I WISH............................

Watching the race from Dover today, a realization came to me. I wish I knew as much as Darrell Waltrip THINKS he knows. If so, there would be world peace, no hunger, no floods, no sickness, no cancer, nothing but all things good.

I cannot figure out how D.W. ever lost a race. He can so adequately describe what each car is doing, what each crew is going to do, AND exactly what each driver is thinking.I just never realized all these things were possible in someone from Owensboro, KY.

Oh well, I'm going to walk Ann's cat. At least I can feel a little intelligent when I'm with that cat.

Tim

DW sure is taking a lot of heat on this board. Waltrip is pretty smart when it comes to race cars but I tune him out and just watch to cars going aroundand listen to Mike Joy.

There is only 1 member of Darrell Lee's Fan Club, & that's Darrell Lee. LMAO !!!!!!!!!!!!! I always knew he was omnipotent, cause I asked him once. LMAO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No, there's Stevie, too.

I just can't get into watching FOX and Speed doing races, practice and qualifying for Cup. The network just seems to think there can't be a race without Darrell's opinions so I just don't watch very much anymore. It's sad that Darrell and Larry Mac have to be on when Phil Parsons (Speed) and Andy Petree (from ESPN) could do a much better job with Mike Joy. I need to try the radio thing to see how that works with the TV on mute.

DW can come accross as a Know it All. He's been that way for years. I can take the Boogity, Boogity, Boogity, but whenwhen I need to I can tune him out with ease now. The one thing I can tune out is that Darn Digger! Get the rat off the race andquit trying to sell me stuffed Digger Dolls. If I want to watch cartoons I can do that on saturday mornings. I miss Benny and Neil.

I actually e-mailed FOX Sports today. Very nice e-mail, no bad words. The e-mail address promised a response within two hours. It's been 12 and still nothing.

Tim

I just can't get into watching FOX and Speed doing races, practice and qualifying for Cup. The network just seems to think there can't be a race without Darrell's opinions so I just don't watch very much anymore. It's sad that Darrell and Larry Mac have to be on when Phil Parsons (Speed) and Andy Petree (from ESPN) could do a much better job with Mike Joy. I need to try the radio thing to see how that works with the TV on mute.

Business is business, humans are human and racing is humans doing business. There is no perfect world, no perfect business, no perfect humans, thus no perfect racing or the broadcast thereof.

I would like everything to suit me but it don't and I accept it, race broadcast included. It is what it is and I for one know darned well that I cannot broadcast even as good as D.W. and that is not saying much. I would love to tune in Sunday and see one of you guys standing beside ole' Larry Mac with a deer in the headlight look trying to say something informative, entertainingand new at the same time.

As I read this thread I am convinced that there must be some announcers among our midst on this site. To you announcers I say go get D.W.'S job and do it better. You have my vote.

Do we really honestly think this so called sport is put on for our entertainment? Please. It is what it is, an imperfect business all the way from Nascar at the top to Fox in the middle to D.W. on the bottom.

With that said I say, go out to the local short track, support the local racers and see some real racing / entertainment without D.W. ruining your race or day. Just my thought on D.W and his announcing skills. Not a D.W. fan but he is as human as the rest of us good people.

Business is business, humans are human and racing is humans doing business. There is no perfect world, no perfect business, no perfect humans, thus no perfect racing or the broadcast thereof.

I would like everything to suit me but it don't and I accept it, race broadcast included. It is what it is and I for one know darned well that I cannot broadcast even as good as D.W. and that is not saying much. I would love to tune in Sunday and see one of you guys standing beside ole' Larry Mac with a deer in the headlight look trying to say something informative, entertainingand new at the same time.

As I read this thread I am convinced that there must be some announcers among our midst on this site. To you announcers I say go get D.W.'S job and do it better. You have my vote.

Do we really honestly think this so called sport is put on for our entertainment? Please. It is what it is, an imperfect business all the way from Nascar at the top to Fox in the middle to D.W. on the bottom.

With that said I say, go out to the local short track, support the local racers and see some real racing / entertainment without D.W. ruining your race or day. Just my thought on D.W and his announcing skills. Not a D.W. fan but he is as human as the rest of us good people.

William Horrell, that is a most excellent post and contains very true and valid points, all of which I considered before posting my Forum and all of which I consider each time I open my big mouth or pound away on the keyboard. I try to be considerate of others and I really do like people. I enjoy sharing racing thoughts and comments here and enjoy all the people who join in whether they agree with me or not. I love your analysis in the next to the last paragraph of your post and absolutely LOVE the last paragraph and couldn't agree more.

Having said that, I will assure you of this, and I do not make a habit of bragging on myself and do not wish my statement to come across that way. But, if I were there on FOX, there would be no "deer in the headlight" look. And there would be no Larry Mac. If FOX were smart enough to hire me, they would listen to what I had to say about the person with whom I would share the booth and it would NOT be Larry Mac. However, as I did not win 84 races, in fact, not even one, I do not have the required credentials to be employed by FOX. I did, however, announce at the local track for three seasons, very successfully I might add. I am rarely at a loss for words and I enjoy talking about racing anywhere, anytime. Join us tonight on Racers Reunion Radio at 7:00 p.m. Eastern for Racing Through History and you'll get to hear a little bit of me.

I don't take lightly my attacks on D.W. nor my dislike of him because it goes against my grain. But I don't tolerate what I consider an ownership of the sports he thinks he has just because he is D.W. I would meet him face-to-face, in any K-Mart parking lot of his choosing, to discuss what I feel are his determinental actions to the overall acceptance of the sport by potential new fans and the total turn off he generates to the older fans. I do not think better of myself than I should, I don't believe, and it is rare that I go off on a tangent bragging about myself, but since this thread pertains to D.W., I guess I'm entitled.

Thanks for you addition to the post and I hope you will continue to participate in the activities of Racers Reunion. We need people like you.

Tim

Tim,

I have heard listened to you on numerous occasions and read your posts. I have found them all to be entertaining as well as informative. Heck, I enjoy 'em...I also commend you on your public speaking skills as you do a very good job with John Q. Public. I for one would be just as happy to have you in the booth as we know who.

As far as the headlights go, I said that I could not broadcast as good as D.W. The reference was made in light of me and my speaking skills certainly not at any other individual. Sorry if it came across that way.

I am sure that you would explain this to D.W. to his face at k-Mart and I would love to be there for the conversation as we all would. We all seem to feel the same about this subject. Your points are valid, for sure.

Now, I am glad that you seemed to enjoy my musings as I knew it was going to bring a hackle, just did not know from whom or where it would come. Thanks for the reply and all your contributions, I like 'em.

William

Remember Tim, all D.W. and Larry Mac like to do is here themselves speak. Of the 3 in the booth,Mike Joy is the only believable one.