APBA Orange Beach
 

Scheduled on Speed Channel Sunday 11 am est

Thanks! We'll be watching! :mouse:

Thanks Bruce!

As I watched the Speed channel this morning watching formula -1 boat racing, it started to make me wonder

The show had two hours covering one class of racing, one full race, and it was interesting for small boats running in circles. These guys and girls are running over 145MPH

Now I am an offshore fanatic but

I watched Orange Beach Offshore race last weekend on speed. This show was like a highlight video for the offshore racing series

No class was shown racing for more than 7 minutes in a one hour time frame

The show covered Performance, (quick snippet) Factory classes, V, Cat, and Super Cat

All packed in a one hour show. Along with the promotions, and interviews it was very disappointing

It would have been much more enjoyable as a 2 hour show
or broke up into two one hour viewings

You see Baja road racing on TV for 2 hours, The Drakar race is to be televised over 7 days next week

BMX and skateboarders get at least an hour

I know TV is important to the sport and I am fully aware of the cost but showing what is tantamount to a preview show really isn’t watching a race it is watching a promotional review show

All this talk about TV I wonder from those who deal with sponsors
Have your sponsors been satisfied with the coverage they got when the races they went to were televised??? Are they happy with a quick blow by and that is it?

I understand the costs are large to say the least but aren’t we better to focus or more racing and fewer times shown

I understand Orange Beach is to be run tomorrow morning again

I for one will be glued to the TV as I am a true addict but I can’t help but hope that we see a bit more racing as opposed to a promo show in the future

If i am not mistaken, Last Sundays episode was the Preview and Tommorrows episode is going to be part 1.
I could be wrong, but thats the way it was done last year.

Turn on the tv,11 easternSunday morning

ON NOW!!!!!

Saturdays Races

Gordo is in 3rd in SuperV Lite at the moment. Driving a 30 Phantom, didn't catch the name.

Great Show !!!

Wow, that was true offshore conditions. It made all the race entertaining, even the boats that weren't in contention.

Sure was true offshore Racing conditions...What happened to all the Super Vs? It was rough, But wasnt that rough. Just curious as to what failed in all these Bad A$$ boats

SC NEXT WEEK!

Darren......Whatttup Dog????

Happy New Year

Well I have just watched the second show on orange beach
The second day of racing

The coverage was for F-1, F-2, Super V, Super V-Light and a snip of Performance

This is the results of time coverage of boats actually running on the race coarse

This was very unscientific using a regular watch so I give the numbers a factor of accuracy within a ½ minute or so

1) General Commercials as well as Promos on city of Orange Beach --20 Minutes

Actual Racing shown

2) Performance Class – 10 to 20 seconds

3) F-1--7 Minutes

4) F-2 –4 Minutes

5) Super V – 10 Minutes

6) Super V Light – 4 minutes

No Super Cat Or Super Cat Light

I would guess they will be run on another Show the good news will be more racing (I hope) due to less classes running


They are now on the 3 hour of go-cart racing on speed

I can't believe there is that big a crowd in the USA for Cart racing. Or IRL. NASCAR is where it's at for car racing. Open wheel racing has been on the downswing for many, many years. Let it die! Show more boats. More people own boats than race cars!!

You too Bruce, hope you had a nice holiday season.

CMS broke a drive off the back of the boat, and Donzi lost coolant from the closed cooling system on one engine.

Speed Channel boat racing
 

Guys I agree with most of you- not enough of the actual racing shown. Can't wait for the producer to call this morning to get feedback. I have now watched two of the shows and was unsure if that is the way they are normally shown but now after hearing your comments I am going to speak to them about it.

eggsackly
 

TOO MANY COMMERCIAL PLACEMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not enough racing!!!

The most excitement was SuperV, between Pier 57 and Lucas Oil. Too bad we cant get an hour of that kind of coverage instead of running shots. Gets kinda boring.