I'm sorry to say that, but I agree with the posts on speed chanel board. SCCA PRO is boring to watch. The cars look slow, the road are slow and the driver look pretty bad, execpte 3 or 4, and most of all the comentator is horrible.
I think the problem is you cannot compare WRC with PRO Rally.
WRC is the most expensifve the best Rally series with the best driver in the world, when Pro Rally is still a Amateur series with the exeption of 4 or 5 drivers. It is getting better and it is going to take some years to have the same level of driver then an Europeen championship.
Right now we are like the japanes baseball was few years ago. They have Americain player like we have Europeen driver and the reason for that is this player are not good enought for here, so they go being really good in Japan. They play the same sport but a level or two down.
I think Speed is really good for us, even if the show stink now, we have exposure. It is better than noting. If people can watch bowling or pool on tv, they can watch US Rally, we just need to educated them, and us, driver or organizer, make it more excating.
The bottom line is we still Sunday rally drivers who think they could be professional. But 98% of the driver in the US rally are not even close to be PRO and will never be. So wait a few years and you'll see some new guys with the potential of beeing Pro. REAL PRO.
It's a new sport, be patient and it'll get there.
Also,I'm tired of people making fun of NASCAR. NASCAR is the fastest growing motorsport in th US, maybe we should look at them and try to see how they made cars doing circle for hours excating and be able to be on national tv every week end.
I know I'm going to hurt a lot of people ego and I'm sorry, but I want this sport to be as good as in Europe.
Stephan Verdier