Ah, now that's what I call a KURR-RACKING Good
Crew! As "Peacock-lite" went with its 'A Team for the Pocono IndyCar
& Belgian Grand Prix's Formula 1 races during its final "Double" Open
Wheel race broadcast weekend - which went from ecstasy to despair! Occurring before
IndyCar went dormant for the next seven months, AGAIN!
Although I'd originally
planned on posting this immediately following the Pocono IndyCar race - having begun
scribblin' I-T before the HORRENDOUS Death of Justin Wilson! Naturally, it just
didn't seem significant in the moment, as my deepest condolences go out to
Justin's entire family...
Alas, now that there's NO muted twin turbocharger
IndyCar lumps' whizzin' about the racetrack; Uhm? What's that? They're testing
somewheres' in Wisconsin; Oh Never Mind!
Instead, I thought I'd give a "Shout Out"
to the voices in my head; Err Confuzer and Telie' that provide me the mental
pictures of what I scribble here in Nofendersville - harkening back to that ultimately
black storm clouded weekend of August 22-23...
Ah, what's an Open Wheel Racing devotee to
do, other than gorge thyself over the weekend watchin'; Err listening to the
voices of excitement calling not one but two premiere events. Not to mention a
European Feeder Series as a Nightcap; Can Y'all say GP2?
Yet apparently the
joke's upon Mwah! As couldn't sleep 'N got up for the listed 5:30AM Pacific
airing of the Pocono IndyCar practice, which the Indycar.com website just
played for an hour A-L-L its Hubbaloo over past Indy 500's - albeit some smart
person said over air on his live mike he was going to take A Leak; NO Kidding!
Yeah, that's right, once again IndyCar played
another cruel trick upon me, as their Bombastic website listed IndyCar practice
beginning at 8:30AM Eastern, for which I spent an hour furiously searching 'N
searching A-L-L over the FREAKIN' "Live Timing & Scoring" webpage
for where the FUCK they'd HIDDEN the invisible Play button!
As this is overly CRUEL SHIT to somebody who's severely
visually impaired, or as Tacoma Bureau Chief Mary Ellen likes to remind Mwah:
I'm Blind as a Bat!
After listening to the same montage 'O Indy
500 highlights over 'N over, as I found I-T especially ingratiating to hear
"The Voice," aka Paul Page talking 'bout how proud he was to be
bringing us the Broadcast live over the Airwaves... Hmm? Where in thee HELL are
Yuhs Mr. Page; Hooah!
Around 6:38AM Pacific suddenly Page and
Sidekick Mark Graveley' James voice broached my speakers and Wallah, Indy Cars
first practice session from Pocono was On Air; Hurrah! As I'm guessing the mix-up was the fact that IndyCar held a
Rookie's Only Pre-practice session, eh? So Good job Yuhs Jokesters' for NOT
communicating this properly; URGH!
Thus, I enjoyed listening to Paul Page in the
present vs. his highlighted intro
"Call" of the 64th Indy 500, like Dude that's nearly 36 FREAKIN' years
ago; EGADS!
Mark Graveley' James did his typical Toe Tappin' Shilling for Indy Cars, cow-towing'
to Mark "I've Got a Plan!" Miles - along with serious dosages 'O
Fluff; Err Blather - as really? 30+ minutes 'O championship potential contenders,
huh? I could have been Uh-contender; Oh Never Mind!
Meanwhile Jake "The Riddler" Queiry
showed off his "Ni-eve-eh-tee" in spades, as it was funny hearing the
Head Cheese 'O Hondre (Honda) sayin' I DON'T understand your question! While
ZERO clue upon who New Boy Jim Murphy, NO relation to the late, great Jimmy
Murphy; Hya! Is? As they acted like he was an old hand on the broadcast, but
I've never heard him before.
then an hour's plus later after I tuned on
thy Telie' and hunkered down to a double dosage of Open Wheel Racing, with the
true "Peacock-lite" (NBCSN) A Team of Leigh Diffey, David Hobbs &
Steve Matchett calling Formula 1 Qualie' from their Studio Bunker in Connecticut
- with thy 'Wee Willie Buxom (Will Buxton) on the ground at theee mighty Spa
Francorchamps.
Next comparing and contrasting Tres F1 Amigos
to Stand-in Anchor Man Kevin Lee and 'PT, nee Paul Tracy was somewhat of a let-down, albeit the B Team
pairing gave 'Ol 'R, aka Robin Miller
more microphone time then normal! Whilst I always enjoy "Professor
B's" (Jon Beekhuis) outstanding work.
Yet Newby' Pitlane reporter Katie Hargitt still
wearing her Rookie stripes quite prominently! As Gil De Ferran had to suppress Guffawing
over her questioning if he missed being out of the cockpit after discussing
Charlie Kimball's NASTY Qualifying accident; Uh Duh!
Yeah, I know I'd
do way worse than any of the above mentioned, although it's their trained
profession while I'm just a Vagabond "Keyboard Warrior!"
while I think
Diffey's Quip of the Weekend about his friend Barry Sheen mentioning doing some
Agricultural Work! After the 'Kimster, nee Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari DONE BLOWN
UP! (Gearbox failure) Would have been more than appropriate for Kimball's 'Mega
Shunt; CRIKEYS!
Thus, Diffey 'N Matchett would call the F1
race from Spa Francorchamps live in studio - which I decided to watch the evening's
re-broadcast at 5PM Pacific vs. 4:30 FREAKIN' AM! URGH! As it really SUCKS not
being able to S-E-E the itsy-bitsy colour coded squares for today's DVR's; But I digress...
Then they'd leave 'Ol 'Hobbo in Connecticut
to take his daily Nap; Hya! While they
scooted off via chartered jet to Pocono
to join excellent Driver Analyst Paul Tracy 'Booth-side to call the Pocono
IndyCar race live.
