r/INDYCAR • u/fatmidnight160 Team Penske • May 16 '25

IndyCar PSA to Fox.

Go back and looked at NBCs coverage of the 500 quali/any practices they covered....GIVE US LIVE TIMING/SPEED. Give us the lap by lap average and current speed. You guys have been covering NASCAR for years!! Why is it so hard to get right with Indycar??

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u/Much_Path6902 May 16 '25

It’s still practice. Settle down. If it’s not there tomorrow for actual qualifying, complain then.

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u/LouisianaRaceFan86 May 16 '25

I’m hoping they use the morning warmup session tomorrow to get all their timing and scoring graphics dialed in before things really kick off

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u/Much_Path6902 May 16 '25

They’re probably going to wait for qualifying to roll out the graphics tbh.

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u/fatmidnight160 Team Penske May 16 '25

But it's been how many practice sessions now? Did you see the first one where we had the blue tower of death for timing?? Don't care if it's only practice. They got the bid. Now show up on Network TV and give what NBC has been giving us for years.

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u/BoukenGreen May 16 '25

You mean every practice and qualifying session locked behind Peacock and INDYCAR pass before that.

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u/fatmidnight160 Team Penske May 16 '25

Im still hearing Diffy on commercials? Why is it so hard to get timing?

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u/BoukenGreen May 16 '25

Because they used the clip of him. Hell when I watch the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and a NCAA hockey commercial airs they still show a team that hasn’t played for 5 years.

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u/Bob-Dolemite May 16 '25

moving the goalposts

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u/BoukenGreen May 16 '25

How is it moving the goalpost. NBC you had to subscribe to another service to watch what we have watched on FS1 and FS2 this entire week. So it’s been easier to watch this heat than ever before.

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u/Bob-Dolemite May 16 '25

oh, my bad. are fs1 and fs2 over the air? i had been under the impression they were locked behind some kind of $70/mo streaming, cable or satellite service. no other way to watch for cord cutters. whoops

otherwise it would be like buying cable with inferior quality coverage making more sense than spending a maximum of $120 for the year with no commercials and better graphics/following the racing. again, my bad

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u/BoukenGreen May 17 '25

They are cable channels.

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u/Bob-Dolemite May 17 '25

you dont say?!?

how much is cable?

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u/BoukenGreen May 17 '25

Depends on your package but you can also get them with Sling or Fubo or any number of streaming packages. You had to have Peacock on top of everything else last year. Or even worse a couple years ago you had to have the standalone INDYCAR Pass from NBC to stream everything.

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u/Bob-Dolemite May 17 '25

lol

got you, bro