Nascar on Channel 5

It's nothing to do with channel 5. Sky+ EPG is controlled by Sky,if the programme over runs and Sky don't update the EPG then you loose the end of the programme if it over runs. I add maximum extra on my recordings and as with the 500 recorded the following programme as well I have been caught out too often.NASN had the same problem last year, live motor sport is all ways at risk of over run with a red flag situation.
Thank channel 5 up to wednesday last week there was only a hightlight programme.

Howard

If you were a real fan you'd have statyed up and watched it...

Get a new record.

Was it called x-cross with RS200's and Metro 6R4's racing each other on a combination of a track and off-road. That was fun to watch.

I watched it for awhile to see how Montoya was doing but got bored after a few laps....
Your right munch, MotoGP is a pretty cool sport.
Rossi and Pedrosa should have a great fight this year!

NASCAR is a snooze for me, prefer Indy cars in the USA. Or a good local dirt track. There's some REAL racing going on there.
In most American races they actually attempt to go a particular distance rather than a set time. The 500 refers to the length of the race... Set your recorders to go over, if there is a lot of yellow then it will take much longer. That's one thing I've never understood about some European racing. Great racing for sure.
The NASCAR thing seems so scripted to me. Oh well, they sure have the marketing thing down!
David

I just watched the video (Climb Dance) again today of Ari Vatanen driving up Pikes Peak. An excellent reminder of just how different my driving world is from that of a racing driver. Those guys exist in a world so different from what I consider speed and risk that to call what they do mere driving seems silly.

I tend to apply the same attitude to oval-track racing. My understanding is that every entry and exit to every corner in the oval tracks in the US present their own peculiar challenges to the drivers. While it may look easier than a convoluted circuit, one thing is for sure: I couldn't do what they do - not even with years of practice.

This is the main reason I watch motor racing. Sheer admiration that I gained through trying to go fast myself and discovering just how difficult it is (and how hard it is on one's car )

NASCAR is a huge sport. I agree there is an element of "script" about it. What needs to be understood is what the pressures are of driving 43 2 ton cars at speeds up to 200 mph on a superspeedway for 3 or 4 hours(500 miles), with costantly changing car characteristics.Next week these same 43 cars are on a 1 mile or less circuit for 500 laps or so, even manage a couple of road courses and they do it 30+ times a year.
Quite a contrast to the computer controlled world of F1s 80 minute sprints not even 20 times a year.
Indy cars are pretty good but with the IRL/Champcar split neither class has enough good drivers. I am not too sure of the safety standards of IRL either.
Unfortunately oval racing did not catch on here or Europe even after a couple of good race parks being built.
I did get to see the champcars at Rockingham, Corby. They looked amazing at 220+ mph.

Howard

Indeed. It is unfair of me to minimize the driving going on with NASCAR. The rest of the hype around it turns me off.
I saw the famed 234 MPH qualification lap at Indy by Emerson F. some years back.
It was astounding.
And the Pike's Peak race -- a REAL man's race for sure.
David

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Originally posted by NaimDropper:

And the Pike's Peak race -- a REAL man's race for sure.

David

There is a similar gravel hill climb held in New Zealand - "Race to the Sky" - just like at Pikes Peak there are sheer drops over the edges of many of the corners. Rod Millen was interviewed when he brought over a vehicle from the States and was asked if he felt any fear or apprehension at the thought of where he and his car would end up if he messed up badly enough.

I think his answer went something like, "Well, no. I'm not doing anything unusual in the car."

That's a race driver for you!
David