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Injuring the Fan in the Name of Diversity

Ok ... injure might be a little strong, but we're definitely in pain here. From a Fanhouse reader:Could we please get Brad D. off of the air, he is horrible, now I could care less what color you are, you could be purple for all I care, but he is horrible and ruins NASCAR for me.He is horrible indeed. But I needn't go on...

ESPN's NASCAR Crowd Noise Not Normal

We've heard plenty about "Coltgate" lately and the accusations that the Indianapolis Colts had pumped in crowd noise during the New England Patriots game two weeks ago. CBS took the rap for the incident, but ESPN's NASCAR coverage apparently took note of the idea.Judging from the TV I watched it on (ABC-HD with surround...

Jeff Burton Agrees: ESPN on ABC is "Absurd"

I feel bad for Marty Reid, I really do.Dude got shoved into a segment on ESPN2's NASCAR Now showing ESPN's impressive NASCAR coverage. Or, well, I hope he got shoved into it.Before I rip the whole segment apart, let me allow Jeff Burton, ESPN's token driver voice for their coverage to do so as he did in the video:"Well the...

Why Are NASCAR Ratings Down? You Decide

The one-trick pony is back to kick ESPN on ABC while they're down. Way down:ABC's broadcast of last Sunday's Pep Boys Auto 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway earned a final Nielsen Media Research rating of 4.0 ... 20 percent lower than the 4.8 NBC earned for the same race in 2006.20%?! Can't blame that...

Martinsville Ratings Drop on ESPN on ABC

SportsBusinessDaily reports that ABC's broadcast of last Sunday's Subway 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Martinsville Speedway earned a final Nielsen Media Research rating of 3.7--down from 4.1 when NBC aired the race last year. Yeah ... failing to air the race in the second largest market in the country will have that...