The way qualifying is going here in the summer, we wouldn't miss much by missing Saturday. I'd rather see Friday night's on TV. Anybody else catch the lack of movement during qualifying today? What's the point of televising it?

Guess they needed some filler for poker.....

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Patiently awaiting the return of firing squads....

Last weekend, The first half of the IRL race was preempted by the hour plus sudden death golf coverage. They did recap of about 3-4 minutes of the first forth laps and that was it!

Today's mid-day coverage shows why live drag racing coverage will always be a big gamble, but 2:00 am EDT is just bull....!!!

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David Gerard

I'll take a contrary position (as usual). I liked the mid-day qualifying show. I TIVO the Saturday night/Sunday morning stuff but seldom watch it 'cause it's usually Sunday evening by the time I'm able to see it, then, the actual SHOW is on. 2am qualifying show is probably only seen by the hardest of the hardcore at 2am.
Yesterday, of course, was a smoker's delight - I'd rather have seen Friday night stuff but, I guess, that was abbreviated.
Let's face it, ESPN has to make schedule choices - and live-NASCAR attracts more eyeballs.
PS: I'm not in favor of a live Sunday either. Too many delays will chase away casual fans.

Seeing how the NHRA bends over and takes it from ESPN every time this happens and just rolls over and lets ESPN bump their shows, I made a suggestion. Why not create an alert system where you can sign up to receive an email or a text message via your mobile phone as to when the shows will run? That way you don't record Nascar in the NHRA time slot or you can mow the lawn at a different time and still watch the show.

I published this Suggestion on my website and you can read it HERE.

I wonder if the NHRA folks will take the hint or just continue to take getting bumped in favor of Nascar and getting its fans more and more frustrated.

[quote=David Gerard;82000]Last weekend, The first half of the IRL race was preempted by the hour plus sudden death golf coverage. They did recap of about 3-4 minutes of the first forth laps and that was it!

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Did you know that they moved the race to another channel for the start? When golf was over it was switched back to originally scheduled channel.