NHRA on ESPN UK 2012?

[Bayracing]

Does anyone know if ESPN UK are carrying the NHRA coverage again this year?

[Thorperoo]

seems likely, it going back to C5 feels a little optimistic.

[Bayracing]

We get it free and on demand on BT vision (free view)

If you have freeview with a slot you can get cheap or free card I think

George

Edited by Bayracing on Wednesday 14th March 22:12

[mat777]

I need a £50 card to see it on my tv, grrrrrrrr

I havent been able to watch a series since 08 and have to follow the results on the John Force racing website... not quite the same!

[Bayracing]

What system are you on and what do you get for £50?

[mat777]

Bayracing said:

What system are you on and what do you get for £50?

I currently have an LG 25LG3000 tv, and if I go to the espn channel it flashes up saying "scrambled channel"

I googled "watch espn on freeview" and found this:

http://www.topuptv.com/ciplus/

I dont think that cost includes the exoorbitant monthly subscription to the channel though, so screw them!

[Flying Toilet]

Don't use topuptv I tried it and you can only watch Espn between 11am and midnight. Useless when the NHRA coverage is normally shown early morning or middle of the night.

Avoid.

[robc3303]

If ESPN show the 2012 season I would strongly recommend trying to get ESPN one way or another as the coverage is excellent, especially in HD. The production values are very high and it is a joy to watch.

I attempted the "top Up TV' route originally and obtained a card to put in the back of my TV. However, it did not work and after some investigation on the internet I found out that Panasonic TV's of my type / age needed firmware upgrades or something in order for the top up card to work properly. Panasonic didn't want to know and the Top Up tv people referred me back to Panasonic. So I ditched that route.

In the end I basically bought a Virgin Cable TV package with no sport. However, I could add on ESPN for £10 per month. I did this purely for the NHRA drag racing. For me, its an extra £10 per month well spent (and one gets the odd Premiership game and other sports such as rugby of course, if that's of any interest). We record each event onto the Virgin hard drive box in High Def and it is one of our highlights of viewing mid week (lets face it there's not much on TV these days!). As a drag racing fan, I would give up a fair few things before losing the ability to watch the whole season in HD for a tenner a month.

[TheMighty]

ESPN on freeview now runs from 2pm until 4am weekdays and 11am until 4am on weekends Dan which is enough to cover pretty much all of the NHRA coverage throughout the year. I think there were possibly two or three qualifying shows that were cut short throughout the season and maybe one round of promod missed.

£9.99 for the CAM from Comet to slot in the back of your TV, plus £20 to connect it, but you should get the first month free on that deal, so it should only cost you £30 for the first month and a tenner or so thereafter.

I was thinking of chucking it in over winter and only paying for it during the racing season but have become somewhat of a College Football addict since.

[Thorperoo]

As an aside to this, quick heads up there's drag racing on Motors TV at the mo. 'Life in the fast lane' following Rod Fullers Abu Dhabi backed outings and 'Every Second Counts' with footage of the Fuller/Urbacher runs at Yas Marina. Some good stuff, i'll not list specific times as they're both on rotation for the rest of the week or so.

[JohnW]

The first fix of the season on ESPN.............

2:00 AM GMT

Monday 13th February (Listing shows Sunday 12th)




NHRA DRAG RACING


Qualifying action from the first event of the 2012 Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, the O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals race at Pomona Raceway in California.

Duration : 120 mins




12:30 AM GMT

Wednesday 15th February (Listing shows Tuesday 14th)




NHRA DRAG RACING


The new season begins with the 52nd annual O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals race at Pomona Raceway in California.

Duration : 210 mins

[robc3303]

Thanks John for this information. Looking forward to following the season.

[Thorperoo]

In addition to the race show at 2am on monday morning there's the quali show 2100 this sunday the 12th.
anyone know if there's any promod or methanol/sportsman class coverage this year? can't see any mention of it yet and to be fair i don't know what the USA promod schedule looks like this year.

[Flying Toilet]

Yeah sportsman coverage is on ESPN America on Monday 20th February.

Take a look here and search NHRA...

http://tv.espn.co.uk/gb/espl/tv-schedule/#all

I doubt you will see any Pro Mod coverage as Roger Burgess is no longer title sponsor and has shut up shop by the looks of things.

[Thorperoo]

cool, thanks. was aware of the burgess situation but rather vainly hoping someone would pick up the reigns somewhere. hey ho.

[deafoldfart]

saw this post at the weekend and phoned sky,they wanted £12.00 per month for espn america as i dont pay for any other sports chanels .haggled a bit and got it fot £7.00 per month for the first year.just watched the coverage of the winter nats and can only say its money well spent

Edited by deafoldfart on Wednesday 15th February 22:07

[NitroChrisUK]

unless im being Blind i cannot see an eliminations show for the Arizona nats .. just Qualifying and lots of sportsman from Pomona.. anyone know when the Arizona elims show is on ?

[Flying Toilet]

Monday 2pm on ESPN America followed by Sportsman coverage from Pomona....

Or if you only have ESPN it's on Wednesday at 12.30am.

[Flying Toilet]

Also, I have a TopUpTv card and CAM spare too if wants it.

[ncbbmw]

Full 2 hours 39 mins of ESPN coverage of Pomona 2012 on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6lEljwEyOI