Originally Posted by cowboyhar69:
I have to give credit to Paul Szmal for responding on this board. A lot of people don't take criticism well. Hats off to you. I am sure being an announcer is not as easy as it seems....and we all have heard some really lousy ones over the years.
Tim Wolffrum aka Cowboy
Didn't Paul do the Dirt Rush Hour, or something like that? As I recall, it was the weekly DIRT modified race report on the Fox sports channels.
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Originally Posted by smallguy:
Funny you should mention that...yeah, the "Cowboy" comes from me wearing a cowboy hat on the air during the 'Rush Hour on DIRT' broadcasts...kinda funny that people still remember that, since I did my last 'Rush Hour' back in 1999...
The USAC people refer to me as "Cowboy" as well, which I get a chuckle out of...
Oh, look. I read down and find the answer. I spent a couple of years a long time ago announcing, out west at the then Hangtown Speedway. It is an easy gig to do poorly and a tough job to do well. I think that I fell somewhere in the middle. I was young (in high school) but would spend the first two hours I was at the track in the pits, getting as much information as I possibly could. I was lucky enough to have a couple of good teachers that were local broadcasters, though.