May 3, 2005
- What Red Flag? Fans using scanners have access to transmissions between producers and TV/radio announcers, which means that many of them heard Fox’s announcers instructed not to make any on-air reference to the fact that a red flag immediately came out after the 25-car crash. The information eventually came out — the race was halted for 43 minutes, 21 seconds — but why deprive television viewers of valuable information? Was it some cheap ploy to keep viewers from changing channels?(Gaston Gazette), wondered that myself, the same thing happened at Phoenix when the red flag was out for over 6 minutes when power was out, I heard about it on the radio coverage, it was mentioned in passing on TV.(5-3-2005)
- Doug Rice Named President of PRN: Veteran broadcasting executive Doug Rice has been promoted to president and general manager of Performance Racing Network and Gerry Horn, a 20-year veteran of corporate sales, was elevated to vice president of PRN sales. The announcement was made by H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler, president of Speedway Motorsports, Inc., Performance Racing Network’s parent company. Rice joined PRN in 1988 as director of affiliates and, after serving in other managerial positions, was named vice president and general manager in 1999. In addition to overseeing the network’s operations, Rice has also served as co-anchor alongside Mark Garrow on all PRN race broadcasts since 1994. The network broadcasts 10 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup races and eight NASCAR Busch series events at Speedway Motorsports, Inc. facilities. It also produces numerous other motorsports-related programs including “Fast Talk with Benny Parsons,” “PRN’s Garage Pass” and “The ALLTEL Pit Reporters.”(LMS PR)(5-3-2005)
- #92 Team Looking: Transporter driver wanted for #92 Cup team for driver Stanton Barrett. Must hold valid CDL and have a clean driving record. Full time work at shop as well as over the road. Duties include stocking, cleaning and maintaining transporter. Experience and additional mechanical knowledge is a plus. More info and phone on my #92 Team News and Links page.(5-3-2005)
- #24 Crew Wins at Talladega: Hendrick Motorsports’ crew for the #24 Chevrolet has won $10,000 for the fastest pit work in Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway among teams participating in the Checkers/Rally’s Double Drive-Thru Challenge. No details were announced. The crew with the most weekly wins will collect a $100,000 prize at the end of the season.(NASCAR Scene Daily Newsletter)(5-3-2005)
- Changes at Speed, NASCAR Nation down to 30 minutes?: A shake-up at the top of Fox’s Speed Channel is the latest TV shock for NASCAR, and Fox’s decision to let Jim Liberatore go as head of the cable channel leaves considerable uncertainty about just what’s going on. Liberatore has been running Speed Channel, based in Charlotte, since Fox bought it four years ago. He cites “a difference in philosophies” for his departure. According to one source, Liberatore wanted to diversify Speed Channel again, to include a good mix of all racing. It has become predominantly NASCAR-oriented. There are also reports that the Speed Channel ‘s NASCAR Nation show will soon be dramatically revamped, in light of generally poor ratings. The show is likely to be cut from an hour to 30 minutes, and its focus is to change from hard racing reports to more soft entertainment features.(Winston Salem Journal)(5-3-2005)
- Kenseth changes scheme for Darlington: #17-Matt Kenseth will be running a special paint scheme this weekend in the Darlington Cup race. The #17 will be sporting the copper and black colors of Carhartt. This is the first of three races in which the #17 will be sporting the Carhartt paint scheme. The other two are Michigan in June and Lowe’s Motor Speedway in October.(Roush Racing), see an image of the scheme on my #17 Team Schemes page.(5-3-3005)
- Bogus NASCAR Stuff Seized: Law enforcement officials seized more than $160,000 worth of counterfeit merchandise during last weekend’s NASCAR race in Talladega, Ala. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesman Marc Raimondi says more than 7,000 items were confiscated.(USA Today)(5-3-2005)
- Team Caliber to ISC company? been hearing that Team Caliber [diecast – teamcaliber.com] is being bought by an ISC [International Motor Sports] company called Americrown.(5-3-2005)
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