Showing posts with label speedtv. Show all posts
Showing posts with label speedtv. Show all posts

Monday, February 23, 2009

Yasukama returns

Even the web editors at speedtv.com are susceptible to egregious spelling errors. In that regard, our two sites are pretty similar.

We will let Speedtv.com commentator "Mike Hickman" sum things up:

"Where's that SpeedTV.com spellchecker? His name in the article is Yasukawa not Yasukama. Is this a Freudian slip with F-1 Takuma Sato? Come on Speed, at least get the driver's name spelled right in the headline"

Monday, March 24, 2008

Speedtv.com's incredible timing

Last Wednesday was a tough day for speedtv.com's Jim Chiappelli. Bemoaning the relative lack of opportunities to see winged-sprints on dirt in his home of North Carolina, Chiappelli scribed an editorial piece to outline his frustrations. Chiappelli (like many racing guys still dealing with the doldrums of winter) just wants to see some good old fashioned dirt racing. He even reflects back to the days of his youth, growing up in sprint car rich middle-Pennsylvania, where dirt cars flock like the swallows of Capistrano.

A sprint car void of epic proportions, no doubt. If only there was an outlet to televise such racing. Then, all of the problems Chiappelli faces would be resolved....

Brace yourself for Sunday's (four days after the original Chiappelli piece was published) speedtv.com Breaking News:

World Racing Group announced today that SPEED will be the exclusive television partner for World of Outlaws racing in 2008. The partnership will be anchored by five super-sized multi-hour events, three of which will be broadcast live, including the highly successful World of Outlaws World Finals season finale.


As it happens, the above article was also scribed by Chiappelli!

Wait, it's almost like the original opinion piece was just an early plug for Speedtv's upcoming television programming. An advertisement thinly disguised as an article? Could it be?

*Ed. note: Ridebuyer understands the irony of posting something critical about Speedtv when we often link to their site and pilfer their images. Irony acknowledged, noted and disregarded.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Varsha gets lost

Don't get us wrong here, Ridebuyer loves Bob Varsha. His F1 play-by-play is truly something to behold. His motorsports knowledge is vast and his enthusiasm for the sport shows through. Which is why this clip is all the more awesome. Things start to go wrong for Varshy at the 1:03 mark.