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Indy 500 Moving To NBC After 54 Years On ABC
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Congrats WTHR! You now take over from WRTV.
Neither NBC or WTHR mentioned the race being carried live in Indianapolis, so I would assume it will be airing at 7pm in Indianapolis, like it has for all but one year since the Truman administration.
I guess they wanted to move it to ESPN to justify subscriber fees
What was the year that an exception was made, and why?
It was 2016, and the exception was made because the track sold out.
I don't think that was the first-ever sellout, but it was the first one in decades.
I don't think that was the first-ever sellout, but it was the first one in decades.
I'm not surprised that IndyCar is not going to air Indy 500 on ABC. I can see why ABC has to deal with the NBA Western conference finals and Eastern Conference finals running on the final week of May before the NBA Finals take place. How much of a factor was this in the decision.
ESPN is taking over Formula One in the US this season with no US based commentators. (They'll air the F1 international feed from what I've read.)
As for IndyCar, ABC/ESPN hasn't cared since before the CART/IRL split. They cover it like a scripted event rather than live, caring too much about emotions of families on pit road than the racing action (somebody elsewhere referenced 82 or 83 with Rick Mears taking the lead while the cameras were focused on RICK'S WIFE. HUH??)
NBC has better booth and pit reporters, they work better with IMS Productions and the end product has been out there for the last 3-4 seasons. I wonder how IndyCar coverage bumping into NASCAR will raise the ire of the France family (who I believe think they're top dogs in American racing...personal opinion...) but the on-track action of the new Dallara aero package and the rookie drivers are showing they've got a right foot and they're not afraid to use it.
NBC wins big time.
ABC...hope the X Games pay off.
As for IndyCar, ABC/ESPN hasn't cared since before the CART/IRL split. They cover it like a scripted event rather than live, caring too much about emotions of families on pit road than the racing action (somebody elsewhere referenced 82 or 83 with Rick Mears taking the lead while the cameras were focused on RICK'S WIFE. HUH??)
NBC has better booth and pit reporters, they work better with IMS Productions and the end product has been out there for the last 3-4 seasons. I wonder how IndyCar coverage bumping into NASCAR will raise the ire of the France family (who I believe think they're top dogs in American racing...personal opinion...) but the on-track action of the new Dallara aero package and the rookie drivers are showing they've got a right foot and they're not afraid to use it.
NBC wins big time.
ABC...hope the X Games pay off.
Zero. If there were NBA games to air on the last Sunday in May, ABC could simply schedule them for 7pm or 8pm - as they normally do anyway for NBA playoff games. Indianapolis Motor Speedway does not have lights, so the race is guaranteed to conclude by dusk.
JeeperOne
Banned
Ditto with NBC & the NHL
Not only that but both the NBA & the NHL play INDORRS whereas the Indy 500 doesn't
That said, I wonder WHY the Indy 500 Motor Speedway doesn't have lights..... Even NASCAR runs races at night
Prolly the same reasoning they give for everything other thing.....tradition.
And if IMS were to buck it, it might need permission from the City of Speedway because of zoning laws and whatnot, afaik, requiring public hearings. Did Daytona have to go through that when it put up lights?
ixnay
In Charlotte NC this is good news. First Presbyterian has run 11:00 services on WSOC-TV for years. I don't know when or if the service for Memorial Day Sunday airs. I thought this would happen on the first Sunday when services had to be called off for winter weather but the last time I remember that happening, it was definitely another Sunday's service that aired.
The thing is in 2018, networks should not have to make note of anything being carried live. Not only should it be assumed, but this blackout is one of the most antiquated, senseless things in sports.
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/113770/after-54-years-abc-to-sign-off-on-indy-500
And now talks of Indy500 Memories on ABC is discussed here.
And now talks of Indy500 Memories on ABC is discussed here.
What a bunch of teary-eyed mush in that article! Indy has a tradition only because it was the first American 500 mile race and had so many driver/mechanic deaths in its first decades. Now it is just another race, the only thing making it any different is all the faux hoopla proceeding it (ala the Stupid Bowl).
you just don't get it, it's the most important race of the year for American open wheel racing, the flagship race of the IndyCar Series. and this race, like the Daytona 500 are considered the crown jewel of auto racing.
Oh I do get it all right. Each series proclaims one race that is the most important of all but that isn't what most drivers are after. The money is in the championship, however defined, and it is only passing notoriety in winning a single race - even if it is proclaimed by its sanctioning body as the "most important".
Both NASCAR and IndyCar have lost tons of support in the media as well as butts in seats. "Fans", many of whom attend only this one race, are voting with their dollars and the results are evident. Promoters and owners obviously want to attract as many people and TV sets as they can. Media talking heads, whose jobs literately depend on the success of each race, continue to pound the "importance" of featured contests. Just like the self-important Stupid Bowl which, in most years, is far far away from one of the better games.
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