Help speedvision keep Nascar coverage out!
 

http://www.petitiononline.com/svsn/petition.html

Please let others know about this also, thanks.
Ahmet

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It's all the driver...
My page over1g@hotmail.com
Porsche owners Gallery.../My 944

Thanks for the lead. I hope everyone on this board takes a couple of minutes and signs the petition. Otherwise, we can all kiss goodbye SV's excellent coverage of sportscar and road racing.

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1971 911T - 2.5L Big Bore

Done.

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Robert Stoll
83 SC
83 944

This is all well and good, but Fox BOUGHT SpeedVision. If Fox decides SV is going to be the Underwater Basket Weaving channel (based on demographic polling), that's what it'll be. Having said that, I have to find some other way to get my road racing fix, when I can't be on the track. Just maybe, the NASCAR epidemic will begin to wane, and we'll be able to retain F1. I wouldn't bet the farm on it, though.

Fox should unite Nascar and WWF wrestling on to one new channel...( so I could program it OUT of my television )

Ahmet deserves a tip of the helmet for posting this...Thanks Ahmet!

Signed on at #4250 c/w comments.

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'81 SC Coupe (aka: "Blue Bomber")
Canada West Region PCA
The Blue Bomber's Website

I'm #4408

OH DEAR!!!!! My precious Speedvision in danger of becoming a NASCAR host??????!!!!!! Please, everyone- Sign this and pass it on!

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Adam Nitti
ajnitti@mindspring.com
www.adamnitti.com
'85 911 Carrera Coupe
PCA member, Peachstate region

I urge all who care about sports car and other forms of racing to go sign post haste! I grew up near what is now Lowe's Motor Speedway. Used to be the Charlotte Motor Speedway. NASCAR has become a quasi religion in this area. If you want to get a redneck going, find out which driver he backs and promote another. It is kinda like an automotive WWF. Who knows, maybe we'll see a redneck jihad to convert the world to NASCAR. Go sign it, I'm tired of high speed billboards and black flags with the number 3 everywhere, and I live here.

Dave951M

#4696 here.......I am tired of hearing about NASCAR! What is wrong with the american public. I just love to hear about how stock car fans think their monte carlo is just like the one they see on tv racing round and round in circles. I am dismayed that so many people believe in, as they call it, "high tech" form of motorsports. The production cars that they represent are 2000000 times more advanced than these cup cars. Carburetors on a modern day race car? Come on!
Sorry my P-car friends for the venting, I will be quiet now.....

Chris

Ummm....I LIKE NASCAR racing-(and AMLS, and IRL, and CART, and TransAm, and F1, and SCORE, and....). It's the motorcycle stuff I wish they'd lose!

And how about that GOLF Channel-what a freaking waste of bandwidth-I mean, it's more exciting to watch grass grow or cars rust.

Different strokes, guys.

I don't have a problem with NASCAR racing, itself... There's nothing wrong with actually liking NASCAR. However, I have a big problem with the way that we are now inundated with its hype and coverage at the expense of other motorsports or sports events. Yes, I know; the fan base here in the states is huge, and they spend millions of dollars on NASCAR paraphenalia, tickets, '#3' stickers, 'little boy pissing on #3' stickers, 'little boy pissing on little boy pissing on #3' stickers, etc... But that's why Speedvision is so great. If you wanted NASCAR coverage, you could go to any of the major network affiliates and see it live. But, if you wanted to see Formula 1, GT racing, etc., you had Speedvision to count on. Its uniqueness is what makes it so great, and let's face it... There's no other station that satifies the true automotive enthusiast.

Dammit! It just somtimes seems like everything that is good or working well ultimately gets torn down or discontinued in this country.

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Adam Nitti
ajnitti@mindspring.com
www.adamnitti.com
'85 911 Carrera Coupe
PCA member, Peachstate region

I'm #5183!

I HATE NASCAR!

I thought that is what ESPN was for...drag Racing, NASCAR, and "Look At Me...I Can Pull 800LBs uphill Faster Than You" Competitions.

That is the most disapointing news I have heard all day.

Done.

Nick.

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Nick Shumaker
1982 911SC Coupe
nickshu@yahoo.com
PCA -- Rocky Mtn. Region

Am I missing something? This season at least, Fox does not have an exclusive deal with NASCAR, in fact with the exception of today's Busch series race, the rest of the season will be on NBC and TNN. Does Fox have exclusive broadcast rights for next year?

If this is the case, I am against the move, but for different reasons. I don't subscribe to Speedvision, only because where I live it is only available on the premium "digital cable" service. To get digital cable, you need the digital cable box for each TV, (more than 1 costs extra, of course). I barely watch TV as is, I refuse to pay an extra $50-60 per month for 1 channel.

I watch NASCAR because it is the only racing that is always on every weekend of the season. F1 used to be on ESPN, and they used to show other road racing as well, but you could never plan around it, because it was never on at the same time. I know that most Sunday mornings, I can turn on TV and watch a race.

If NASCAR moves to Speedvision, The only racing available to me will be NHRA on TNN.

Tom

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#5818

#6204 'Nascar sucks long live road racing!'

#6267

Just say "NO" to "rednecks turnin' left".

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Tyson Schmidt
72 911 Cabriolet
92 C-2 Cabriolet

#6401

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Think about it. The reason NASCAR is on FOX/NBC is because of money. They gave NASCAR what 2 billion dollars for the TV rights? ESPN lost because they could not spend that much money even with ABC's help. If NASCAR was on SpeedVision it would cut their potential audience/advertising market by what 80%?
On a side note I have DishNetwork in the San Francisco Bay Area. 4 of the last 6 NASCAR were unavailable on the Dish. My FOX station choose to air Giant's baseball instead. Starting with next week, when the races move to NBC, I still won't get to see NASCAR. DishNetwork and the local NBC channel are fighting. So NBC has been of the air for about 4 months. Time for a nap, those 4:30 a.m. F1 starts take their toll.
Tom

I am also in the SF Bay area, and the races that Fox did not show, were broadcast on the WB station. It is 13 on my cable system (ATT).

BTW, Fox Sports net is mocking my refusal to pay for digital cable by showing Speedvision's coverage of a Grand Am race at Lime Rock right now. Rat Bastages.

Tom




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#15834-NASCAR'S fine, but if they drop ANY road racing or cut down on continuous coverage of Daytona, Sebring, and Lemans-they're going to make the mistake of pissing me off bigtime.

I'm in, 16387.

david 89 turbo cab

16643 and counting....

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1986 944 NA

#16717

16888

#17081 but we may be too late.
Check out page 49 of the July 2 issue of Autoweek. It states that Fox Broadcasting is working on the "evolution of Speedvision into a NASCAR channel."

If that's the case, I'll be saying "good-bye" to Speedvision. Then they should rename it: Snorevision.

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'81 SC Coupe (aka: "Blue Bomber")
Canada West Region PCA
The Blue Bomber's Website

I signed the petition, then went to Speedvision's programming page and sent them an impassioned email, also.

Who knows, if they get enough, maybe they'll change their mind.

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Clay McGuill '66 912, '97 Jeep Cherokee www.geocities.com/the912guy

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Thanks a lot guys, I've posted this at several boards, and the # of signatures is going up, and frankly I'd think that 20,000+ people is pretty significant amount to just come up with this petition out of nowhere, let's hope so...
Ahmet

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It's all the driver...
My page over1g@hotmail.com
Porsche owners Gallery.../My 944

18533

Good job Ahmet!

Well, I don't want to take all credit for this, it was at 2k when I first started posting about it (2 days ago), so it does look like I've done something...

But I'm not the creator of the petition, just doing mypart by trying to raise awareness in it.
Ahmet

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It's all the driver...
My page over1g@hotmail.com
Porsche owners Gallery.../My 944

Holy crap. It's up to 20,000 in just over a day? That's fantastic. I added a link to it on my webpage yesterday as well.


www.angelfire.com/mi/allishan

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1971 911T - 2.5L Big Bore

I signed on 16,000 signatures ago. Good job, Ahmet.

It may be shouting into deep space, but I also sent a message to:

askfox@foxinc.com

Every little bit helps.

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Jack Olsen
My Rennlist home page • My Pelican Gallery page • My Porsche Owners Gallery page

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Over 21,000 and counting......