposal to run a fuel-injected engine while other manufacturers are using carburetors. After a little development work, the fuel injected engines clearly have an advantage. When Chevy offers a fuel injected engine for competition, NASCAR says "No." Where's the fairness there?
The media in general (general reporting outside NASCAR or sports)does a terrible job on technical issues. Few writers have the technical education necessary to grasp technical issues and explain them to the general public. One might hope a media devoted to NASCAR could explain NASCAR issues, but that is obviously not the case. The best statement on the subject I have heard was made by Jack Roush, who is an engineer. Unfortunately, many people perceive Roush as a whining partisan and immediately disregard anything he says.
I saw Ray Evernham on Monday's NASCAR NOW and was extremely disappointed. He avoided the underlying technical issues and took a "boys will be boys" attitude. I have been one of the people who said I respected Evernham's racing credentials and would not tune him out because of personal life issues. As JD said earlier, Evernham is entitled to his opinions. Yes, he is. But if he continues to offer such ill-founded views, he will lose my professional respect as well as personal respect.
I did not see or hear Tim Brewer's remarks about the JGR drivers, so I only have people's comments to judge them on. If Brewer did not accuse them of a crime or moral turpitude, I don't think he owes anybody an apology. It sounds like he was saying that it was possible that they were involved. For those who say it was physically impossible, I think you lack imagination. For those who think Stewart or Lagono were above such things, you are kidding yourself. Before this happened, would you have thought this many people at JGR would conspire to subvert NASCAR's inspection process?
Tim Brewer had a long and successful career as a crew chief including two championship seasons. He has seen a lot, done a lot, and heard a lot of stories. He knows about driver involvement in cheating. Let's have a show of hands here: How many of us have championship crew chief as part of our resume?
I am tired of drivers trying to maintain an illusion that they are somehow separate and distinct from their crews when cheating is discovered. When they are winning, it's a team sport and the crew chief gave them a great car. When cheating is discovered, the drivers are naive little boys. Jimmie Johnson has a generally good reputation as a driver, but I have never heard him offer a word of criticism for his crew chief who happens to be one of the most penalized crew chiefs in NASCAR. If Johnson disapproved of such behavior, he could have asked for another. Instead, he accepts the wins, prize money, and championships that come from his association with Knauss. If Johnson, Stewart, Lagono, etc. accept the glory and rewards from being associated with a team that cheats, they have to accept the criticism as well when they are caught cheating. Besides, Tony Stewart is a big boy. Suck it up and move on.
Long-time observers believe NASCAR's first major commitment to reduce cheating came about 1992 when it hired Gary Nelson as director of competition and series director. At the time, Nelson was a leading crew chief who had won a series championship with Bobby Allison. He had won on every track where NASCAR raced and won with numerous other drivers besides Allison. Nelson was widely regarded as a most inventive crew chief and the most successful cheater. The general belief was that NASCAR had hired Nelson in accordance with the old adage: "Set a thief to catch a thief."
One of Nelson's most famous cheating schemes involved another NASCAR commentator-Darrell Waltrip. Nelson installed lead ballast in the form of very fine lead shot. The car made weight before the race; but on the warmup laps, Waltrip would slowly dump the shot so that it was not noticeable to observers. Waltrip would report over the radio in code when the dumping was complete. (Cars were not weighed after the race back them.) Drivers have a long history of participating in cheating, and I have no reason to believe that today's drivers are any different.
For readers looking for a reason to dislike Gary Nelson, he was one of the driving forces behind the car of tomorrow. Nelson left NASCAR a few years ago to start his own company.
I usually find myself offering a minority view when I post on JD's site. I suppose it is because I think that there is another view that needs to be considered. I am almost always critical of NASCAR, but I think they got it right this time. I have no personal feelings about Tim Brewer one way or another. In this case, I think he is the voice of great experience who has the advantage of understanding the culture of NASCAR competitors. I haven't seen anything that indicates he owes anybody an apology.
Michigan fan
- August 22, 2008 at 2:13 PM
- Anonymous said...
JD thanks for the column & the Ricky photo - priceless.
espn has never done the right thing - so I've pretty much given up on them & realized they will smear peoples reputations at will & not give a rats a** about it.
I agree with several of the Anons who stated the obvious, the car -passed- post race inspections. That and the image in my brain of Tony doing the gymnastics described to put the whatever in place is well, even tho' he is "my" driver, too funny for words.
Now JD adds it was in/by the firewall thats even more interesting.
In a separate update Jason Radcliffe says he thought it up & is responsible, and altho' many were suspended indefinitely, 1 was just ID'd as " crew member" not a chief or tuner.odd. That was a graphic on Speed, not espn.
Also the Coach said the 2 drivers were not involved. He has my confidence,I believe him not timmy brewer.
And Tony owes espn zilch, zero, nada.
Last year & now this Tony has been 1 of the targets for espn, many times. If espn has a gripe with NA$CAR take it to NA$CAR, don't take it out on the drivers. They work for a different company, their owners. espn thinks in stick & ball framework of everyone is employed by the league. Ummm its not that way.Before anyone says its not true - re listen to the OTL, and any espn reports. Its in there. espn is clueless & useless.
- August 22, 2008 at 2:32 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
Since ESPN apparently has no written journalistic standards, I would assume that ESPN's position would be that there is no need for any apology since no standard has been breached. I do not recall any apology by ESPN - or anyone else in the media - for the reporting in the Duke Lacrosse case indicating the players were guilty. Also, it would be nice if Lee Spencer would correct and apologize for the article she posted right before the Cup race in Chicago started reporting that HOF had been caught with 15 pounds of lead in a water container in the car.
- August 22, 2008 at 2:51 PM
- Anonymous said...
If ESPN wants to ramp up their reputation of being a hard hitting news entity, I would give my eye teeth to see someone, anyone on ESPN, confront Tony Stewart on his interview published in Rolling Stone Magazine. This has got to be one of the most terrible, and ill-advised interviews I've ever read. If the CEO of a major corporation who is considering giving millions of dollars to Stewart for his new race team, he would probably think more than twice after reading the things Stewart has to say. I think anyone, even Jamie Little, would do a bang up job asking Tony why he would do such an interview considering he's going around, hat in hand, asking for money for his race team. Come on ESPN. We know you love this kind of thing, so let's have at it.
- August 23, 2008 at 1:42 AM
- Barry in Tennessee said...
Are you kidding me?? The Rolling Stone interview is a perfect example of why fans LOVE Tony Stewart.
Much like Dale Sr. and AJ Foyt, he is a hillbilly millionaire that hasn't forgotten his roots. I'll take that any day over the corporate glad hands that call themselves racers.
- August 23, 2008 at 12:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
Sorry, but you cannot insult 49% of Nascar's fans (women) by calling them the things that Stewart does. And I don't think you would have heard AJ Foyt using the language towards women that Tony did. Complete and utter disrespect.
- August 23, 2008 at 11:32 PM
- Anonymous said...
My wife is a NASCAR fan and she is insulted by your arrogance in thinking you speak for her. I'm insulted that you think that too.
So let's see, 49% + 51% means you just insulted 100% of NASCAR fans.
See how silly that is??
Tell you what, walk through the infield of Talladega the 1st week of October and see how many people you can find that are insulted by Tony's comments.
- August 24, 2008 at 12:41 PM


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Nebraska Strong in First Intrasquad
Lincoln, Neb. - The Nebraska women's gymnastics team gained valuable preseason competition experience in its intrasquad on Friday, performing in front of nearly 300 fans at Mabel Lee Hall. The defending Big Ten champion Huskers worked on vault, bars, beam and floor en route to a team score of 195.95.
"I think today, we accomplished what we needed to accomplish," Head Coach Dan Kendig said. "For the most part, the team did a really good job. We had some midseason-type performances. We also have some things we need to work on; some polishing up and some showmanship things. I think the girls had fun doing it, and I hope that showed."
The Huskers worked six competitors in all-around competition: Jordyn Beck, DeZiel, Giblin, Lauer, Ariel Martin and Wong. Friday night also marked a return to competition for senior and All-American Kassandra Nathe, who has battled back from two seasons of injuries to position herself as one of Nebraska's top peformers on bars and beam this season.
The Huskers began the evening on vault, posting a score of 49.25 overall. The event is expected to be one of NU's deepest and strongest events this season. The Big Red saw several strong individual performances, including a big vault from second-team All-American Jessie DeZiel. First-team All-American Janelle Giblin and true freshman Hollie Blanske also put up solid performances for the Huskers.
NU moved to bars and beam next, running the events in conjunction with one another. NU tallied a score of 48.95 on bars, paced by excellent performances from second-team All-American Janelle Giblin and sophomore Jennifer Lauer on bars. On beam, NU put up a team score of 49.20. The Huskers were led by returning first-team All-American Emily Wong and Blanske.
Nebraska finished the evening on floor exercise, picking up a score of 48.55. Several Huskers will be in contention for spots in the floor lineup this season, and Friday night gave those team members some solid looks. Returning first-team All-American DeZiel turned in a midseason-level performance, while Wong also had an excellent showing on the night.
The Huskers will open their regular season on Saturday, Jan. 12 at 3 p.m. CST on the road against the Michigan Wolverines. NU's first home meet of the season is set for Saturday, Jan. 19, when the Big Red will host Michigan State at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. That meet is slated for a 6 p.m. CST start.