Why can't USAC do live Sprint races on TV
 

I got an email from USAC today hyping the live coverage on Speed of their TORC off road racing. Why not sprint cars, midgets, and Champ Dirt Cars?

If I remember correctly, Thursday Night Thunder was pretty big.



THE TRAXXAS TORC Series Announces Unprecedented Live Broadcast Coverage Of Off-Road Racing In 2013!

Series will offer thirteen hours of live /same day coverage with PRO Championships finale Live on NBC to complement reality based programming and live internet broadcasts!

INDIANAPOLIS (March 18, 2013) - Officials with the TRAXXAS TORC Series, presented by Amsoil, made off-road racing history today with the announcement of the largest live broadcast coverage of the sport ever, with thirteen hours of live or near-live network broadcast of the Series 2013 Championship races.

Following the successful "LIVE on SPEED™" programming over the last two years, TORC and SPEED have expanded on the prime-time coverage of the extreme motorsport which has exploded in recent years. This summer, SPEED will broadcast the TORC PRO classes, each race in a two-hour saturday night prime-time window. Top industry talent led by Bob Varsha, Dorsey Schroeder, Bobby Gerould and Keli Snyder will lead the viewers throughout the live racing action.

Additionally, the Series 2013 PRO 2WD and PRO 4x4 Champions will be crowned LIVE on NBC September 28th in a one-hour special event. The TORC final championship races will be featured on the Red Bull Signature Series, unleashing the most progressive and innovative competitions around the globe. This will be a first for the sport and its fans, to offer Live coverage of the most important battles determining Series National Champions.

"Unprecedented!" beamed USAC President Kevin Miller of the expanded "Live" broadcasts for the 2013 Series. Our live airings have been ground-breaking for the sport of short course off-road racing. The expansion of prime-time events will no doubt prove to be a publicity windfall for both the TRAXXAS TORC Series sponsors and it's racers. TORC could not be more pleased with the growth we have experienced and the innovation we continue to bring to the sport of off-road racing.

TV's premiere off-road racing reality show, TORC: The Off Road Championship, is planned to return this fall. The docu-reality show captures rich footage and stories along the TORC Championship battle. New episodes of original programming are planned with story-telling of all the action, both on and off the track and cover the sports greatest drivers and competitors. TORC: The Off Road Championship revolutionized off-road coverage with the use of Go-Pro cameras mounted on radio control devices, such as Traxxas Slashes and aerial helicopters to offer viewers racing action never experienced before.

TORC will also feature live internet coverage of all PRO and Sportsman races not available through live network broadcast. This years live internet broadcast will feature upgraded technical improvements to assure a quality broadcast.

The TRAXXAS TORC Series makes it 2013 "LIVE on SPEED™" debut on Saturday, April 13th when the 900 horsepower trucks battle under the lights for the Dodge City Off-Road Festival at the frontier on the Wild West in Dodge City, Kansas. The two night racing event will be a first for the sport at one of america's premier dirt track facilities, Dodge City Raceway.

What: Traxxas TORC Series, presented by AMSOIL - short course off-road truck racing - the world's premier Baja-style off-road racing in a stadium setting!

Who: Off-road racers from Baja to the Wisconsin North Woods, the TORC Series showcases champion drivers like Ricky Johnson, Johnny Greaves and son CJ Greaves, Scott Douglas, Rob MacCachren, Mike & Mark Jenkins, and Bryce Menzies.

Where: The Dirt Track at Dodge City Raceway, Dodge City Kansas

When: Friday and Saturday, April 12 & 13

Time: Gates open at 3 p.m, main event opening ceremonies begin at 7 p.m.

Tickets: $20 for adults, FREE for kids 12 and under.

About TORC

The TRAXXAS TORC Series, presented by AMSOIL, is the fastest, most punishing short course racing series on the planet! TORC events are packed with flag-to-flag fender banging action as drivers push the limits over whoops and jump-filled natural terrain race tracks. Off-road racing fans come from far and wide to experience the most challenging form of high-octane competition. And once they taste TORC for the first time they're hooked for life! For more information visit torcseries.com

About SPEED™

SPEED, anchored by its popular and wide-ranging coverage of NASCAR, is the nation's first and only cable television network dedicated to automotive and motorcycle racing, performance and lifestyle. Now available in nearly 84 million homes in North America, SPEED, a member of the FOX Sports Media Group, is among the industry leaders in interactive TV, video on demand, mobile initiatives and broadband services, including SPEED2, a groundbreaking new broadband network featuring live, streaming and on-demand events complementing offerings of the linear network. For more information, please visit SPEED.com, the online motor sports authority.

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I used to get up at 4:10am but I would still stay up & watch the USAC Thunder Series races. Remember the one at Eldora that went on for ever cause of accidents. Me I would watch a tape delayed USAC Open Wheel show before NAPCAR. There is a Facebook page for on the edge, if every IOW person could contact them asking for Sprint Car, Midget, Mini Sprints ........ Maybe we could get some where:8: I agree w/ you Ape

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There are a couple of things here.

First, the offroad series is basically a promotional arm of Traxxas. Traxxas is the largest manufacturer of Radio Controlled cars. THey make replicas of the trucks and sell them for lots of money. That money is used to make these promotional races. I understand that traxxas sponsers the SIlver Crown series but there is not a SIlver Crown RC car so they don't put those on TV. I have to admit I have a Traxxas Slash and it is great fun. What would be really cool is that Traxxas made an off the shelf RC Sprint Car. Losi used to make one but no longer. THere are RC kits but they are high dollar.

Second, the cost is too high to put it on regular TV. This is where cool devices like the Roku Fit that provide internet TV connections to your TV. THis is where niche sports can put up a channel and sell connections to it. Oh yea, USAC Does that that. USACLIVE is a channel of Roku already. I have not subscribed but at least USAC is trying on that front. Oh andd the ROKU is awesome bTW.

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All it would take is a LOT of cash. TV has changed drastically since the old days. In the Espn thunder days, they had no baseball and were a new network looking for programming. With Speed disappearing soon, I don't see it happening, unless they find a suger daddy like Lucas.

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Just a FYI, The Live WoO shows are not live but delayed several minutes.

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They can hardly handle series promotion, how could they possibly handle TV production??? :14:

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TV execs really do not care what they put on the air as long as it makes money. If there were money in putting sprint car racing on TV, it would be done.

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Originally Posted by Jonr:
TV execs really do not care what they put on the air as long as it makes money. If there were money in putting sprint car racing on TV, it would be done.

It's as easy as 1-2-3 to get almost anything on TV.

1) Buy the Airtime
2) Produce the show
3) Sell enough advertising to pay for 1 & 2.

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I think the Thunder show with so many crashes was from Winchester. Jim

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USAC like Napcar has forgotten their roots. USAC is mostly interested in making money for themselves and not for the participants of their races. The participants are who make USAC. USAC's failure to promote their premier series is no ones fault but their own.

What I DO NOT UNDERSTAND is why are most of the participants of USAC remain loyal?

I was always hopefully when someone like Rollie Helmling or Kevin Miller took over that there would be huge change coming in a good way. BUT, it didn't happen...

I guess we can just keep talking about the good ole days!

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Forget TV, I'd rather have it online. If the MavTV Jackslash deal showed me anything, it's that I spend $140 a month for cable and internet and I really only do this to appease my wife and daughter.

I'd much rather start and stop watching when I feel like it.

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I'd be happy with a weekly 1/2 hour USAC Open Wheel highlight show. Anything would be better than the 30 to 45 seconds we get ever other week on the NASCAR network.

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The first step would be getting the grandstands at weekly and USAC shows to be overflowing with 8-28 year old males wearing flat billed caps, skinny jeans and skate shoes...50% of the males between ages 18-28 should have multiple tattoos and some piercings. For every 3 of the above mentioned males there needs to be 1 female in the same age bracket with some piercings or tats, blue, green or pink streaks in their hair, and very tight fitting jeans and low cut tank tops.

Once we see the stands full of this demographic we then need to get all of these fans to repeatedly mention USAC or Gas City Speedway on twitter.

Once we have a very solid following and social media presence from this demographic we will start to notice that every car on the track has a sticker advertising MONSTER ENERGY DRINK, REDBULL, NOS, ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK or something similar.

Then, as awareness rises we will need to get FORD, GM, MOPAR and TOYOTA to support 4 cars each with full factory status and several more cars with limited support.

Finally, one of the above mentioned companies will realize how popular this sport is with their target market and the money will start flowing by the truckload. Soon Rockstar and Redbull will have a bidding war over who gets to be the series sponsor and pay for 17 weekends of live TV each year.

There are several reasons why AMA supercross has so much TV time...the popularity and the money go hand in hand. Until we prove that our sport is such a draw for the above mentioned demographic I wouldn't expect to see anything close to what we want for TV coverage.

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Chris, it's a fair and very good question. But my soon to be 4 year old grandson often asks to watch races with me here in the dungeon. You know him well enough to guess what kind of races he wants to see.

A few weeks ago he wanted to see sprints on TV. Sprints with no wings. He asked me why wasn't there any non wing sprint car races on TV.

I had no good answer for a 3 year old. :( And I have no good answers for we older folks either.

We do watch a lot of youtube videos instead. And we're lucky enough to live in the best city in Indiana to travel to our favorite tracks.

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If a network thought there was money to be made then sprint cars would be on tv. It always comes down to money. I always thought that the winter series the Outlaws had out at Canyon Speedway 20 years ago hurt the sport as for as live tv. Constant yellows and not a great track at the time made for some terrible shows. I'm a fan and still could hardly stomach it. I think Pat Patterson was the guy behind it. It should've taken place at Manzanita and not Canyon.

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Originally Posted by darnall:
The first step would be getting the grandstands at weekly and USAC shows to be overflowing with 8-28 year old males wearing flat billed caps, skinny jeans and skate shoes...50% of the males between ages 18-28 should have multiple tattoos and some piercings. For every 3 of the above mentioned males there needs to be 1 female in the same age bracket with some piercings or tats, blue, green or pink streaks in their hair, and very tight fitting jeans and low cut tank tops.

Once we see the stands full of this demographic we then need to get all of these fans to repeatedly mention USAC or Gas City Speedway on twitter.

Once we have a very solid following and social media presence from this demographic we will start to notice that every car on the track has a sticker advertising MONSTER ENERGY DRINK, REDBULL, NOS, ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK or something similar.

Then, as awareness rises we will need to get FORD, GM, MOPAR and TOYOTA to support 4 cars each with full factory status and several more cars with limited support.

Finally, one of the above mentioned companies will realize how popular this sport is with their target market and the money will start flowing by the truckload. Soon Rockstar and Redbull will have a bidding war over who gets to be the series sponsor and pay for 17 weekends of live TV each year.

There are several reasons why AMA supercross has so much TV time...the popularity and the money go hand in hand. Until we prove that our sport is such a draw for the above mentioned demographic I wouldn't expect to see anything close to what we want for TV coverage.

You've hit the nail square on the head. Fortunately, I'm 32 so I don't have to wear the skinny jeans, get a tat, or wear a rediculous flat bill hat....
Makes me wonder, what if USAC advertised at these kinds of events, promoting themselves as an "on the edge" racing series?

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the truth is live sprint car racing on TV works about as well as live drag racing toooooooooo much down time.if the powers that be could come up with a delay concept like NHRA has it might work,if the $$$$$$$$$ can be found.

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A few things since I tossed this up here

Somebody found the money or Traxxs wouldn't be on TV. They'll push it as cutting edge, but after the first couple of laps, it isn't that exciting.

The demographic question has a lot of different angles. As I posted in a different thread, how do we get those people in the seats? I don't have a definitive answer, but I have put out a few ideas.Does anyone have anymore?

As for down time, make all TV shows Sprint/Midget doubleheaders. That solves the downtime problem. All racing , all the time.

The last problem is name recognition. The local guys are unheard of 300 miles from here. The biggest recognizable name of late is Kyle Larson, on a national scale. But when he's mentioned on TV, USAC is a blip on the RADAR. In the old days , State Fairgrounds on Friday, the 500 on Sunday. You saw drivers do both. Now USAC doesn't have a big league, so the local doesn't get national exposure, neither does the racing. This is a big problem.

If you are going to be a feeder series, play on that. Right now USAC is THE feeder for Nascrap, play on it. See the future stars of NASCRAP, following in the footsteps of Gordon, Stewart, ETC. I have enough people ask me how I know these guys, I tell them from Bloomington, Terre Haute, Eldora and other local tracks. I tell them if you want see them go to a local show.

That's just a few things.

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Originally Posted by racephoto1:
A few things since I tossed this up here

Somebody found the money or Traxxs wouldn't be on TV. They'll push it as cutting edge, but after the first couple of laps, it isn't that exciting.

The demographic question has a lot of different angles. As I posted in a different thread, how do we get those people in the seats? I don't have a definitive answer, but I have put out a few ideas.Does anyone have anymore?

As for down time, make all TV shows Sprint/Midget doubleheaders. That solves the downtime problem. All racing , all the time.

The last problem is name recognition. The local guys are unheard of 300 miles from here. The biggest recognizable name of late is Kyle Larson, on a national scale. But when he's mentioned on TV, USAC is a blip on the RADAR. In the old days , State Fairgrounds on Friday, the 500 on Sunday. You saw drivers do both. Now USAC doesn't have a big league, so the local doesn't get national exposure, neither does the racing. This is a big problem.

If you are going to be a feeder series, play on that. Right now USAC is THE feeder for Nascrap, play on it. See the future stars of NASCRAP, following in the footsteps of Gordon, Stewart, ETC. I have enough people ask me how I know these guys, I tell them from Bloomington, Terre Haute, Eldora and other local tracks. I tell them if you want see them go to a local show.

That's just a few things.

I remember years ago when Gordon, Stewart, Irwin Jr, Bliss etc went to NA$CAR, the USAC fans were waiting for the NA$CAR fans to start attending USAC races to see the future Cup stars in the making.

"Attendance will grow".

It never did, it never will. Those folks are NA$CAR fans not sprint car fans. :deadhorse:

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How many dirt tracks in Indiana would be able to have a television production company walk in and say... yep you (the track) have everything we (production company) need to successfully do a live television broadcast?

We love our dirt tracks but most of them are still operating in the dark ages.

You bring a professional out and when you ask him about doing a live broadcast from one of our tracks... His response would be, You're joking right?

About the best we can hope for right now is a 30 minute "highlight" show on MAVTV and since there has been an ongoing issue between USAC and Jackslash... We won't even be seeing 30 minutes of highlights from a USAC race.

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if people want sprint and midget racing more popular they need to know the drivers.and to know the drivers they need to be more accessible.all tracks have support classes that typically run after the sprint and midgets.the drivers need to hang out after the races and socialize with fans especially the young and impressionable to help mold them into loyal fans,and maybe have a few adult beverages with the established fan.i know when i was much younger you would go to the pits after the races and talk with drivers.this was before support classes,so the pits opened to everyone after the last engine shut off.

drivers and parents with kids are both responsible for future racing success.people always cry about long nights of racing,well thats a very big problem.used to go to the track because it was a event not just a race,now as soon as the race is over people want out,they just want to get home and drag there kids with them.us fans are responsible for the future of our sport.

i have a solution of course,after the completion of the nights events the drivers should want to stay and meet and greet fans.and us so called fans go with our kids and talk with the drivers.sure it is different now because of all the classes of cars,but our sport is worth a little less sleep.

all this talk of how to help the sport is ridiculous when the fans and drivers themselves are the first problem to solve.

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For myself, I'd rather go to a race track than watch any race on television.

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Originally Posted by bigmojo5:
For myself, I'd rather go to a race track than watch any race on television.

Same here, but we both know that the TV types don't want us. We're a small minority. Too old, too WASP, a group that by and large prefers other sports, if any.

It's great that MAV-TV is turning Sean loose on the Hoosier scene. None better.

But we are a niche sport, but that isn't necessarily a bad deal. Look at NASCAR and to a lesser extent, the Outlaws to see what happens when TV waters down a "product." Is that what we want?

King mojo, did you get my message? :D

The only problem is usacs refusal to let jackslash tape the races for some reason just another example of USAC managing to kill what's left of their prestige and following. yes in the late ninety's usac thunder was at its peakof popularity and people with talent would invest money to go payment racing and have a shot of making it to the big leagues. The biggest problem is now nobody can get a major sponsor to follow usac because there is no exposure whatsoever for any USAC series. it boggles my mind why they think it would be bad for the sport do you have the races professionally televised on demand 4 Free on a side everybody respects including the World of Outlaws ASCs and almost every other Sprint Car Series in the land that realized it is a great deal for the series in their car owners and drivers. I'm not sure what usac buddy they are worried about missing out on chump change videoing the races that nobody sees but the biggest problem is all the people sitting around in the office getting a paycheck that don't do a damn thing to support the people paying their paychecks. they are to take a lesson from the Midwest Sprint Car Series that actually want cars 2 come race with them and do their best to pay a good person and get their cars and sponsors exposure. the 10000 the wind at Haubstadt his fall that Clayton 1 was the best race I've ever seen in my life and the video is nowhere to be found anywhere on the internet because Sean Buckley was not allowed to tape it professionally and for free for the benefit of everyone. This is the saddest most frustrating thing about racing I have ever encountered wake up enjoying the century were in right now usac. I know 1 person can't make that big of a difference but if everybody tells them what they think of their decisionmaybe some changes will be made

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The only problem is usacs refusal to let jackslash tape the races for some reason just another example of USAC managing to kill what's left of their prestige and following. yes in the late ninety's usac thunder was at its peakof popularity and people with talent would invest money to go payment racing and have a shot of making it to the big leagues. The biggest problem is now nobody can get a major sponsor to follow usac because there is no exposure whatsoever for any USAC series. it boggles my mind why they think it would be bad for the sport do you have the races professionally televised on demand 4 Free on a side everybody respects including the World of Outlaws ASCs and almost every other Sprint Car Series in the land that realized it is a great deal for the series in their car owners and drivers. I'm not sure what usac buddy they are worried about missing out on chump change videoing the races that nobody sees but the biggest problem is all the people sitting around in the office getting a paycheck that don't do a damn thing to support the people paying their paychecks. they are to take a lesson from the Midwest Sprint Car Series that actually want cars 2 come race with them and do their best to pay a good person and get their cars and sponsors exposure. the 10000 the wind at Haubstadt his fall that Clayton 1 was the best race I've ever seen in my life and the video is nowhere to be found anywhere on the internet because Sean Buckley was not allowed to tape it professionally and for free for the benefit of everyone. This is the saddest most frustrating thing about racing I have ever encountered wake up enjoying the century were in right now usac. I know 1 person can't make that big of a difference but if everybody tells them what they think of their decisionmaybe some changes will be made

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do they not understand that the Tony Stewart and Kasey Kane teams that are basically the only ones it can afford to follow the series were produced by them when they were getting the series exposure and getting people to the next level without those teams they have nothing and they're not producing any more of those right nowwith the exception mean Kyle Larson that would have made it to the big time no matter what because of his role talent that is just unbelievable

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I'm not want to just get on this message board and b**** about everything but this is a topic that deserves people to stand up to usac on i feel with Sean Buckley on his great frustration to not be able to show the masses this awesome sport because if people could see it they would love it, unfortunately nobody knows what a usac
Sprint car is any more until that changes the series will not be healthythe motto I've always went by is don't fix it if it's not broke and they tried to fix Silver Crown cars pavement sprint cars and payment midgets and they are all pretty well dead to the average car owner so sad I wish an employee that would take responsibility for their decisions what stand up like a man and answer these questions. they should take a lesson from the World of Outlaws that has a renewed sense of excitement and involvement from the fans now that they conceive all these races on Jackslash and see all the tracks that they have never seen before all over the countryI know I greatly enjoy it and appreciate what sean is doing for the sport because it is more than 1 man has ever done to promote what we do hands down

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Why can't USAC do live races on TV? Well ratings would be dismal, production costs are much more then they were 20+ years ago, and the only "racing" people think of is NASCAR.

The Thunder series was a staple in my house when it was on. We'd plan our evenings around it whether it was on Thursday or Saturday nights.

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Originally Posted by Sprinter56:
The only problem is usacs refusal to let jackslash tape the races for some reason just another example of USAC managing to kill what's left of their prestige and following......
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Are you sure that you know all of the details to make this statement? I know that I do not know all of the details to know if this is true. I do know that this topic comes up every so often and it is very devisive.

USAC is in the business to make money. Jacklash is in the business to make money. Are they working together to make money or is a one way street. When Jacklash shows up is he paying a royality fee to the USAC to video tape thier product? Is he paying a royality fee to the track that he is making the video of? Instead of a royality fee is he offering part of the subscription fees that he recieves? Do you know what agreement that DirtVision has with the WOO?

What is USAC's video tape strategy? Is their strategy in direct competion with Jacklash? A professionally produced video is going to keep a certain percentage of fans away from the track. There has to be a way for USAC and the tracks to tap into this revenue stream. To have someone have access to the product (USAC racing) and not have to pay for the product while they profit from it does not make sense.

I know that I am a USAC supporter and give them the benefit of the doubt. However, I get frustrated with everyone who thinks that they do nothing right and that every decision that they make is the wrong decision. There is deffinitely two sides to every conversation and when it comes to protecting the racing product, I beleive that USAC and the tracks need to be protected.

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I know for a fact a couple that has lived in Kokomo all there life had never been to the Kokomo Speedway, we had a D.V.D. of slashes playing of the speedway and they never left there seat. Now they are at the speedway everytime the gates are open.
My dad spent a lot of time at the speedway until he got sick, slashes D.V.D. makes his life a little better, I for one think Sean has done more positive things for sprint car racing than some people want to admit. :22:

I also think the people at Kokomo are smart enough to realize the advantages Sean covering there races has on there attendance. Can you imagine the lost footage had Dick Wallen been told he could not cover the racing he did??

J.M.O.

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yes I am pretty sure I have my facts straight because Sean has said those exact words on at least 2 of his podcast that I have listen to recently he said he has made every effort to get with usac to get these races on the net on Jackslash even coming down to say that he would provide free services to usac with nothing in return for him needed and they said they were not interested in it at all and pretty well told him to drop the subject mister Buckley can correct me if I'm wrong here but those were his exact words and I do not think he would lie about it. and no this is not be yes I don't get on here telling rumors and third party stories with any questions of the truth I am the third generation in my family to be directly involved im driving and owning usac sprint cars and right know its going to be the end of the line if they keep it up.

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As much as I like Sean and his work he IS in direct competition with USAC's relatively new usac.tv so it makes sense that they wouldnt want him to have the same thing they are charging for. Pretty simple really. Is that enough? Will USAC make $$ on their web presence, who knows but I doubt it.

Originally Posted by Jerry Spencer:
I know for a fact a couple that has lived in Kokomo all there life had never been to the Kokomo Speedway, we had a D.V.D. of slashes playing of the speedway and they never left there seat. Now they are at the speedway everytime the gates are open.
My dad spent a lot of time at the speedway until he got sick, slashes D.V.D. makes his life a little better, I for one think Sean has done more positive things for sprint car racing than some people want to admit. :22:

I also think the people at Kokomo are smart enough to realize the advantages Sean covering there races has on there attendance. Can you imagine the lost footage had Dick Wallen been told he could not cover the racing he did??

J.M.O.

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I couldn't have said it better! I've got a couple new fans hooked from jackslash that had never been to a race just this last fall that will be filling bleachers for years to come. Its nothing against usac's product they just need to get the product displayed in an avenue of a young ambitious entreponour that will make sure we use this bullet train of media and ride it out to the masses so they can at least watch it b4 they just get a bad picture painted in their minds and never attend a single race ever. If USAC has an equivalently product full plan to offer the same thing sedans getting accomplished, that'd great, but I have yet to see a promo for usac this year or preseason hype of any kind but the race from browns town will have a worldwide audience Sunday morning at their fingertips to showcase sprint car racing as it should be... hmmmmmmmmmmm

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Originally Posted by Sprinter56:
.... he said he has made every effort to get with usac to get these races on the net on Jackslash even coming down to say that he would provide free services to usac with nothing in return for him needed and they said they were not interested in it at all and pretty well told him to drop the subject.... Posted via Mobile Device

Let me understand this, Jacklash will video tape the USAC race for free, and he will not charge USAC for his services. He then will put the same video on his pay for view web site, and somehow this is suppose to be a good thing for USAC?

I wonder if this is how it works with NASCAR. Do you think that NASCAR pays FOX to put thier product on the TV? Does NASCAR pay FOX and then allows FOX to profit from the results?

I know that Jacklash is well respected on this board, but that is some of the most twisted logic I have every heard on IOW.

For PPV to work properly, the sanction group and the local track need a way to see some of the revenue stream. Without money going back to those two groups it will never work properly.

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Sean has the ability to put it on the FREE part of his site...thats what he was getting at.

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Only thing I've ever seen Sean post on here is that he either had or had not come to a agreement with USAC with no other details given and thats smart, as they would be BETWEEN HIM AND USAC

I've seen in the last 7 or so years Attendance increase at almost every track Jackslash has covered and I personally haven't ever skipped a race just because I knew he'd have it next morning, In fact I've visited a few new to me tracks because of it.

It also helps me get familiar with drivers not necessarily running my local track much but if I go to another track or if they come here, Im not in the dark as to who JUST A NUMBER #16 with the name BIlly Putterbaugten is? (Sorry Billy) :)

I can also watch a race I attended and relive what happened, learn more about a driver or get familiar with driver/car combos of a team that was mentioned, along with their sponsors but forgot as I don't know them very well.

There are several drivers I know a lot more from Web media than actual seeing them race, Id not know anything about Brady Bacon, Kyle Larson, Whitt and many others without the interviews and backgrounds it's given

Other than Victory Lane interviews, How many chances do people really get to see anything but a car with a name on it? Not many tracks are doing very many DRIVER Interviews during the nights programs. They'd rather play loud new wave music that only the 12-22yr old generation can enjoy.

So thanks Slash, D.O. and the General and a few others who do the work you do. Thanks to the tracks for allowing it. I think it'd be in every tracks best interest to ask for one show as Free View so I could post it on Twitter/Facebook etc so all my friends have the opportunity to see what their missing both at the track and on Jackslash.

Best 12-25 bucks I've spent, Every live race I've been too

Best 59 bucks I've ever spent for media entertainment. JACKSLASH.com