Thank goodness!
For those of you already tucked up under the sheets in Blighty or those who don't check the NHRA website (although I can't imagine why you wouldn't) there is to be a change in TV coverage for next year.
After years of treating drag racing like a 2nd rate citizen, ESPN will no longer cover NHRA racing. Now it is to be Fox Sports 1 as announced today on NHRA.com.
No longer will we have to endure delayed program starts due to women's college softball (a sport that should be considered similar in status to Gloucestershire cheese rolling in the UK) over-running or Little League baseball (similar to kids cricket) or Women's professional basketball (aka netball in the UK).
Hopefully, this change will put drag racing coverage back where it belongs on American TV. In the spotlight!
This change can only be beneficial for the sport in general as ESPN tends to veer towards coverage of minority sports that can be considered "politically correct" rather than of entertainment value.
Now all we need to do is get Nitro drag racing back to 1320 feet instead of the ridiculous 1000 they insist on today. However, we should be thankful for small mercies because reinstatement of the proper and true track length probably won't ever happen if only because NHRA's home track (Pomona) is so land-locked it cannot expand the shutdown area to accommodate present day 1320 feet racing.
For those of you already tucked up under the sheets in Blighty or those who don't check the NHRA website (although I can't imagine why you wouldn't) there is to be a change in TV coverage for next year.
After years of treating drag racing like a 2nd rate citizen, ESPN will no longer cover NHRA racing. Now it is to be Fox Sports 1 as announced today on NHRA.com.
No longer will we have to endure delayed program starts due to women's college softball (a sport that should be considered similar in status to Gloucestershire cheese rolling in the UK) over-running or Little League baseball (similar to kids cricket) or Women's professional basketball (aka netball in the UK).
Hopefully, this change will put drag racing coverage back where it belongs on American TV. In the spotlight!
This change can only be beneficial for the sport in general as ESPN tends to veer towards coverage of minority sports that can be considered "politically correct" rather than of entertainment value.
Now all we need to do is get Nitro drag racing back to 1320 feet instead of the ridiculous 1000 they insist on today. However, we should be thankful for small mercies because reinstatement of the proper and true track length probably won't ever happen if only because NHRA's home track (Pomona) is so land-locked it cannot expand the shutdown area to accommodate present day 1320 feet racing.
