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Glad it'll be available in the UK, but a shame it's on ESPN, I was hoping to end my subscription to them at the end of the football season, so it's another £10 a month to find throughout the summer.
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As a Virginmedia customer who would not pay the extra to take on Sky Sports, F1 and all......I'm dead chuffed with this news . Roll on those Sunday nights !
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I'm not a fan of the Murdoch media empire, when it comes to sport but this is going to narrow the fan base. This may seem a little contradictory to my previous post but I don't necessarily see it as a good thing if IndyCar wants to attract the casual fan.
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I don't really see a difference from where it was before, hidden away in the dungeons of SS4. I doubt it attracted alot of casual fans, as a fan i had to hunt it down to find out which channel and what time it would be, i never saw it trailed on the other SS channels.
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8 Feb 2013, 14:33 (Ref:3201242) | #783 | ||
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ESPN is included in the Sky package - free, I think, whereas you have to fork out for Sky. Although, it's a bit like a jungle trying to untangle all the various packages.
I also wonder if Dario had won this year would've Sky kept it. |
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I just went on to the Sky website and
'ESPN is available as a stand alone channel for £10 extra a month if you also take Sky Sports Pack otherwise £13 extra a month.' I cut and pasted that from their site. Well it's one way of making a few extra £s out of a series that hardly anyone watches, . |
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8 Feb 2013, 16:12 (Ref:3201295) | #785 | |
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Do ESPN show some NASCAR and DTM as well? It's only £6/£8 on Virgin (but included in their top package).
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ESPN in Europe show NASCAR Now and the NHRA but no NASCAR race at any division. Setanta and Motors TV have the races.
They do bump live DTM if they have something bigger on; they'll probably do the same with Indycar although the timezones will probably make it easier for them to show more live Indycar. |
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It appears Shank has sold their Dallara.
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They are thinking of reverse grids for the double headers for 2014.
If they do it, they'll reverse the grid based on the championship standings not any race result. And if they'll do it, my last bit of interest in this series will whittle away. |
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Couldn't agree more. Why more gimmicks? C'mon Belskus get it together.
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From “Miller’s Mailbag” of February 8, 2013. Looks like there will be fewer full season entries this year:
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I'd actually love for them to go with carbon-fiber engine blocks by Matti Holtzberg like Delta Wing is doing for some time this year. If Panoz/DeltaWing can afford to work with Holtzberg to develop a race-ready engine, so can Chevy and Honda (especially with curing times for the block doable to 5 minutes). And you can bet Chevy and Honda would get an ROI there with the need for lighter car components to improve mileage in their road cars. |
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Natural gas is supposed to be cleaner on the fuel injection system and combustion chamber and prevents knock, right? I wonder if Chevy and Honda (both of which have CNG options available for some of their vehicles) would be down with going the natural gas route in Indy. They could even do the whole "American CNG-powered" promotion (more popular than ethanol, though that's not saying much).
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What does Pat Patrick make his money in, again?
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