Useless Race Announcements
11-05-2014, 06:31 PM
#1
Useless Race Announcements
Hapless Racer almost Laid out by Ginormous trophy
A perfect podium was almost destroyed when another Euro racer lost control of his oversized cup of glory.
Only the cat like reflexes of the Red Bull addled 3rd place finisher saved him from being brained into a catatonic state. "Thank god I was not distracted by a trophy girl"
A perfect podium was almost destroyed when another Euro racer lost control of his oversized cup of glory.
Only the cat like reflexes of the Red Bull addled 3rd place finisher saved him from being brained into a catatonic state. "Thank god I was not distracted by a trophy girl"
11-05-2014, 06:48 PM
#2
11-05-2014, 07:55 PM
#3
Tech Master
Nice.
11-05-2014, 07:58 PM
#4
This often seems like a useless announcement: "i need turn marshals out there, if you just ran you should be turn marshaling."
11-06-2014, 03:27 AM
#5
Tech Adept
Just phrase it differently: 'We are missing turn marshals, I've given Joe the cattle prod and a list of the marshals who should be up, he is approaching the pits now.'
11-06-2014, 07:27 AM
#6
I suppose a cattle prod works better than a big stick!
11-06-2014, 09:22 AM
#7
Anything that is screamed instead of spoken through the PA.
Like: "Whoa! there's big pile up between driver X and driver y in the", several loud crashing sounds, "sweeper". Please just say calmly "sweeper", and go back to time left, lap times and leader board. This is racing which requires calm nerves and a firm grip. Someone just shouting does nothing for me, but break my concentration and give everyone a headache. It provides no one watching the race anything they didn't already see.
Like: "Whoa! there's big pile up between driver X and driver y in the", several loud crashing sounds, "sweeper". Please just say calmly "sweeper", and go back to time left, lap times and leader board. This is racing which requires calm nerves and a firm grip. Someone just shouting does nothing for me, but break my concentration and give everyone a headache. It provides no one watching the race anything they didn't already see.
11-06-2014, 10:52 AM
#9
This can usually be heard about a minute to a minute-thirty into the first qualifier:
Race Announcer: "Leader and second place coming up on lapped traffic"
*Series of loud bangs and some muffled cussing*
Race Announcer: "From fifth all the way to first in one lap, your new leader is Mike on a 27 lap, 6:04. Jim is out with breakage."
Race Announcer: "Leader and second place coming up on lapped traffic"
*Series of loud bangs and some muffled cussing*
Race Announcer: "From fifth all the way to first in one lap, your new leader is Mike on a 27 lap, 6:04. Jim is out with breakage."
11-06-2014, 01:27 PM
#10
This can usually be heard about a minute to a minute-thirty into the first qualifier:
Race Announcer: "Leader and second place coming up on lapped traffic"
*Series of loud bangs and some muffled cussing*
Race Announcer: "From fifth all the way to first in one lap, your new leader is Mike on a 27 lap, 6:04. Jim is out with breakage."
Race Announcer: "Leader and second place coming up on lapped traffic"
*Series of loud bangs and some muffled cussing*
Race Announcer: "From fifth all the way to first in one lap, your new leader is Mike on a 27 lap, 6:04. Jim is out with breakage."
11-06-2014, 03:19 PM
#12
Drivers meeting pre race and communicating on the stand. The drivers need to make that known to each other, not the Race Announcer. That 1:30 mark should be "nice pass executed by" and preceded at the 1:00 mark by "back markers, please be aware that others are coming up behind you quickly". Then they can run into the wall all by themselves when startled.
11-07-2014, 12:03 AM
#15
Awkward podium pictures FTW
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