Cable TV for the Motor Sport fan (whats on all TV this week ?)

[deeks6]

Some time ago, an NZedder asked about what sort of motorsports/car shows were available on cable TV. Here's an update of what I get on Foxtel for about $75/month:

Top Gear (BBC)
5th Gear (Lifestyle)
A Carography (How To)
Life in The Fast Lane (How To)
Automobile Biography (History)
A Racing car is Born (Discovery)
Inside Speed (Fox Sports 2)
Motorsports Asia (ESPN)
IRL live (ESPN)
Future of the Car (Discovery)
IRL Infinity Pro (ESPN)
Grand Am (ESPN)
NASCAR live (Fox 1)
NASCAR Busch Series (Fox 1)
The Fast Lane (ESPN)
Grand Prix (1964 movie) in July (TCM)
Indycar Racer (Nat Geographic)
V8 Supercar replays with no ads (Fox 1)
NHRA Today (ESPN)
NHRA Qualifying (ESPN)
NHRA (ESPN)
Winning (1970 movie) in July (FOX Classics)
Mothers Car Show (ESPN)
Motorworld (Fox 2)
BTCC (Fox 2)
World Touring Car Title (Fox 2)
FIM Speedway GP (Fox 2)
World Superbikes live (Fox 1)
Moto GP live (Fox 1)
Classic Car Restoration (How To)
Le Mans GP live (ESPN)
DHRA (ESPN)
Enzo Ferrari Doco (Biography)
Racing Through Time (Fox Sports) - fantastic series!
Tricked Out (How To)
Rides (Discovery)
American Chopper (Discovery)
Junkyard Wars (Discovery)
WRC (fox 1)
Idesign (How To)
24 Hour Le Mans Highlights (Fox 1)
Rebuilding A Race Car Legend (Discovery)
Ultimates (Discovery)
Rockcrawling and Offroad Challenge Series (ESPN)
NARA (ESPN)
Rally World (Fox 1)
Driving Design (discovery)

and any number of "one-off" docos as well...

But - take my advice and invest in a DVD Hard Disk Recorder/Rewriter to keep the missus off your back...PLUS, you can save them forever.

[mabs_nsx]

I don't have foxtel but isn't the Renault World Series on ESPN?

[chavez]

The Renault World Series is shown on the Motorsport Asia program.

[racer69]

It is shown in full on ESPN. I caught half of the Zolder round earlier this year, presented by Gary Lee (who also commentates on the IRL for ESPN), and commentated by Jonathan Green (who commentates on the World Superbikes). It wasn't listed though, and i haven't seen one on since.

The round from Bilbao is being shown live later this month. This is the first round that i have found listed in the guide though.

Motorsport Asia in itself gives decent coverage (not 30 second highlights) of ALMS, British Rally Championship, DTM, Irish Road Racing (motorcycles - fantastic stuff!), European Rallycross etc etc

[TSR]

Having the top Foxtel Package, the only two things I wish Foxtel had were

1.F1 Races
2.A dedicated Motorsport channel.

We can only hope.

[Rombles1]

Wicked! Foxtel here I come!

[deeks6]

Yes, forgot the Renault World Series...

Also European Drags in summer. And British Superbikes Fox Sports). And the search for a Superbike series (Fox 1). And the Search for a GP Racer series (Discovery).

I also wish F1 was on ... because it would be LIVE not 45min-1 hour delay (and you could have Live Timing in unison with the coverage).

But I'm not complaining (just the missus-"we're not watching cars again")...

[retro]

The Reno series is listed as the GP of .......I think there is one this weekend?

To keep track of ESPN programs go here = clicky

There is a chance of Foxtel doing a FoxSports 3 motorsport channel from Fri through Mon as they did years ago with Super League.....might be next year or the year after.

But I'm not complaining (just the missus-"we're not watching cars again")...

.........females and motorsport don't mix apparently..

edit...correct web address.

[racer69]

Originally Posted by deeks6

Yes, forgot the Renault World Series...

Also European Drags in summer. And British Superbikes Fox Sports). And the search for a Superbike series (Fox 1). And the Search for a GP Racer series (Discovery).

That 'Natural Born Racers' is great stuff isn' it.

Top effort putting the list together deeks6,

In addition to these; there is also over the course of the year;

- FIA GT Championship
- AMA Superbike Championship (plus occasionally the AMA Supersport and Superstock races)
- AMA Supermoto
- Australian Supermoto & European Supermoto
- Speed World Challenge GT and Touring Cars
- Occasionally Trans-Am (but not lately) and other Grand-Am support races
- FIM World Endurance Championship
- SCCA ProRally from America
- Wheeler Dealers on Discovery Channel
- They occasionally play the 'Champions' series of video's as well, including Alan Jones, Niki Lauda, Mike Hailwood, Barry Sheene etc but this is mostly over summer.
- Similiarly done usually over summer is Fox Sports Gold, which you can usually find some semi-old (dating back to mid-90s) 500cc and World Superbike races from the FOX Sports archives featured regularly.
- And after all this i'm sure there is still stuff we have missed

And it wasn't repeated this year unfortunatly, but last year FOX Sports ran 'Big Day of (insert sport name)' over a period of weeks, and it included a Big Day of Motorsport, and featured 24 hours straight of motorsport programming.

[marcus]

gee I really didnt noticed I watched so much stuff LOL.

I really am enjoying the natural born racers stuff from england , it is quite entertaining

I will also have to look out for the world series stuff too

[chavez]

Originally Posted by racer69

It is shown in full on ESPN. I caught half of the Zolder round earlier this year, presented by Gary Lee (who also commentates on the IRL for ESPN), and commentated by Jonathan Green (who commentates on the World Superbikes). It wasn't listed though, and i haven't seen one on since.

The round from Bilbao is being shown live later this month. This is the first round that i have found listed in the guide though.

Motorsport Asia in itself gives decent coverage (not 30 second highlights) of ALMS, British Rally Championship, DTM, Irish Road Racing (motorcycles - fantastic stuff!), European Rallycross etc etc

Not having it listed explains how I missed it. Round 1 from Zolder was on Motorsport Asia during the past week. There were some very big shunts.

[Hazza]

Between Valencia races or before didn't they show an old school WSBK Video with Gobert absoloutly flogging everyone at Phillip Island?

[retro]

Monster Garage on Sat and every now and then the History Channel run a series...the History of Holden (2 Hrs with Bathurst clips)...75 Years of Ford (1 hr and has some Bathurst clips) and there are a couple of others in that series (The History of the GT Falcon I think)

... and they do a series on the History of Automobiles.....which gives me the impression it is made in Aust around the mid 90's plus they have some Vintage car stuff on as well at times.
The History of Automobiles is a really good watch.

.........and keep an eye on ESPN for Tractor Pulling...I promise you that the top class has some of the wildest machinery you will ever see!!!

[retro]

Originally Posted by Hazza

Between Valencia races or before didn't they show an old school WSBK Video with Gobert absoloutly flogging everyone at Phillip Island?

AS a stocking filler on the WSB telecast on Sun nights the often run old WSB races.......I think I saw the Gobert one (what a waste)

....and I agree that the Natural Born Races is a good watch (oh to be young and cocky)

[BJAY]

Geez, I didn't realise there was so much motorsport on Foxtel.

It'll be installed on Wenesday, and I can't wait.

[deeks6]

Originally Posted by racer69

That 'Natural Born Racers' is great stuff isn' it.

Top effort putting the list together deeks6,

In addition to these; there is also over the course of the year;

- FIA GT Championship
- AMA Superbike Championship (plus occasionally the AMA Supersport and Superstock races)
- AMA Supermoto
- Australian Supermoto & European Supermoto
- Speed World Challenge GT and Touring Cars
- Occasionally Trans-Am (but not lately) and other Grand-Am support races
- FIM World Endurance Championship
- SCCA ProRally from America
- Wheeler Dealers on Discovery Channel
- They occasionally play the 'Champions' series of video's as well, including Alan Jones, Niki Lauda, Mike Hailwood, Barry Sheene etc but this is mostly over summer.
- Similiarly done usually over summer is Fox Sports Gold, which you can usually find some semi-old (dating back to mid-90s) 500cc and World Superbike races from the FOX Sports archives featured regularly.
- And after all this i'm sure there is still stuff we have missed

And it wasn't repeated this year unfortunatly, but last year FOX Sports ran 'Big Day of (insert sport name)' over a period of weeks, and it included a Big Day of Motorsport, and featured 24 hours straight of motorsport programming.

I hope they repeat that Day of Motorsports - I got it taped (a lot of it) but can't use the video any more (finally got the reciever/dvd recorder/foxtel/TV hooked up - fluked it and don't wanna lose it) - it was brilliant. However, they do a lot of the Racing Through Time over summer and lots and lots of one-offs. I'm gettin the lot this time.

Thanks for the help with the shows missed, people

Not that I'm an ad for Foxtel but it was worth all the money and more to get the motorsports/cars stuff for me. The bonus is you get other sports (AFL/Cricket etc) AND my missus gets her movies and arty-farty stuff.

But I promise I will get a heap of this on a P2P. I actually missed the 50 years of Holden recently coz I forgot to set the timer properly. Damn.

[marcus]

Now this is something Ive been pondering for quite a while and Im glad this thread came up.

I simply miss alot of stuff I'd love to see so here is a little list and time slots for some upcoming events (so far ive only done 2 days and have only gone through sports channels in the guides)

I will add more as I find them tonight (Im bored sitting here drinking and wanting something to do so this is it

hopefully this is self explanitary and is also incomplete as Its a work in progress for now

Sunday 10/7/05

1.30am Motorworld (30 mins) (Fox sports 2)
2.00am Inside Speed (2 hours) (Fox Sports 2)
2.30am Rally World (30 mins) (Fox Sports 1)
4.00am LIVE Nascar Busch Series Twister 300 (2.5 hours) ( (Fox Sports 2)
4.30am Indy Racing League Replay of Kansas 300 (2 hours) (ESPN)
6.30am Motorworld (30 mins) (Fox Sports 2)
11.00am Motorsport Asia (30 mins) (ESPN)
11.30am DHRA Finals (30 mins) (ESPN)
12.00pm Speedweek (2 hours) (SBS)
12.30pm Trackside (1.5 hours) (Channel 10)
2.00pm V8 Superstars (1.5 hours) (Channel 10)
3.30pm RPM (1.5 hours) (Channel 10)
9.30pm Grand Prix of Le Mans (1.5 hours) (ESPN)
10.30pm LIVE (sort of) Formula One British GP (2.5 hours) (Channel 10)
This weeks Formula One race will come to us with a delay of 1.5 hours , basically we will see the start of the race just as it is ending.



Monday 11/7/05

12.30am Grand Prix of Le Mans (1.5 hours) (ESPN)
2.00am Motorsport Asia (30 mins) (ESPN)
2.30am DHRA Finals (30 mins) (ESPN)
4.30pm Grand Prix of Le Mans (1.5 hours) (ESPN)
6.45am LIVE Moto GP Laguna Seca (1.75 Hours) (Fox Sports 2)
7.00am LIVE Moto GP Laguna Seca (1.5 hours) (Channel 10)
8.30am Nascar Nextel Cup (3 hours) (Fox Sports 2)
9.30pm Moto GP Laguna Seca replay (1 hour) (Fox Sports 1)
11.00pm Nascar Nextel Cup (2.5 hours) (Fox Sports 1)

Tuesday 12/7/05

1.40am Champcar World Series - Rnd 6 Toronto (2 hours) Channel 10
3.30am Motorsport unknow show (1 hour) (ESPN)
6.00am Chequered Flag (1 hour) (Fox Sports 2)
12.00pm Moto GP Replay of Laguna Seca (1 hour) (Fox Sports 1)

Wednesday 13/7/05

2.00am Motorsport Asia / Inside Drag Racing (1 hour) (ESPN)
11.00am Mothers Car Show (30 mins) (ESPN)
4.00pm Inside Drag Racing (30 mins) (ESPN)


Thursday 14/7/05
2.30am Motorworld (30 mins) (Fox Sports 1)
3.00am World Rally Championship highlights of Greece (1 hour) Fox Sports 1)
8.00am Grand AM Series Paul Revere 250 from Daytona (1 hour) (ESPN)
1.00pm Replay of Grand Am race above (1 Hour) (ESPN)
4.30pm Mothers Car Show (30 mins) (ESPN)
5.00pm Motorsport Asia (30 mins) (ESPN)
8.00pm Inside Speed (2 hours) (Fox Sports 1)

Friday 15/7/05

6.00am Moto GP Replay of Laguna Seca (1 hour) (Fox Sports 2)
8.30 am Inside Speed (2 hours) (Fox Sports 1)


Saturday 16/7/05

5.00am Motorsport unkown show (30 mins) (ESPN)
10.00am Moto GP replay of Laguna Seca (1 hour) (Fox Sports 1)
5.30pm World Rally Championship highlights of Argentina (1 hour) (Fox Sports 2)
9.00pm LIVE Indy Racing League Nashville 200 (2 hours) (ESPN)
11.00pm Indycar Series : The Fast Life (30 mins) (ESPN)
11.30pm Motorsport Asia (30 mins) (ESPN)

[Rombles1]

I can see this thread having a long and dignified life - Please keep us updated on what else those of us without Foxtel are missing out on! (Not long to wait now - should be getting it soon!)

[marcus]

well Ive added the next week of stuff only on Fox 1 and 2 and ESPN and Channel 10 (allthough channel 10 is only up till wednesday as i dont have past then)

I think its a good idea to have a thread like this so we can keep track of what we want to watch. maybe we should do a TV schedule for every upcoming week ?

[mabs_nsx]

Originally Posted by marcus

well Ive added the next week of stuff only on Fox 1 and 2 and ESPN and Channel 10 (allthough channel 10 is only up till wednesday as i dont have past then)

Sunday 17/7/05
12:00pm-2:00pm:Speedweek (SBS)
1.00pm-2:00pm:Australian Rally Championship Rnd 3 from Tasmani (Channel 10)
2.00pm-3:30pm:Trackside (Channel 10)
3.30pm-5:00pm: RPM (Channel 10)

Tuesday 19/7/05
1:40am-3:40am*:Champ Car Rnd 6 from Toronto (Channel 10)

*After big brother has its 15 minuits of overtime the Champcar race will probably be shown around 1:55am-3:55am

[marcus]

Umm I think your wrong there mabs , Toronto Champcars will be shown this week on the 12th , I have that added under Tuesday schedule

[deeks6]

Great Idea - I've basically added all the other relevant shows as well:

Sunday 10/7/05

1.30am Motorworld (30 mins) (Fox sports 2)
2.00am Inside Speed (2 hours) (Fox Sports 2)
2.30am Rally World (30 mins) (Fox Sports 1)
2.30am Top Gear (BBC World)
4.00am LIVE[/B] Nascar Busch Series Twister 300 (2.5 hours) ( (Fox Sports 2)
4.30am Indy Racing League Replay of Kansas 300 (2 hours) (ESPN)
6.30am Motorworld (30 mins) (Fox Sports 2)
11.00am Motorsport Asia (30 mins) (ESPN)
11.30am DHRA Finals (30 mins) (ESPN)
11.30am Top Gear (BBC World)
12.00pm Speedweek (2 hours) (SBS)
12.30pm Trackside (1.5 hours) (Channel 10)
12.30pm A Racing car Is Born (Discovery)
2.00pm V8 Superstars (1.5 hours) (Channel 10)
3.30pm RPM (1.5 hours) (Channel 10)
4.00pm Indycar Racer (National Geographic)
5.00pm Classic Car Restoration (How To) also at 1.00am 11/7
5.30pm Rides (Discovery)
6.30pm Junkyard Wars (Discovery)
9.30pm Grand Prix of Le Mans (1.5 hours) (ESPN) also 12.30pm
10.30pm LIVE (sort of) Formula One British GP (2.5 hours) (Channel 10)
This weeks Formula One race will come to us with a delay of 1.5 hours , basically we will see the start of the race just as it is ending.
11.30pm Top Gear (BBC World)
11.30pm American Chopper (Discovery)

Monday 11/7/05

12.30am Grand Prix of Le Mans (1.5 hours) (ESPN)
2.00am Motorsport Asia (30 mins) (ESPN)
2.30am DHRA Finals (30 mins) (ESPN)
4.30pm Grand Prix of Le Mans (1.5 hours) (ESPN)
6.45am LIVE Moto GP Laguna Seca (1.75 Hours) (Fox Sports 2)
7.00am LIVE Moto GP Laguna Seca (1.5 hours) (Channel 10)
8.30am Nascar Nextel Cup (3 hours) (Fox Sports 2)
11.30am Classic Car Restoration (How To)
7.30pm Indycar Racer (Nat Geographic) also 11.30pm
8.30pm 5th Gear (Lifestyle) also 1.30am
9.30pm Moto GP Laguna Seca replay (1 hour) (Fox Sports 1)
9.30pm Life In The Fast Lane with Steve Natt (How To) also 4.30am
10.00pm A Carography (How To) also 5.00am
11.00pm Nascar Nextel Cup (2.5 hours) (Fox Sports 1)

Tuesday 12/7/05

1.40am Champcar World Series - Rnd 6 Toronto (2 hours) Channel 10
3.30am Motorsport unknow show (1 hour) (ESPN)
6.00am Chequered Flag (1 hour) (Fox Sports 2)
8.30am Monster Garage (Discovery)
9.30am Junkyard Wars (Discovery)
12.00pm Indycar Racer (Nat Geographic)
12.00pm Moto GP Replay of Laguna Seca (1 hour) (Fox Sports 1)
1.30pm Life In The Fast Lane (How To)
2.00pm A Carography (How To)
8.30pm Rides (Discovery)

Wednesday 13/7/05

12.30am Rides (Discovery)
2.00am Motorsport Asia / Inside Drag Racing (1 hour) (ESPN)
5.30am Rides (Discovery)
9.30am Rides (Discovery)
4.00pm Inside Drag Racing (30 mins) (ESPN)
6.00pm Pure Inventions: Driving (Discovery Science)
11.00pm Mothers Car Show (30 mins) (ESPN)

Thursday 14/7/05

2.30am Motorworld (30 mins) (Fox Sports 1)
3.00am World Rally Championship highlights of Greece (1 hour) Fox Sports 1)
4.00am Inside Drag Racing (ESPN)
8.00am Grand AM Series Paul Revere 250 from Daytona (1 hour) (ESPN)
1.00pm Replay of Grand Am race above (1 Hour) (ESPN)
4.30pm Mothers Car Show (30 mins) (ESPN)
5.00pm Motorsport Asia (30 mins) (ESPN)
7.30pm American Chopper (Discovery)
8.00pm Inside Speed (2 hours) (Fox Sports 1)
8.00pm Grand Am Series (ESPN)

Friday 15/7/05

1.00am Motorsport (ESPN) 1 hour
4.30am American Chopper (Discovery)
5.00am Motorsports Asia (ESPN)
6.00am Moto GP Replay of Laguna Seca (1 hour) (Fox Sports 2)
8.30 am Inside Speed (2 hours) (Fox Sports 1)
8.30pm Indycar Racer (Nat Geographic)
11.30pm Indycar Racer (Nat Geographic)


Saturday 16/7/05

5.00am Motorsport unkown show (30 mins) (ESPN)
10.00am Moto GP replay of Laguna Seca (1 hour) (Fox Sports 1)
12.30pm A Racing Car Is Born (Discovery)
5.30pm World Rally Championship highlights of Argentina (1 hour) (Fox Sports 2)
6.30pm Monster Garage (Discovery)
8.30pm "Bobby Deerfield" - cr@ppy motor racing film with Al Pacino (Movie Greats)
9.00pm LIVE Indy Racing League Nashville 200 (2 hours) (ESPN)
11.00pm Indycar Series : The Fast Life (30 mins) (ESPN)
11.30pm Motorsport Asia (30 mins) (ESPN)

Have fun...

[PVDA]

Inside Speed on FS1 is basically a copy of the previous weekends Speedweek episode from SBS.

[inpitlane]

It would be remiss of me not to mention for Melbourne readers that also this week on C31 is:
Tuesday
7.00 pm Two Wheel Tourque
8.00 pm MX TV (motocross) (R)
9.00 pm The C Word (Could be anything?) (R)
9.30 pm In Pit Lane Aporschapart 944 challenge Phillip Island

Wednesday
7.30 pm Rodders Life

Thursday

7.00 pm 4WD TV

Most of these shows are also repeated several times in the day or Midnight to Dawn.

BTW, According to the last set of Oztam ratings of the stations top 10 shows 6 of them are the Motoring/Motorsports shows.
Rodders Life is now rating it's socks off.

[marcus]

what is C31 ????