Paul Tracy dropped,
Leigh Diffey remains
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https://racer.com/2021/12/08/tracy-d...rage-for-2022/
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Paul Tracy dropped,
Leigh Diffey remains
:mad:
https://racer.com/2021/12/08/tracy-d...rage-for-2022/
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I hadn't heard of the social media post thing. One article I saw said that Tracy said that he didn't post that and that it was a fake account. But there didn't seem to be any follow up. Anyone know whether he was found to be telling the truth or not?
The post was on his account, and it wasn't the only post. Paul likes to dabble in bigotry and sexism. He seems to think it's a good laugh. He should have been bounced long ago. No one hacks someone's account to post that kind of crap, does so over a long period of time, without the account owner noticing. "I was hacked" is the social media version of "it was like that when I got here" from when you were a kid. He was a good driver, but also an @$$hole.Quote:
Originally Posted by whadeduck
Bye, Felicia.
He melted down over some fairly reasonable critiques of him on reddit, then in the classic nature of reddit, Tracy got absolutely double wrecked as a result.
I never cared for his commentating, but I don't really like any of the IndyCar commentating.
I miss Bobby Unser and Sam Posey:
"Well Sam, I just don't think you're right on that..."
My Bobby Unser favorite, though not a fan here either, was "Sam, you're WRONG!"
Race commentating as a whole has been forever ruined by Hobbs and Varsha. Nobody can touch them, although Greg Creamer is really, really good.
I was a big Tracy fan when in Indy Lights, and the Penske years starting with that first full season in 1992. Seemed like a nice kid, and was really, really fast — if not often forgetful to do things like hit braking points, or turn the bloody car.
He seemed to change when another Canadian showed up, and looked even better, and far nicer (with my RIP to the latter).
Tracy saw himself as the greatest Canuck since Villeneuve — though it pains me to include both in one sentence — but I haven't had much use for Paul since the latter '90s. Especially not as a commentator, nor as a self-effacing Badass.
Diffey on Indycar and Collinsworth on MNF. Is there a third moron/******* for a NBC trifecta?
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Originally Posted by Bardahl77
My personal favorites were even further back... Bob Jenkins & Larry Neuber.Quote:
Originally Posted by E1pix
Glenn
Give me Rusty Bell.
The big problem I have with almost all race commentating, at least in sprint racing which accounts for probably 50% (by time) of the racing I watch, is that I often see what actually happened before the commentators do. Varsha, Hobbs, and Matchett were the worst for that! You see an issue with a wheel getting put on, then the wheel would fall off, and they'd be wondering what happened. I'm left screaming at the TV. Indycar coverage just isn't very good. They spend too much time trying to explain the race to people that know absolutely nothing about racing.
Yep, they were great! Had lunch with Larry once, genuine guy and lived for racing. Sadly, not for nearly long enough...Quote:
Originally Posted by pacratt
I really liked the ‘70s standbys of Jim McKay and company. And of course, Chris Economaki knew as much about racing as anyone, and I always liked Posey when some did not.
What I was trying to say was “Nobody seems all that exciting since Hobbs and Varsha.“
Eddie Cheever and Scott Goodyear are pretty sleepy as announcers to me. I was never a fan of Eddie’s personality on camera, on either side of the mic, but got to know him when a team owner (Grand-Am) and he’s completely different than I thought. Very Cool guy.
Try watching playoffs hockey with "doc" emerick, and pierre whats his face. And of course what list of moronic commentators would be complete without troy aikman.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick Kirchner
The official reason for his contract not being renewed is that they couldn't agree on his schedule. Tracy wants to race SRX and sports cars. NBC wanted him to work most of the Indycar races.