[Timmerman_Paul]

Tired of football? Try this.

http://www.speedtv.com/programs/ind...cat=3&timezone=0&subcat=0&program=&usecal=yes

Wednesday, January 1, 2003

10:00 am
FIA WORLD RALLY
Rally X-tra Monte Carlo

11:00 am
FIA WORLD RALLY
Rally X-tra Sweden

12:00 pm
FIA WORLD RALLY
Rally X-tra France (Corsica)

1:00 pm
FIA WORLD RALLY
Rally X-tra Catalunya

2:00 pm
FIA WORLD RALLY
Rally X-tra Cyprus

3:00 pm
FIA WORLD RALLY
Rally X-tra Argentina

4:00 pm
FIA WORLD RALLY
Rally X-tra Greece

5:00 pm
FIA WORLD RALLY
Rally X-tra Kenya

6:00 pm
FIA WORLD RALLY
Rally X-tra Finland

7:00 pm
FIA WORLD RALLY
Rally X-tra Germany

8:00 pm
FIA WORLD RALLY
Rally X-tra San Remo

9:00 pm
FIA WORLD RALLY
Rally X-tra New Zealand

10:00 pm
FIA WORLD RALLY
Rally X-tra Australia

11:00 pm
FIA WORLD RALLY
Rally X-tra Britain

12:00 am
The Year in Racing
World Rally Championship

1:00 am
FIA WORLD RALLY
Rally X-tra New Zealand

2:00 am
FIA WORLD RALLY
Rally X-tra Australia

3:00 am
FIA WORLD RALLY
Rally X-tra Britain

 

[JTree]

Anyone out there willing to take a beer or two in payment for making a tape of this glorious bounty (payable at next event I see them at)? I'have moved and am cableless, and I don't think the bar down the street will give up one of there 8 t.v.s to let me watch it.
Joshua Tree Bressem

 

[Pete Kuncis]

Maybe we should get a gang of Boston area rally folks together to invade a restaurant/bar in the city and enjoy some brews and watch the rally marathon?

Pete

 

[spoier]

Hi Joshua,

If you have a fast computer and a fast Internet connection, I'll be making available DivX versions of the entire season to everyone sometime in January.. if not its back to Plan A sorry

Skye

>Anyone out there willing to take a beer or two in payment
>for making a tape of this glorious bounty (payable at next
>event I see them at)? I'have moved and am cableless, and I
>don't think the bar down the street will give up one of
>there 8 t.v.s to let me watch it.
> Joshua Tree Bressem

Skye Poier
Seattle, WA

Vive le Prole-le-Ralliat!
Team Irrational Racing
www.irrationalracing.com

 

[Morgan]

>Maybe we should get a gang of Boston area rally folks
>together to invade a restaurant/bar in the city and enjoy
>some brews and watch the rally marathon?
>
>Pete

Actually, going to F1 Boston would be a good idea, resteraunt/bar and when you get worked up you can go for a run in the Karts, but damn, I am going to be in Japan that day!

 

[A4mation]

The marathon is great, but WRC on Speed is a good news/bad news thing.

The "word" is that you can say goodbye to same day coverage of WRC for 2003. It appears that SpeedTV is going to a compilation show AFTER the event on wednesdays or thursdays. (See Brock Yates' column which states that coverage of Monte Carlo will begin Jan 29th, but the rally is the previous weekend.)

Also, on the discussion forums, "Speed1" who is some head honcho at SpeedTV, described their new and brilliant plan to bring new viewers to the sport and alienate current viewers.

Suggestion: complain like there is no tomorrow!

 

[bazmeg]

Where is that DVD recorder that was on my wish list!?
Julius

 

[Pete Kuncis]

>Actually, going to F1 Boston would be a good idea,
>resteraunt/bar and when you get worked up you can go for a
>run in the Karts, but damn, I am going to be in Japan that
>day!

Oooh! Good idea! But will they let you drive the carts after drinking all afternoon? I've only been there once.

 

[Tmachnik]

>Also, on the discussion forums, "Speed1" who is some head
>honcho at SpeedTV, described their new and brilliant plan to
>bring new viewers to the sport and alienate current viewers.

Alienate current viewers? Please explain.

 

[A4mation]

That was tongue-in-cheek.

If you are accustomed to watching same-day coverage and then have that taken away, you are likely to be unhappy with waiting a week for the compilation show. But, if you don't currently watch it, then it probably makes no difference.

 

[JTree]

my computer is about as powerfull as a terratrip 202, but i've got as friend who is quite DiVX savvy so i'll sub contract the job, thnks for putting those out Skye!

 

[Morgan]

>>Actually, going to F1 Boston would be a good idea,
>>resteraunt/bar and when you get worked up you can go for a
>>run in the Karts, but damn, I am going to be in Japan that
>>day!
>
>Oooh! Good idea! But will they let you drive the carts
>after drinking all afternoon? I've only been there once.
Pete
probably not.
Fun stuff though, I was there racing in an endurance race where they combined both tracks-big fun. I won't be able to make a New Years go at the place, but we should put together some of the local rally people for some friendly competition at F1 over the winter.

 

[Morgan]

>>Actually, going to F1 Boston would be a good idea,
>>resteraunt/bar and when you get worked up you can go for a
>>run in the Karts, but damn, I am going to be in Japan that
>>day!
>
>Oooh! Good idea! But will they let you drive the carts
>after drinking all afternoon? I've only been there once.

Pete,
Just got back from F1, and they will not let you drink at all if you plan on going out in the Karts (no surprise there), but I did get 40 minutes of seat time for a lot less than it costs to spectate a rally.

 

[DonSwier]

Here's the REAL news in this thread......


The simple fact that Speed carries WRC wall-to-wall on New Years Day should tell potential sponsors a thing or two about rally:

While fans of other forms of racing can be distracted away from SpeedChannel by endless hyped-up bowl games or a bad hangover, the US rally fan is TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS to anything else when the WRC airs.}>

The most dangerous place to be in America is on a patch of carpet between a rally fan and his television. Don't even think of stepping into that Danger Zone!!!

Our ranks may not be huge (yet), but us 'murrican rally fans are fanatical!!

}> }>

 

[A4mation]

Amen!