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Originally Posted by gorthar
When it comes to stuff like this I have learned to assume that it isn't even on TV. Coverage of endurance racing apparently doesn't event merit 'niche sport' coverage in the states. I just automatically hunt for a quality bootleg stream on the web, bring up the FIA Timing and Scoring page and stream the Radio Le Mans audio feed and I'm in heaven.
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This.^^^
I knew the cable package we have doesn't include FS1 and FS2, so
I was elated to see that Fox was making most of the race available on FoxSportsGO online at no charge.
Those here who want to try to take it political by ranting about Murdoch/Fox/conservatives are just typical "it's all about me" lib whiners who haven't thought about the fact that WEC racing has a very small audience here in the U.S. compared to soccer and other stuff.
If anyone knows the viewership stats on that or how to find it, please post it here.
I'd watch Le Mans on a 5" black and white TV with Italian announcers if that's all I could get my hands on. I'd turn the sound off, though.
Thank you to all of you who posted various links on how to get the race in different places... PPOT is the best... and thankfully, relatively free of whiners.
Sure, I expressed disappointment when the FSG coverage wasn't flag to flag the way it seemed was promised and I commented on the barrage of ads during part of the late stretch, but if I had been on that link from gorthar the whole time, all of that would have been moot.
I remember sitting in our den in the 60's, watching whatever coverage the networks had of it when the Ford GT40's were blasting down Mulsanne blowing by everbody. Sometimes it was probably less than 20 minutes and perhaps shown on the following Saturday. I especially remember a long shot of them coming toward the camera from a fairly low angle that would show them coming up to a rise in the topo as they were coming up on some slower cars. They'd all disappear behind the rise, then when their headlights reappeared a second or so later, they were ahead of those cars and going after the next pack.
Just crazy fun for me as a young kid. On a black and white TV, too... probably about a 25" set.
I'm thankful for whatever I can get... even if it's only available to me on this 23" flat screen monitor. I was able to put it on top of the tower and spin it toward the couch in the LR, put my glasses on, and watch it from 11' away when I got tired of sitting in the computer chair.
A great race at a great track... the biggest and baddest... Le Mans... may it never cease to run.
Be thankful, people. This is great stuff... don't stress out over it when it's not perfectly to your liking.