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[Disgrace]

Did this race always used to be on so late? Was just looking forward to settling down for the evening and watching this, only to see that according to the IndyCar website, it doesn't start for another five hours?!

Come on IndyCar, think of us UKers who have work on a Monday morning.    

Are you sure? Everything is telling me that the broadcast starts at 21:30 UK, i.e. in 45 minutes.

[red stick]

44 minutes to start of coverage.

Not sure what the metric equivalent is.

[JHSingo]

Are you sure? Everything is telling me that the broadcast starts at 21:30 UK, i.e. in 45 minutes.

 

[FLB]

Did this race always used to be on so late? Was just looking forward to settling down for the evening and watching this, only to see that according to the IndyCar website, it doesn't start for another five hours?!

Come on IndyCar, think of us UKers who have work on a Monday morning.    

I remember the CART races were at 4PM EST, so that the race would be over before ABC World News Weekend Report at 6PM (on ABC 22, Burlington, VT).

[Disgrace]

How odd. At least it still says 16:30 ET, which is five hours behind the UK. Settle back in for the evening sir, IndyCar awaits.

[Disgrace]

This just came up on my YouTube feed too...

 

[Peat]

According to the event website schedule, "Drivers start your engines" is in 5 mins and the race starting at half past. 

Is it just going to be straight in when the broadcast begins? Sky currently has VT rubbish on. 

[jonpollak]

Green at 52 mins past the hour.

Jp

[FLB]

According to the event website schedule, "Drivers start your engines" is in 5 mins and the race starting at half past. 

Is it just going to be straight in when the broadcast begins? Sky currently has VT rubbish on. 

For now, it's still Major League Soccer on FOX 44 (Burlington, VT). 85th minute.

[Anja]

 

It's showing 6h+ for me so it seems the website is messing up some time zone calculations. 

Edited by Anja, 13 April 2025 - 20:19.

[Analog]

Maybe this explains why there's no meaningful timing info on the feed - their time machine is in the future, constantly out of grasp.

[Peat]

Green at 52 mins past the hour.

Jp

 

Okie doke. 

In that case, I shall leave you folks to it and catch the highlights tomorrow. 

Enjoy. 

[red stick]

I've got Wiseguy reruns--the Mel Profitt season, on another local channel while I wait.

[FLB]

It's showing 6h+ for me so it seems the website is messing up some time zone calculations. 

I think that's a fair assessment.

[FLB]

I've got Wiseguy reruns--the Mel Profitt season, on another local channel while I wait.

Was watching NASCAR at Bristol, while I have clothes in the dryer.

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That would interfere with my NASCAR boycott.

[Analog]

Was watching NASCAR at Bristol, while I have clothes in the dryer.

Tough choice, but at least on the TV you can pull the volume down.

[FLB]

The FOX soccer game is done.

[FLB]

That would interfere with my NASCAR boycott.

[FLB]

We live from Long Beach nao on FOX 44.

[jonpollak]

Sky is live from LB

Jp

[Afterburner]

LOL is Snoop actually doing the pre-race narrative?

[FLB]

We're entering Al Unser, Jr. territory 

[billm99uk]

Yeah, I wouldn't take Danica's NASCAR career as a model to copy either...

[red stick]

Queen Mary.
Dolphins.
Long Beach bingo card filling up quickly.

[FLB]

Usually, Long Beach was the race for pre-Indy announcements (EX: The 1994 Penske Beast).

[Jellyfishcake]

Jack Harvey has settled into his pit reporter role pretty well, definitely a potential career there for him 

[FLB]

Hmmm. This is new?

 

[Afterburner]

Hmmm. This is new?

https://www.youtube....h?v=YoRx76NYMKw

If this is like St. Pete you get 11 laps or so and then it’ll be O’Ward’s on-board cam the whole race.

[jonpollak]

A grid walk with drivers that are happy to talk and be jovial.
No D Liszt celebs.
Jp

[grunf77]

WE GO INDY!

[Jim Thurman]

Wonder if they didn't tell Buxton to pack a jacket on purpose, or did he just ASSUME? 

[FLB]

[grunf77]

Row 7 must be 100 years old.

[Jim Thurman]

A grid walk with drivers that are happy to talk and be jovial.
No D Liszt celebs.

Well, we did have whoever the guy was in the two-seater. FOX show star by any chance?

[Afterburner]

Well, we did have whoever the guy was in the two-seater. FOX show star by any chance?

My wife informs me he was on General Hospital.

[Vitesse2]

Why is the Firehawk crossing himself?

[FLB]

My wife informs me he was on General Hospital.

Yeah, but they used to have people like this... 

 

[Jim Thurman]

My wife informs me he was on General Hospital.

Ok, that's fair. I support anyone that isn't on FOX, just because of overpromotion and constant tie-ins 

 

I recall when FOX got NASCAR and every anthem singer had to be an American Idol contestant 

[Jim Thurman]

Oh, for the days when he would've been out there in the Celebrity Race alongside other actors, musicians and a Los Angeles sportscaster.

[FLB]

 

I recall when FOX got NASCAR and every anthem singer had to be an American Idol contestant 

The singer of the national at Bristol today was a former American Idol contestant.

[red stick]

Why is the Firehawk crossing himself?

He may know something
about these tire compounds the
teams would like to know?

[Afterburner]

Daly looks so smug announcing himself in front of a car that says, “Tired of pricks?”

[StraightEdge]

This starting lineup announcement is awesome. Have the drivers announce themselves and SHOW the cars they're driving. Takes me back to early 80s to 90s lineup announcement

[Jim Thurman]

Local Los Angeles TV has covered this far better than normal. A lot of driver interviews. Al Jr., Louis Foster, Devlin DeFrancesco, Dixon. Colton Herta's visit to the Pasadena Humane Society Shelter.

 

Only misses were a reporter (about my age) on the FOX affiliate saying "There's a lot more than just the drag racing going on here."  The FOX affiliate still had a lot of the atmosphere.

 

No matter, race "highlights" will consist of whatever crashes or car to car contact there is, along with a brief shot of a car crossing the line.

[PayasYouRace]

Now there’s a couple of familiar faces giving the command.

[Frood]

Hello! Will sit in for the first part of the race, but I'm on early shift in the morning so can't stay around for long 

[OvDrone]

Kyle from Jupiter leading the field. Will watch as much as I can before sleep. Have a good one y'all.

[Jim Thurman]

This starting lineup announcement is awesome. Have the drivers announce themselves and SHOW the cars they're driving. Takes me back to early 80s to 90s lineup announcement

Something FOX did right.

[PayasYouRace]

Hello! Will sit in for the first part of the race, but I'm on early shift in the morning so can't stay around for long 

Yeah might be similar for me. New job means earlier starts.