Flo needs to mix things up

[dirty-white-boy]

I don't come on here much anymore, but I saw this post about a sponsor so I thought I should respond. Heartbeat Hot Sauce is a valued partner with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. They are on board to grow their business through the series. Have you tried their products? Maybe we should support those involved with dirt track racing through their sponsorship and buy their product. Just a thought.

Its good stuff! But where are is the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Pack at Towerview?

I think they should rename their Dill Pickle Serrano to PL:EASE STAY GREEN and the Red Habanero to OH BABY Now, that would be great marketing!

[jr29]

Suave was fine doing his own deal on things like one lap one beer & suave talk. They were very low key, fun little interviews and served a purpose. When Joshua Joiner left DOD and they made Suave the host of the dirt reporters, his whole routine and vibe took a lot away from the show. It felt like took the exact format from his & terbo's podcast and tried to cram it right into the dirt reporters. I finally quit listening because it felt like he was always tiptoeing around asking any real questions, and on the rare chance he did actually ask a good hard hitting question, he would end it by laughing like he was worried about hurting the guests feelings and wanted the safety net of being ablet to say he was joking if things went bad.

I used to love the Dirt Reporters, but I probably haven't listened in a year.
Pat Mcafee seems pretty embarrassing.

[blncfn57]

I don't come on here much anymore, but I saw this post about a sponsor so I thought I should respond. Heartbeat Hot Sauce is a valued partner with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. They are on board to grow their business through the series. Have you tried their products? Maybe we should support those involved with dirt track racing through their sponsorship and buy their product. Just a thought.

I won't be as critical as some (maybe more critical than others), but I would like to point out that out of the 62 sponsors I counted on the LOLMS website there are MAYBE 10 that the AVERAGE race fan would do business with. The other 52 sell products that no non active racer would use. We both know the answer, but are you willing to admit why the others donate (yes, donate) money to the series?
Do I still watch? Absolutely! It's hard to totally abandon a sport after spending 25 or so years in it, but that doesn't mean I won't get annoyed by the repetitiveness. It also doesn't mean that I will buy something just because the company chooses to support the sport I like (it has to be a product I have a use/need for to begin with). Will I start a thread about it? No, but I may comment if someone else does.
It's comical that you say "Maybe we should support those involved with dirt track racing through their sponsorship and buy their product. Just a thought", but have on several occasions called out people on the internet who say something you don't agree with. These are the folks who 10 of your sponsors are marketing to.
I think you, Dustin & Ben do an outstanding job with that being my only complaint, so take it how you will.

[One Man Gang]

Where do buy Heartbeat Hot Sauce is it in any stores or do you have to order it online ?

[dirty-white-boy]

Where do buy Heartbeat Hot Sauce is it in any stores or do you have to order it online ?

This thing called Google...its a wonderful thing!

[One Man Gang]

This thing called Google...it’s a wonderful thing!

I’ve never seen or been in a Google store maybe they’ll build one in my area soon.

[jog49]

My beef with Flo is not about the announcers but rather the schedule. All during the year, there are important SLM events, not under the Lucas Oil or WoO umbrellas, paying up to $50,000, that just take place with no televised coverage. There should be a mix of events every week, not just some weeks. I'm partial to the supers. I would like events every week rather than some weeks, as it is now. I would also like these events selected by their impact rather than their convenience. In other words, I don't want to see a race in east Tennessee for $7,500 when there's a $30,000 race in Kentucky that doesn't get shown.

[Tireguy17]

My beef with Flo is not about the announcers but rather the schedule. All during the year, there are important SLM events, not under the Lucas Oil or WoO umbrellas, paying up to $50,000, that just take place with no televised coverage.

Sounds like a track problem 1st if said race track’s event doesn’t have a streaming partner.

[JimBo]

https://www.heartbeathotsauce.com/

[One Man Gang]

Thanks Jimbo 👍

[knot]

My beef with Flo is not about the announcers but rather the schedule. All during the year, there are important SLM events, not under the Lucas Oil or WoO umbrellas, paying up to $50,000, that just take place with no televised coverage. There should be a mix of events every week, not just some weeks. I'm partial to the supers. I would like events every week rather than some weeks, as it is now. I would also like these events selected by their impact rather than their convenience. In other words, I don't want to see a race in east Tennessee for $7,500 when there's a $30,000 race in Kentucky that doesn't get shown.

A lot of those races can be seen. The problem is you need subscriptions to numerous streaming services. And a lot of these smaller series charge $30-40 a month to stream. I have heard that since Ray Cook bought SAS that he will put the spring and summer nationals on SAStv. If so Flo will lose them just like they did when Comp Cams went to their own streaming service.

[powerslide]

Ummm, wrong.

Enlighten us

[BTExpress]

A lot of those races can be seen. The problem is you need subscriptions to numerous streaming services. And a lot of these smaller series charge $30-40 a month to stream. I have heard that since Ray Cook bought SAS that he will put the spring and summer nationals on SAStv. If so Flo will lose them just like they did when Comp Cams went to their own streaming service.

Exactly. When I first subscribed to Flo several years ago, you could tune in on a Wednesday and see races from obscure tracks we only read about, and see an IMCA Modified or a DLM race with the likes of a Chet Chrstner announcing. Now either because of production costs, or lack of interest Flo has shed a lot of those races. They are concentrating on a handful of series or marquee races. As a fan, we were spoiled. We demand a lot for our $160 a year. I could be wrong, but I would guess the average dirt track fan can not afford all these streaming services. Most have Flo and Dirtvision with maybe a third one depending on your interests. Plus there is the time commitment. I have a very understanding wife. If it was up to me, I could watch racing 7 days a week, but that is not possible if I want to stay married. I would love to watch other races that are streamed on the smaller platforms, but I do not have the time or $$$.I am assuming most fans are in my position.

[logan_gibson]

A lot of those races can be seen. The problem is you need subscriptions to numerous streaming services. And a lot of these smaller series charge $30-40 a month to stream. I have heard that since Ray Cook bought SAS that he will put the spring and summer nationals on SAStv. If so Flo will lose them just like they did when Comp Cams went to their own streaming service.

Ray has talked about moving those for years now, and it hasn't happened.
It won't happen this year. There isn't anyone able to run SAS.tv, that could provide a single cam with graphics/replay, at the moment.

Comp didn't go to their own streaming service, they shopped their rights around and eventually landed with RaceOn.

In order for these series to get what they think is a fair value, and tracks to get some cut of that value, they have to go independent or with another provider. A lot of these events/series don't draw the eyeballs that people think. The years of everything being thrown money and on one platform wont return, its been filtered out and those events only drawing 25 viewers have been dropped or moved.

[84wedge]

DoD has suffered the most. There was a time when there were literally a dozen or more race replays from all over to watch on Sunday morning, now it's just a few.