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Old 11-25-2009, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by krystar
one show sorta worth watching on speed is two guys garage
?? One 30minute paid infomercial! All those 2 guys do is pimp products!
Old 11-25-2009, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by APKhaos
This coverage of the current WRC on Discovery HD Theater channel has been terrific!
^ + 1
Old 11-25-2009, 01:58 PM
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We are ready for a new car channel. Remember when MTV played music videos ! Martha Quinn was tasty !
Old 11-25-2009, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by M758
Yep speed = sucks these days.

Last night it was a mix of Pinks, jacked, wrecked and junk.

Where is the Isle of Mann TT? ... Ahh I could go on.
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Old 11-25-2009, 02:18 PM
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Monterey Historics was a good show.
Wonder if we'll see the SCCA Runoffs this year?
Old 11-25-2009, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by APKhaos
?? One 30minute paid infomercial! All those 2 guys do is pimp products!
Yep useles POS programming.
Old 11-25-2009, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by gums
Wonder if we'll see the SCCA Runoffs this year?

Nope, they didn't want to pay the bill for the cameras so someone else covered it and they played them live online and then a nicer edited version is now available.

http://www.speedcasttv.com/
Old 11-25-2009, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by APKhaos
?? One 30minute paid infomercial! All those 2 guys do is pimp products!
yea....but at least they do something with it.

same with horsepower and trucks and extreme 4x4 on Spike...i doubt u'll find a tv show that doesn't build content around their sponsor's products.
Old 11-25-2009, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by APKhaos
?? One 30minute paid infomercial! All those 2 guys do is pimp products!
I watched a few thinking I was going to pick things up. Nothing a Summit catalog does not already have. TK, I need to pick your brain on a laptop when you have a second. At least the Car Guys on NPR make me laugh.

Speed has gone the way of many others and programs from the costs side. Wrecked and Pinks costs almost nothing to produce and can be run over and over. Some one let me know if/when the pinks tool gets hit by a car or a blown trans gear. I would Tevo that one.
Old 11-25-2009, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by kurt M
. Wrecked and Pinks costs almost nothing to produce and can be run over and over.
You're exactly right, yup.....

They still have kind of the "two-wheel Tuesday" format.

Wish they would have "sports car Thursday" or something....
Old 11-26-2009, 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by krystar
one show sorta worth watching on speed is two guys garage
The day I saw that older guy Sam pitching "The Tornado" for power and mileage improvement, is when I decided they're shills.


Another vote for HDT! The GT Racer series is well produced and has some gorgeous vintage cars on some great tracks. Goodwood specials, WRC, Isle of Man TT, some of the auction stuff, on and on.
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+1 on HDT, they have great shows. Agree with the above. I also like "chasing cars", that guy has a dream job, traveling to nice places to look at even nicer cars, drive them and sell them to look for the next one...nice!

Speed channel, well pathetic... I would say anything BUT speed in their programming..
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HDT is the new Speedvision!
Old 11-26-2009, 02:19 AM
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Cmon .... not one single mention of "Livin' the low life"?!??!?!?!

The show blows, but my god VIDA GUERRA!!! F1, NASCAR, and Vida are the only 3 things I watch on speed.

Another + to HDT.... very good shows.
Old 11-26-2009, 10:26 AM
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Jim Libratore, former President of Speedvision (when they were a racing channel) was heading up the effort to try to start The Racing Network (TRN). Unfortunately, I think the whole project died due to lack of funding. www.theracingnetwork.com
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