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  • d-glenn
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2007
    • 4584

    #1

    Ben Shelton????

    Have I missed something, where was Ben last night? The other guy did good, just not the same without him...
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    See you down the road!!!!
  • gorj
    Senior Member
    • May 2007
    • 1304

    #2
    Good morning “D” I didn’t see him at the track yesterday either.

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    • dirty-white-boy
      Senior Member
      • May 2007
      • 996

      #3
      You gotta love how they put the sprint car pit reporter in the infield for both classes and then proceeds to tell the world he knows nothing about late models about 100 times thru out the night.

      How about put some effort into learning or just fake it?

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      • BTExpress
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2015
        • 1208

        #4
        Relax, it was for only one night. A double header with High Limit. Tony LaPorta, the HL Pit reporter did fine. What information did you want from Ben that you did not get from Tony? Ben will be back soon enough. It is amazing how critical some of you have become. It was a ONE RACE experiment.

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        • zyoung25
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2007
          • 8942

          #5
          Originally posted by BTExpress View Post
          Relax, it was for only one night. A double header with High Limit. Tony LaPorta, the HL Pit reporter did fine. What information did you want from Ben that you did not get from Tony? Ben will be back soon enough. It is amazing how critical some of you have become. It was a ONE RACE experiment.
          Some people on this site just can't be pleased. I watch most of my races with the sound off. A mute button is easy to pretty easy to use. My kid is a very light sleeper.

          Not a shot at you D-Glenn
          Last edited by zyoung25; 02-25-2024, 09:59 AM.

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          • Highside Hustler25
            Senior Member
            • Nov 2009
            • 12911

            #6
            First time hearing Tony. No complaints here. Easy on the ears. He did a good job in my opinion.
            8/13/16

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            • lurker
              Senior Member
              • Dec 2017
              • 3186

              #7
              Highside Hustler25

              Tony was the USAC announcer before Chet. Met him at Eldora, nice guy, very personable. He will be fine IMHO.
              Last edited by lurker; 02-25-2024, 01:13 PM.

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              • Dirt Clod
                Senior Member
                • Aug 2007
                • 514

                #8
                Can any announcer make a select few on this board happy? Always seems to be complaints about announcers. If you wanna complain, apply for an announcing job and try it. Tony did a fine job for this double header. I agree lurker, he's a very personable and approachable guy.

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                • Highside Hustler25
                  Senior Member
                  • Nov 2009
                  • 12911

                  #9
                  Originally posted by lurker View Post
                  Tony was the USAC announcer before Chet. Met him at Eldora, nice guy, very personable. He will be fine IMHO.
                  I'd like to hear him in the booth. Interviewing heat winners, he needs more airtime.
                  8/13/16

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                  • fryefan
                    Senior Member
                    • May 2007
                    • 3547

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Dirt Clod View Post
                    Can any announcer make a select few on this board happy? Always seems to be complaints about announcers. If you wanna complain, apply for an announcing job and try it. Tony did a fine job for this double header. I agree lurker, he's a very personable and approachable guy.
                    Sadly, there are a lot of people out there that bi+ch and moan about almost everything. I would hate to have to be around miserable like that on a daily basis.

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                    • Dirt Frog
                      Senior Member
                      • May 2007
                      • 1234

                      #11
                      At least it wasn't Ruben !!!! lol

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                      • bleedblue55
                        Senior Member
                        • Feb 2012
                        • 1872

                        #12
                        High Limit and Lucas only run together one more time at Atomic this fall. Calm down fellas

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                        • dirtcrazy4u
                          Senior Member
                          • Feb 2017
                          • 3212

                          #13
                          I was glad the announcers where not screaming. Maybe others will take notice.

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                          • Jking24
                            Senior Member
                            • Oct 2017
                            • 1512

                            #14
                            Originally posted by dirty-white-boy View Post
                            You gotta love how they put the sprint car pit reporter in the infield for both classes and then proceeds to tell the world he knows nothing about late models about 100 times thru out the night.How about put some effort into learning or just fake it?
                            You clearly have selective hearing because while he did mention that many times he generally followed that up with the fact that he was trying to get up to speed as fast as possible witch was clearly evident by the fact that he already knew many of the drivers knick names and had clearly engaged in conversation with several of them prior to the event. One thing about announcers that die hard fans often tend to over look or not understand is an announcers job is to get all listeners as up-to-date as possible at any time during the event weather the listener just joined in or has been following along the entire time. Basically being repetitive is a key part of the job. I thought he did a great job and embraced the gig vs treating like a one and done with no personal investment

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                            • jog49
                              Senior Member
                              • May 2007
                              • 2551

                              #15
                              Come on guys! Already in 2024, you had the opportunity to hear the WORST race announcer in the history of car racing if you saw and heard the race at Screven. Guest announcer was Bloomer (who should have gotten up and left with bleeding ears!). That SAS announcer is as bad as they could possibly come!

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