The Setup on Speed - Page 2 - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

wrxkidid · 2007-05-10, 03:15 PM

hey anyone who has the season saved on the dvr things id pay for the dvds and buy you dinner if you burned me the season. i only have basic cable and dont get speed. :/

Dean · 2007-05-10, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrxkidid

hey anyone who has the season saved on the dvr things id pay for the dvds and buy you dinner if you burned me the season. i only have basic cable and dont get speed. :/

I'll see what I can do.

wrxkidid · 2007-05-10, 04:41 PM

sweet.

Dean · 2007-05-20, 08:11 AM

Damn, did I miss an episode this past week? My DVR didn't get anything...

MattR · 2007-05-20, 08:17 AM

No, I checked too, they didn't air one last week...it resumes Wed night the 23rd.

dknv · 2007-05-24, 08:59 AM

... down to the last race now. Still trying to figure out how the oval racing format did much except weed out one badly setup vehicle.

Dean · 2007-05-24, 09:10 AM

Yeah, I'm not sure how all that flat oval stuff with no-minimal time to change "SETUP" added much to the show.

And for the finale to go back to a narrow track they have already run on, I don't see how that will enhance the result. They should go to the big track which is open, wide and with oodles of passing zones.

Double Phister · 2007-05-24, 06:52 PM

I was in a training class all week with some of our other offices. I was talking to one of our guys from Utah and he said his son is/was in this. Matt Guiver.

MattR · 2007-05-24, 09:39 PM

Isn't that the guy that drove for Cobb?

tysonK · 2007-05-25, 06:10 AM

The show lost a lot of steam there in the last episode. And that chick Ashley(flag thrower) annoys me.

I mean how many amateur short track ovals can we watch? 1 is enough for me.

Double Phister · 2007-05-25, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattR

Isn't that the guy that drove for Cobb?

Yes. He also races bikes.

van · 2008-03-13, 09:54 PM

Anyone watching this season? I've been getting them on the DVR, so far so good

zpeed · 2008-03-14, 05:43 AM

I just watch a little this morning almost late for work. What is the regular schedule anyone know? (too lazy to search).

van · 2008-03-14, 06:38 AM

I think it first airs wednsdays at 5pm, then they show the same episode thru monday.

MattR · 2008-03-14, 10:59 AM

I'm just not into it this year.

sperry · 2008-03-14, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattR

I'm just not into it this year.

The racing last season was a little too manufactured and manipulated. This season looks to be about 200 times worse. Yellow flags to bunch people up, arbitrary penalties just to create drama, instructions from the stewards like "if he doesn't make this pass cleanly he's off the show" and "if you drop a tire off you're going to the back of the line", etc.

I'll watch it in the background if it happens to be on, but I'm not bothering to record the season.

wrxkidid · 2008-03-16, 12:25 PM

MattR is just mad because he didn't get picked for this season

MattR · 2008-03-16, 03:15 PM

That's true, they told me my fat ass wouldn't fit into a solstice!

dknv · 2008-03-19, 06:00 PM

I'm following it again this season, probably only because I know 2 of the competitors. Kevin Dietz was with the season 1 Bridgestone team as Ron's crew chief (some may remember he raced in our Reno divisionals). Jr. (Mike 'Jr.' Johnson), who took over the Skechers car is also a national champion autorcrosser, he's one of the co-owners of Evolution Performance Driving School, and is one of those really fun people in-person - (he won the Roger Johnson Spirit of the Sport Award, given to the Soloist who promotes a sense of fun and tomfoolery - something like that).

When I saw in the first or second episode that one of the first eliminations, 'Stina', had barely any racing experience, I was rolling my eyes. Then she got blamed for setting the parking brake after coming in from the race, which 'probably caused' her co-driver to stall on the next race's start. Brother. Then that driver (Kaitlin) spun out on the oval track, was told to come in; and they ended up eliminating another dude (who also spun out twice, but stayed in the race until the end). Broth-----er.

I just wish they would actually give air time to the setup work and its effects on their races, instead of the contrived drama, the rules-by-the-seat-of-Scott's-pants, and the desire to film a great shot. Sigh. Next episode appears to have footage of one of the cars flipping. Tomorrow (Thursday) 5pm and again at 8pm on Speed.

van · 2009-01-27, 08:30 PM

Bump for 09?
Bullrun is on again

, any chance of speed showing any good original programming this year?

MattR · 2009-01-28, 06:44 AM

Not Likely

2007-05-10, 03:15 PM	#26
wrxkidid EJ205 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Incline Village, NV Posts: 1,232 Car: 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ltd. 5.7l Class: None :/ Cory, just put a 4g63 in it.	hey anyone who has the season saved on the dvr things id pay for the dvds and buy you dinner if you burned me the season. i only have basic cable and dont get speed. :/ __________________ Mosey down the road.

2007-05-10, 04:41 PM	#28
wrxkidid EJ205 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Incline Village, NV Posts: 1,232 Car: 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ltd. 5.7l Class: None :/ Cory, just put a 4g63 in it.	sweet. __________________ Mosey down the road.

2007-05-20, 08:11 AM	#29
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Damn, did I miss an episode this past week? My DVR didn't get anything... __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2007-05-20, 08:17 AM	#30
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	No, I checked too, they didn't air one last week...it resumes Wed night the 23rd. __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.”

2007-05-24, 09:10 AM	#32
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Yeah, I'm not sure how all that flat oval stuff with no-minimal time to change "SETUP" added much to the show. And for the finale to go back to a narrow track they have already run on, I don't see how that will enhance the result. They should go to the big track which is open, wide and with oodles of passing zones. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2007-05-24, 08:59 AM	#31
dknv EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: 39n53, 119w90 Posts: 2,698 Car: RX-8 Class: CS maybe	... down to the last race now. Still trying to figure out how the oval racing format did much except weed out one badly setup vehicle.

2007-05-24, 06:52 PM	#33
Double Phister EJ22 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Elk Grove, CA Posts: 450 Car: 2005 WRX STi "I'm sideways and in control... I look good."	I was in a training class all week with some of our other offices. I was talking to one of our guys from Utah and he said his son is/was in this. Matt Guiver. __________________ Dan - '05 Black WRX STi. My Mods

2007-05-24, 09:39 PM	#34
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	Isn't that the guy that drove for Cobb? __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.”

2007-05-25, 06:10 AM	#35
tysonK warehouse SECCS Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: SoCal... Posts: 6,253 Car: 04 Evo 99 Cadillac Class: street de le mod	The show lost a lot of steam there in the last episode. And that chick Ashley(flag thrower) annoys me. I mean how many amateur short track ovals can we watch? 1 is enough for me. __________________ Anjali? Anjali?

2008-03-13, 09:54 PM	#37
van SECCS Brewmeister Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: on the edge of a marsh Posts: 1,451	Anyone watching this season? I've been getting them on the DVR, so far so good

2008-03-14, 05:43 AM	#38
zpeed EJ251 Real Name: Nat S Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Reno, NV USA Posts: 743 Car: 06 S2000 Class: RNP & PDX	I just watch a little this morning almost late for work. What is the regular schedule anyone know? (too lazy to search).

2008-03-14, 06:38 AM	#39
van SECCS Brewmeister Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: on the edge of a marsh Posts: 1,451	I think it first airs wednsdays at 5pm, then they show the same episode thru monday.

2008-03-14, 10:59 AM	#40
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	I'm just not into it this year. __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.”

2008-03-16, 12:25 PM	#42
wrxkidid EJ205 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Incline Village, NV Posts: 1,232 Car: 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ltd. 5.7l Class: None :/ Cory, just put a 4g63 in it.	MattR is just mad because he didn't get picked for this season __________________ Mosey down the road.

2008-03-16, 03:15 PM	#43
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	That's true, they told me my fat ass wouldn't fit into a solstice! __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.”

2008-03-19, 06:00 PM	#44
dknv EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: 39n53, 119w90 Posts: 2,698 Car: RX-8 Class: CS maybe	I'm following it again this season, probably only because I know 2 of the competitors. Kevin Dietz was with the season 1 Bridgestone team as Ron's crew chief (some may remember he raced in our Reno divisionals). Jr. (Mike 'Jr.' Johnson), who took over the Skechers car is also a national champion autorcrosser, he's one of the co-owners of Evolution Performance Driving School, and is one of those really fun people in-person - (he won the Roger Johnson Spirit of the Sport Award, given to the Soloist who promotes a sense of fun and tomfoolery - something like that). When I saw in the first or second episode that one of the first eliminations, 'Stina', had barely any racing experience, I was rolling my eyes. Then she got blamed for setting the parking brake after coming in from the race, which 'probably caused' her co-driver to stall on the next race's start. Brother. Then that driver (Kaitlin) spun out on the oval track, was told to come in; and they ended up eliminating another dude (who also spun out twice, but stayed in the race until the end). Broth-----er. I just wish they would actually give air time to the setup work and its effects on their races, instead of the contrived drama, the rules-by-the-seat-of-Scott's-pants, and the desire to film a great shot. Sigh. Next episode appears to have footage of one of the cars flipping. Tomorrow (Thursday) 5pm and again at 8pm on Speed.

2009-01-27, 08:30 PM	#45
van SECCS Brewmeister Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: on the edge of a marsh Posts: 1,451	Bump for 09? Bullrun is on again , any chance of speed showing any good original programming this year?

2009-01-28, 06:44 AM	#46
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	Not Likely __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.”

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