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July 02, 2021 at
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I would venture a guess that as people watching races on TV takes off that over the top style of announcing will fall out of favor. It comes off alright at the track but doesn't transfer well to television.
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Posted By: BMcLain21 on June 30 2021 at 10:16:57 PM
Sprint car racing is arguably the purest form of racing in the world. Winged and nonwing.
Every race, every weekend, the sport just keeps getting better and better.
There's many attibutes toward the reason but I just wanted to bring up one.
I love the announcing so much. Whether I'm watching the race on my phone at the shop working on my own car or listening to it while working out at the Y the morning after... the excitement our pros bring to the speaker are the best in the world.
Gibson will always be the goat, and Chet is so cool to listen too.
Live is good for us Carolina folk with great internet service!
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I don't know about anyone else, but I think John Krall is really annoying. Seems like a nice guy but man he is terrible on the mic.
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July 03, 2021 at
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Posted By: bskarter4 on July 02 2021 at 09:16:41 AM
+1 could not agree more. I'm bummed when we visit Bap's becuase he doesn't announce our class since we have our own announcer.
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Agreed. Enjoyed him Sunday night.
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July 03, 2021 at
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Bryan Hulbert with ASCS and Chili Bowl... Bryan is as good as they get. Knowledgeable, Exciting, and dude can call a race like no other. Not to mention he has the God given ability to talk faster (and remain understandable) than most auctioneers.
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July 04, 2021 at
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Love Chet on Flo. Also a ran of Johnny Gibson. Blake is ok. Steve Post has done some sprintcand like him as well. The interviewer at Lincoln speedway needs to learn to 1 - Not stick the Mike in drivers faces. He gets right on top of the. And lastly shutup. Talks forever and too much. Find him annoying especially when the track is trying to beat the weather. Talks so much that Fl9 has cut to commercial during his long winded tirades.
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July 04, 2021 at
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I like Steve Post and Winged Nation as well. I watch the YouTube version. The only thing I might add is $20 towards Steve's next haircut. 
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July 04, 2021 at
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Posted By: StanM on July 04 2021 at 10:31:55 AM
I like Steve Post and Winged Nation as well. I watch the YouTube version. The only thing I might add is $20 towards Steve's next haircut.
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I'm with ya on the haircut & I'm an old hippie!!!
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July 04, 2021 at
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Posted By: revjimk on July 04 2021 at 02:01:16 PM
I'm with ya on the haircut & I'm an old hippie!!!
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Me too but a smart card player knows when to lay down their hand and walk away from the table. If I had kept my long hair I'd. E one of those guys with a pony tail and a bald spot in the middle of my head. But hey, it's his deal and he can still do a damn good interview so I will give him a pass.
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July 04, 2021 at
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Oh, I got one: the people that stick a mic in front of a driver seconds after an accident. They do it a ton at the chili bowl, and Chase Raudman got taught by Donny very early into his DirtVision tenure not do it while the driver is trying to assess what's wrong with his car in the work area.
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Posted By: JJRFan on July 04 2021 at 11:39:07 PM
Oh, I got one: the people that stick a mic in front of a driver seconds after an accident. They do it a ton at the chili bowl, and Chase Raudman got taught by Donny very early into his DirtVision tenure not do it while the driver is trying to assess what's wrong with his car in the work area.
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Chase is really good, and he's got years ahead of him, thats great. Johnny Gibson is an aquired taste, at first I thought W T F, but now I love his enthusiam and knowledge of the sport, he should keep on doing what he's doing
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July 05, 2021 at
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I think every die-hard sprint car racing fan should get a turn at being behind the mic, if even for just one race.
I think they'd find it exciting, challenging and would be a real eye-opener for many, as when your brain is taking in on-track action as fast as it can, and simulaneously regurgitating it back through your mouth, it is quite the experience.
And then when you hear your voice being projected back to you through the sound system - but at about a 1/10 second delay it can certainly cause sensory overload to those not accustomed to it. LOL.
All that being said, Johnny is definitely one of my all-time favorites.
Heck, if he started writing restaurant and movie reviews, I'd probably enjoy reading them just about as much as his track announcing.
Hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend.
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Posted By: StanM on July 04 2021 at 08:26:21 PM
Me too but a smart card player knows when to lay down their hand and walk away from the table. If I had kept my long hair I'd. E one of those guys with a pony tail and a bald spot in the middle of my head. But hey, it's his deal and he can still do a damn good interview so I will give him a pass.
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"one of those guys with a pony tail and a bald spot in the middle of my head."
I heard a hilarious name for that look: a "skullet" ! 
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Posted By: JJRFan on July 04 2021 at 11:39:07 PM
Oh, I got one: the people that stick a mic in front of a driver seconds after an accident. They do it a ton at the chili bowl, and Chase Raudman got taught by Donny very early into his DirtVision tenure not do it while the driver is trying to assess what's wrong with his car in the work area.
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What bugs me about those post race interviews is how announcers try to put words in drivers mouths. They make some long winded statement & then ask drivers "what they think" about it...
Let them speak for themselves!
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July 06, 2021 at
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July 06, 2021 at
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Posted By: dmantx on July 05 2021 at 01:07:28 PM
I think every die-hard sprint car racing fan should get a turn at being behind the mic, if even for just one race.
I think they'd find it exciting, challenging and would be a real eye-opener for many, as when your brain is taking in on-track action as fast as it can, and simulaneously regurgitating it back through your mouth, it is quite the experience.
And then when you hear your voice being projected back to you through the sound system - but at about a 1/10 second delay it can certainly cause sensory overload to those not accustomed to it. LOL.
All that being said, Johnny is definitely one of my all-time favorites.
Heck, if he started writing restaurant and movie reviews, I'd probably enjoy reading them just about as much as his track announcing.
Hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend.
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I never announced but I did some three minute interviews for a racing show in 2003. A person has to be good at extemperaneous speaking because one never knows what the response will be. Toastmaster "Table Topics" where participants are given a subject to talk about and have to wing it for a few minutes helped a lot. Add a camera and it can be kind of streesful getting used to it. I have spoken to an audience many times with an outline but extemperanous speeches are on a whole other level. A lot of people list public speaking which would include annoucing as their biggest fear.
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July 06, 2021 at
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Agree with you on Ellis. One of the all time worst. Correct on the Posse homer as well also huge LD homer.
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