Nascar Homestead Tv Coverage.

expaddockrunner · 15 Nov 2011, 09:57 (Ref:2986622)

Free to air

Nascar Craftsman Trucks
Nascar Nationwide
Nascar Sprint

Clear the Sky+
Then watch the 3 races back to back, will just not have to read any stories about the weekend.

ascarmarshal · 15 Nov 2011, 10:24 (Ref:2986632)

What channel?

expaddockrunner · 15 Nov 2011, 10:32 (Ref:2986634)

oops!

Premier tv
sky 433

fieldodreams79 · 15 Nov 2011, 12:10 (Ref:2986669)

Good for the Brits!

ascarmarshal · 15 Nov 2011, 16:28 (Ref:2986772)

Premier Sports is £6.99 a month extra on top of the normal Sky packages and I can not see any free view for this weekend on their website

m1fcf · 15 Nov 2011, 21:29 (Ref:2986938)

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Originally Posted by ascarmarshal

Premier Sports is £6.99 a month extra on top of the normal Sky packages and I can not see any free view for this weekend on their website

If you go Motorsport>Nascar>Viewing Updates on their site, it does say that all the races from the Season Finale weekend will be Free-To-Air. Homestead is the last race of the season, so......

I suppose the place to check will be on the Sky EPG - should be able to scroll that far forward now. The Sky+ iPhone App doesn't say either way, but have set to record just in case...

expaddockrunner · 20 Nov 2011, 06:58 (Ref:2989058)

What part of free to air, means not free!
just played back the Nationwide race, the screen still showing the
"call your Broadcaster to upgrade your subscription to receive this channel" box.

looks like i will miss the main race on sunday night.

m1fcf · 20 Nov 2011, 09:28 (Ref:2989100)

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Originally Posted by expaddockrunner

What part of free to air, means not free!
just played back the Nationwide race, the screen still showing the
"call your Broadcaster to upgrade your subscription to receive this channel" box.

looks like i will miss the main race on sunday night.

Are you sure? The first minute or so had the message but that soon went and it gave me the whole camping world trucks race. Hopeful for the rest of the weekend.

Rob29 · 20 Nov 2011, 09:31 (Ref:2989102)

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Originally Posted by expaddockrunner

What part of free to air, means not free!
just played back the Nationwide race, the screen still showing the
"call your Broadcaster to upgrade your subscription to receive this channel" box.

looks like i will miss the main race on sunday night.

Not sure what your problem is as I watched it live and I do not subscribe.You even do not get as many ads as the Americans it seems.Unlike Sky they do not have a panel of 'experts' in the studio to discuss maters when ESPN is on an ad break.Premier Sports gives your pictures no comentry

Minicross424 · 20 Nov 2011, 13:55 (Ref:2989181)

Right im off to get some beers and cheer on my man Tony.
Go office depot 14!!

FordCosworthPanoz · 20 Nov 2011, 14:26 (Ref:2989188)

First NASCAR Championship race Ive been excited about in years, hopefully Stewart can take his third championship under three different formats today.

Alfa Fan · 20 Nov 2011, 14:27 (Ref:2989189)

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Originally Posted by Rob29

Not sure what your problem is as I watched it live and I do not subscribe.You even do not get as many ads as the Americans it seems.Unlike Sky they do not have a panel of 'experts' in the studio to discuss maters when ESPN is on an ad break.Premier Sports gives your pictures no comentry

You get NO ads whatsoever when we aren't joined by freeviewers! We get the best coverage of Sprint Cup races anywhere in the world, including the US!

The Cup race tonight is NOT FREE. You have to be a subscriber. I think the freeview Trucks and Busch was in order to increase interest / awareness of the channel ahead of tonight's main race.

expaddockrunner · 20 Nov 2011, 14:36 (Ref:2989196)

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Originally Posted by m1fcf

Are you sure? The first minute or so had the message but that soon went and it gave me the whole camping world trucks race. Hopeful for the rest of the weekend.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob29

Not sure what your problem is as I watched it live and I do not subscribe.You even do not get as many ads as the Americans it seems.Unlike Sky they do not have a panel of 'experts' in the studio to discuss maters when ESPN is on an ad break.Premier Sports gives your pictures no comentry

Thanks m1fcf, but i was half alseep when i checked the playback this morning, 12hr nightshift just finished!

Smartphone app. tunein radio had coverage, the last cover of laps sounded brillant.

i will try to record the race tonight.
have been to the meeting myself couple of yrs ago, so its nice to see the track/meeting from the tv point of view.

ascarmarshal · 20 Nov 2011, 17:22 (Ref:2989226)

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Originally Posted by Alfa Fan

The Cup race tonight is NOT FREE. You have to be a subscriber. I think the freeview Trucks and Busch was in order to increase interest / awareness of the channel ahead of tonight's main race.

According to Sky programme guide and the Premier Sports website it is with Pre Race at 7pm and the race start at 8pm.

**Craig** · 20 Nov 2011, 20:21 (Ref:2989292)

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Originally Posted by Alfa Fan

The Cup race tonight is NOT FREE.

Really? Strange as I seem to be sitting here watching it and I certaintly ain't no subscriber!

m1fcf · 21 Nov 2011, 00:05 (Ref:2989355)

What a shambles. The first part of the race was fine right up to and including the hou and a half rain delay.

Free to view ended almost exactly five seconds after the cars moved off for the restart.

Alfa Fan · 21 Nov 2011, 00:08 (Ref:2989356)

Excellent. Honestly, I'm having to pay for it, so why should others get one of the events of the season free?

Juarez Jed · 21 Nov 2011, 02:19 (Ref:2989401)

I bet you didn't like to share your toys as a child either, did you ?

expaddockrunner · 21 Nov 2011, 06:48 (Ref:2989441)

Sods law!

have got the race on tape, but due to the (sunshine state's) weather, the end of the race is missing.

Rob29 · 21 Nov 2011, 09:31 (Ref:2989489)

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Originally Posted by expaddockrunner

Sods law!

have got the race on tape, but due to the (sunshine state's) weather, the end of the race is missing.

No,according to Sky EPG Freeview was due to end at 11pm GMT.next 90mins needed subscription.But for weather delay we would have got a lot more racing,then with a few laps to go told to subscribe if one wanted to see the finish! One of the worst scams I have seen-I gave up and retired to bed shortly before you.Will not be bothering with them next year.

Peat · 21 Nov 2011, 09:52 (Ref:2989505)

That's pretty low. What a swizz! I wondered why i only had half the race recorded.

I would be interested to see what kind of ratings they pulled in the UK. I watched and thoroughly enjoyed the Nationwide on Saturday. I just wish NASCAR was on FTV.

JP · 21 Nov 2011, 13:06 (Ref:2989590)

I believe if it's worth watching it's worth paying for. I subscribed to Premier Sports at the outset, and I can't be bothered to cancel during the two months when there'll be no NASCAR coverage, so each race will have cost me the price of a pint. Admittedly they weren't all as interesting as the last one, and during the season I'm never home in time to watch them live, but still cheap at the price.

For that I've received the best coverage that the Cup series has ever had in the UK. Virtually uninterrupted race coverage, and most of the pre-race shows. Nothing missed due to previous programmes over-running, no annoying studio chat or voice-overs, and all rain delayed races shown live on the Monday or Tuesday. Despite the delays at Homestead they stayed with the coverage until the end of the championship presentation.

For the latter part of the season the subscription's also included unprecedented weekly coverage of BRISCA F1 and MASCAR, which alone has been worth the price.

I think the best course for anyone wanting cheap NASCAR coverage is to subscribe to Premier Sports and then flood them with positive feedback in the hope that they'll further expand their motorsports portfolio.

Clive Brown · 21 Nov 2011, 16:48 (Ref:2989688)

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Originally Posted by Alfa Fan

Excellent. Honestly, I'm having to pay for it, so why should others get one of the events of the season free?

That is an abominably selfish attitude.

Mystery · 21 Nov 2011, 18:55 (Ref:2989727)

I've enjoyed the coverage all season long and am happy to continue paying through the winter.

m1fcf · 22 Nov 2011, 00:06 (Ref:2989820)

Am not normally a fan of NASCAR but given it was free to air, thought I would give it a go. However after the way that Premier Sports handled the coverage then I am sorry but I won't be paying for it. I'll take my chances with Justin.tv

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