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6/30/08, 10:04 AM   #1
TV Announcers
Jim Halpert
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Having just watched the Richmond IRL replay, I began to wonder if anyone else found Marty Reid, Scott Goodyear, and Brianne Pedigo extemely irritating. I have always felt this way, but this telecast seemed especially annoying. Between the complete disregard for drivers that aren't on the top three teams, the constant feeling that they must produce some kind of drama that doesn't even exist, and the basic mistakes with names, numbers, stats, etc....I just find that there are so many guys and gals that would be a better fit to announce at such a high level. What happened to Bob Jenkins, Eddie Cheever, Larry Rice, and Robbie Buhl...I always enjoyed those guys. It really makes me appreciate the team of Varsha, Hobbs, and Matchett from the F1 telecasts...they compliment each other very well and present a telecast that is fun, entertaining, and mostly informative to listen to. Every team in F1 is given some airtime each race weekend, the only dramas are real and not manufactured out of stupidity, and when they make a mistake, one of the others is sure to call him out and make a fool of him...which is hilarious whenever David Hobbs is involved. Just my opinions.