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wrxkidid 2007-05-10 03:15 PM

hey anyone who has the season saved on the dvr things id pay for the dvds and buy you dinner if you burned me the season. i only have basic cable and dont get speed. :/

Dean 2007-05-10 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by wrxkidid (Post 97570)
hey anyone who has the season saved on the dvr things id pay for the dvds and buy you dinner if you burned me the season. i only have basic cable and dont get speed. :/

I'll see what I can do.

wrxkidid 2007-05-10 04:41 PM

sweet.

Dean 2007-05-20 08:11 AM

Damn, did I miss an episode this past week? My DVR didn't get anything...

MattR 2007-05-20 08:17 AM

No, I checked too, they didn't air one last week...it resumes Wed night the 23rd.

dknv 2007-05-24 08:59 AM

... down to the last race now. Still trying to figure out how the oval racing format did much except weed out one badly setup vehicle.

Dean 2007-05-24 09:10 AM

Yeah, I'm not sure how all that flat oval stuff with no-minimal time to change "SETUP" added much to the show.

And for the finale to go back to a narrow track they have already run on, I don't see how that will enhance the result. They should go to the big track which is open, wide and with oodles of passing zones.

Double Phister 2007-05-24 06:52 PM

I was in a training class all week with some of our other offices. I was talking to one of our guys from Utah and he said his son is/was in this. Matt Guiver.

MattR 2007-05-24 09:39 PM

Isn't that the guy that drove for Cobb?

tysonK 2007-05-25 06:10 AM

The show lost a lot of steam there in the last episode. And that chick Ashley(flag thrower) annoys me.

I mean how many amateur short track ovals can we watch? 1 is enough for me.

Double Phister 2007-05-25 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by MattR (Post 98559)
Isn't that the guy that drove for Cobb?

Yes. He also races bikes.

van 2008-03-13 09:54 PM

Anyone watching this season? I've been getting them on the DVR, so far so good

zpeed 2008-03-14 05:43 AM

I just watch a little this morning almost late for work. What is the regular schedule anyone know? (too lazy to search).

van 2008-03-14 06:38 AM

I think it first airs wednsdays at 5pm, then they show the same episode thru monday.

MattR 2008-03-14 10:59 AM

I'm just not into it this year.

sperry 2008-03-14 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by MattR (Post 115645)
I'm just not into it this year.

The racing last season was a little too manufactured and manipulated. This season looks to be about 200 times worse. Yellow flags to bunch people up, arbitrary penalties just to create drama, instructions from the stewards like "if he doesn't make this pass cleanly he's off the show" and "if you drop a tire off you're going to the back of the line", etc.

I'll watch it in the background if it happens to be on, but I'm not bothering to record the season.

wrxkidid 2008-03-16 12:25 PM

MattR is just mad because he didn't get picked for this season :lol:

MattR 2008-03-16 03:15 PM

That's true, they told me my fat ass wouldn't fit into a solstice! :lol:

dknv 2008-03-19 06:00 PM

I'm following it again this season, probably only because I know 2 of the competitors. Kevin Dietz was with the season 1 Bridgestone team as Ron's crew chief (some may remember he raced in our Reno divisionals). Jr. (Mike 'Jr.' Johnson), who took over the Skechers car is also a national champion autorcrosser, he's one of the co-owners of Evolution Performance Driving School, and is one of those really fun people in-person - (he won the Roger Johnson Spirit of the Sport Award, given to the Soloist who promotes a sense of fun and tomfoolery - something like that).

When I saw in the first or second episode that one of the first eliminations, 'Stina', had barely any racing experience, I was rolling my eyes. Then she got blamed for setting the parking brake after coming in from the race, which 'probably caused' her co-driver to stall on the next race's start. Brother. Then that driver (Kaitlin) spun out on the oval track, was told to come in; and they ended up eliminating another dude (who also spun out twice, but stayed in the race until the end). Broth-----er.

I just wish they would actually give air time to the setup work and its effects on their races, instead of the contrived drama, the rules-by-the-seat-of-Scott's-pants, and the desire to film a great shot. Sigh. Next episode appears to have footage of one of the cars flipping. Tomorrow (Thursday) 5pm and again at 8pm on Speed.

van 2009-01-27 08:30 PM

Bump for 09?
Bullrun is on again:roll: , any chance of speed showing any good original programming this year?

MattR 2009-01-28 06:44 AM

Not Likely


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