Britcar 24hr on Sky Sports next week
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Quote "Sky Sports will be showing highlights of the recent Britcar 24 hours race at Silverstone. The scheduled broadcast times are 7pm & midnight on Sky Sports 3 on 4th October, 2.30pm on Sky Sports 2 on 5th October and 9am on Sky Sports 3 on 6th October" Quote
Taken from the latest BRSCC newsletter
Taken from the latest BRSCC newsletter
Just watched it and I have to say I am just disgusted at the shite coverage of a 24H race.
with all due respect to Mr. Short and others, there were some other people in the race, not even to bother covering the different classes was pathetic.
Not a single shot of over half the cars in the field...(how are we supposed to sell this to sponsors?)
anybody else like to comment from another perspective?
with all due respect to Mr. Short and others, there were some other people in the race, not even to bother covering the different classes was pathetic.
Not a single shot of over half the cars in the field...(how are we supposed to sell this to sponsors?)
anybody else like to comment from another perspective?
I was just grateful that one of the only cars with an in-car camera was Del Delaronde in the Falcon, who was behind me at the start. Meant some nice shots of my car. 3 or 4 other shots too, but yes, in the main it was focused on people who were paid to be there. FFS, all the money we collectively put into this, and that is the best they come up with. The Nurburgring coverage is amazing when that is on.
Crap. What is worse is the presenter is the daughter of a Britcar regular, Peter Seldon, so you would have expected more.
Not impressed
Crap. What is worse is the presenter is the daughter of a Britcar regular, Peter Seldon, so you would have expected more.
Not impressed
We got a mention by name. (We were at the pump in front of the Mosler as it came in to re-fuel !!).
There were some stories to be told, surely the merc needed an explanation, wasn`t there a yellow Lotus driven by people who, having finished their stint at the wheel, spannered on the car, changed the tyres, cooked the food, kept time records, signalled to the driver and still had time to rush over and re-fuel the thing !), our very own hot tub was reasonably unique in the paddock, and what do all the drivers do when not racing ? It`s always great to hear where people come from.
In fairness I would think the whole programme was put together on a fairly tight budget. I`ve always wondered how much it would cost on a per-car basis to have a good video team at each meeting, if only to produce longer programmes without advert breaks for our own amusement and posterity. Certainly it would help draw a few extra pennies from potential sponsors.
It`s not just Britcar, if you decided to run in production class of British Touring cars for instance you`re fairly unlikely to get on the telly unless you spear Matt, Jason or Yvan off into the gravel. The answer is to run a class one car. The problem we all have is when you think you`ve got a class one car only to have an uber class one car come along in the form of a GT1 Porsche / Ferrari, Mosler, Falcon, DTM car etc to steal the limelight for a race.
The only thing I can suggest that always seems to work is naked girls, (or indeed boys for the MG lady possy !).
Still never mind, off to Belgium next for chips mayonaise, a few laps round Zolder and a couple of glasses of Hogarden.
Henry
There were some stories to be told, surely the merc needed an explanation, wasn`t there a yellow Lotus driven by people who, having finished their stint at the wheel, spannered on the car, changed the tyres, cooked the food, kept time records, signalled to the driver and still had time to rush over and re-fuel the thing !), our very own hot tub was reasonably unique in the paddock, and what do all the drivers do when not racing ? It`s always great to hear where people come from.
In fairness I would think the whole programme was put together on a fairly tight budget. I`ve always wondered how much it would cost on a per-car basis to have a good video team at each meeting, if only to produce longer programmes without advert breaks for our own amusement and posterity. Certainly it would help draw a few extra pennies from potential sponsors.
It`s not just Britcar, if you decided to run in production class of British Touring cars for instance you`re fairly unlikely to get on the telly unless you spear Matt, Jason or Yvan off into the gravel. The answer is to run a class one car. The problem we all have is when you think you`ve got a class one car only to have an uber class one car come along in the form of a GT1 Porsche / Ferrari, Mosler, Falcon, DTM car etc to steal the limelight for a race.
The only thing I can suggest that always seems to work is naked girls, (or indeed boys for the MG lady possy !).
Still never mind, off to Belgium next for chips mayonaise, a few laps round Zolder and a couple of glasses of Hogarden.
Henry
To be fair, there is a natural selection side to this.. If you want exposure, try and be near the front. It seems to be what that fickle bunch called sponsors want and is what the general public want to watch mostly. Winners get the story, the rest of us who have far more interesting human angle stories get to kiss the editing room floor.
The "watching the Morgan at Le Mans" bunch is encapsulated here on this site, and is not actually typical of most advert watching football fans etc (thank gawd). But TV companies are slaves to that audience, not the subjuct matter. We are quite a special and privileged bunch here (car lovers and motorsport fans) and not that interesting to people who save money by switching their electricity supplier etc.. We are very influential and a hero marketing segment though, as our egos are great fun to witness... An argument between Muller and Neal in the pits is worth 10 overtakes (20 if Matts dad throws a punch!), and any motorcycle fans will remeber Chilli in his dressing gown trying to punch Fogarty in Monza... Was worth 5 Xaus highsides, 3 Haga darkies and 2 Corser stand up wheelies.
Shame a camera wasn't on hand when I had my little chat with the organisers about a (outrageously unsuitable) car changing classes at 11am and nicking my pot! You know who you are..
The argument about it only being 3 litres would have been good TV as i reminded the wannabe Ecclestone that 950 bhp could be wrought from that capacity. The "being up for 72 hrs excuse and I made a gaffe" was countered heroically by "well I've just come in from 2hrs 40 minutes of driving round in circles and I want to have a meaningful discussion about the concept of two middle aged tw*ts taking up Sumo at a motorsport event in front of a bunch of people still wearing ties"
The TV producers have to appeal to a wide audience, and sadly, as we were only running 7th for the first 14 hrs in a car with the electric windows still plumbed in, not showing our car at all...
Which is why I forgive them.
The "watching the Morgan at Le Mans" bunch is encapsulated here on this site, and is not actually typical of most advert watching football fans etc (thank gawd). But TV companies are slaves to that audience, not the subjuct matter. We are quite a special and privileged bunch here (car lovers and motorsport fans) and not that interesting to people who save money by switching their electricity supplier etc.. We are very influential and a hero marketing segment though, as our egos are great fun to witness... An argument between Muller and Neal in the pits is worth 10 overtakes (20 if Matts dad throws a punch!), and any motorcycle fans will remeber Chilli in his dressing gown trying to punch Fogarty in Monza... Was worth 5 Xaus highsides, 3 Haga darkies and 2 Corser stand up wheelies.
Shame a camera wasn't on hand when I had my little chat with the organisers about a (outrageously unsuitable) car changing classes at 11am and nicking my pot! You know who you are..
The argument about it only being 3 litres would have been good TV as i reminded the wannabe Ecclestone that 950 bhp could be wrought from that capacity. The "being up for 72 hrs excuse and I made a gaffe" was countered heroically by "well I've just come in from 2hrs 40 minutes of driving round in circles and I want to have a meaningful discussion about the concept of two middle aged tw*ts taking up Sumo at a motorsport event in front of a bunch of people still wearing ties" The TV producers have to appeal to a wide audience, and sadly, as we were only running 7th for the first 14 hrs in a car with the electric windows still plumbed in, not showing our car at all...
Which is why I forgive them.
phatgixer said:
Shame a camera wasn't on hand when I had my little chat with the organisers about a (outrageously unsuitable) car changing classes at 11am and nicking my pot! You know who you are..
I object to that - I`m the only one allowed to moan about the class structure in this village !(said in a camp Welsh accent).
A well rehearsed response me feels. Belgian rules apply for the next outing and we`ll whoop anyone`s arse in the chips and mayo eating competition regardless of class or capacity !!
Looking forward to the Bellcar hospitality, we did lay on naked dancing girls for them when the came to Brands didn`t we ?
Henry
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