Couch Potato Tuesday: Texas Broadcast Brings Playoff Focus, Not Much Else
The broadcast focused on playoff drivers… and that was it.
The broadcast focused on playoff drivers… and that was it.
NBC Sports cannot determine what the racing product is. It has to make do with what it has.
NBC Sports needs to realize that the playoffs are not the end-all.
With a few different folks in the broadcast booth, there was a different feel for calling the Southern 500.
However, NBC also covered Ryan Preece’s wild wreck very well.
How did the broadcast fare covering a race with only one caution?
A big story Sunday was the influx of international racers on the grid – and with them the butchering of their names.
NBC did the best it could while battling the weather-affected schedule in Michigan.
Also, pre-race coverage focused too much on the shenanigans at Pocono rather than the race itself at Richmond.
The broadcast was actually quite good. But there’s still work to be done.
Michael McDowell and Ryan Preece had a heated conversation post race but NBC didn’t broadcast the culprit for the conversation.
A busy Atlanta race with rain looming made for a sometimes-messy NBC Sports broadcast.
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