Tv Alert: Tonight

[ND500BARB]

Sunday night (actually it is Monday) at 2:00 AM

1981 Indy 500

ESPN Classics

Duration: 2 hours

Set the ole TiVo or VCR and enjoy!

[BlueStang]

Thanks, Barb!

[TommyDaComic]

Might have to stay up and watch (cough) this cold might keep me (cough) from work anyway tommorrow!

Good find Barb!

[Truth Detector]

Hopefully it's the version that shows DaDa whining about losing.

[Powercat]

Also, tonight OLN will also have same day coverage of A1GP from Monterrey, Mexico. Drivers include Patrick Carpeniter (Canada), Tomas Enge (Czech Republic), and Bryan Herta (USA).

Start times: 6 PM ET, 5 PM CT, 4 PM MT, 3 PM PT

[ND500BARB]

Thanks, 'cat

[Outlaw]

I am glad the 500 is getting some coverage but there are 88 other 500's besides 81. Why don't they show some of those from time to time?

Outlaw

[LorenzoBandini]

Will they ever show something other than 81, 82 or 92? Why not 93... one of the best 500's ever. Or 97? Or 2004? How about 77?

How about a back to back replays of the 96 US 500 followed by the 96 Indy 500?

[Bombardier R142]

I am glad the 500 is getting some coverage but there are 88 other 500's besides 81. Why don't they show some of those from time to time?

Outlaw

Sometimes they show '82, so it's not that bad. They should show last years with commentary from all the major particulars. I'd watch that. I believe Speed does that for all the NASCAR races.

[LorenzoBandini]

there are 88 other 500's besides 81

If they were not brain dead at 16th and Georgetown, they would arrange (with Speed or ESPN Classic) to broadcast one Indy 500 each weekend (saturday morning, perhaps) leading up to the actual qualifications. Go backward in time each week to create a link from the past to the big race.

They have to have broadcasts in the bag going back to at least 1976 I would think How about doing something like this starting at the end of this year:

2006 05-May-07
2005 28-Apr-07
2004 21-Apr-07
2003 14-Apr-07
2002 07-Apr-07
2001 31-Mar-07
2000 24-Mar-07
1999 17-Mar-07
1998 10-Mar-07
1997 03-Mar-07
1996 24-Feb-07
1995 17-Feb-07
1994 10-Feb-07
1993 03-Feb-07
1992 27-Jan-07
1991 20-Jan-07
1990 13-Jan-07
1989 06-Jan-07
1988 30-Dec-06
1987 23-Dec-06
1986 16-Dec-06
1985 09-Dec-06
1984 02-Dec-06
1983 25-Nov-06
1982 18-Nov-06
1981 11-Nov-06
1980 04-Nov-06
1979 28-Oct-06
1978 21-Oct-06
1977 14-Oct-06

[Doctorindy]

They have to have broadcasts in the bag going back to at least 1976 I would think

From what I've been told, they have everything going back to '61, including the Wide World of Sports stuff, in storage, at a "secret" location.

You can ask all you want, but it's not coming out, and that's that.

[BlueStang]

From what I've been told, they have everything going back to '61, including the Wide World of Sports stuff, in storage, at a "secret" location.

You can ask all you want, but it's not coming out, and that's that.

Is it the same shack in the infield where they allegedly keep/kept the old bricks?

They showed the 1985 500 during May this past year.

I wish the one they showed last night hadn't been the one where Arute was goading Bobby & Mario into arguing about it. Also, they cut it short b/c the show before went over 15 minutes. And maybe I missed it, but during the actual race telecast, I never did see them show "the controversial pass." I only saw it during the Arute parts.

Finally, I wish I hadn't grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory when I taped it. I used a tape that had enough room at the end, but somehow managed to tape over the beginning of the tape instead. Guess I will be looking for a tape of the 2004 California race.

[Doctorindy]

Is it the same shack in the infield where they allegedly keep/kept the old bricks?

Funny you mention that because a Speedway old timer once informed me of that location. Of course I went to check it out. I saw nothing.

[BlueStang]

Funny you mention that because a Speedway old timer once informed me of that location. Of course I went to check it out. I saw nothing.

You really saw nothing, or you saw nothing because you were told you saw nothing?

[slompappy]

wait a min.they don't really have the bricks?

so all those on the new extended start finish line are fakes?

i feel like a five year old who's been told about Santa Claus


i used to love when espn would show "legends of the brickyard" and "The Indy 500 a race for heros(or champions,can't remember exactly)"late night in the weeks leading up to race weekend

but it wouldn't fit into their programing these days because there aren't to bozo's who think they know a lot but really know very little arguing about terrell owens on the show

so i guess we are SOL