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Old 02-22-2014, 06:44 PM
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For the general public (Consumer), I don't think they could keep their attention with the less flashy, fast cars. Watching a car go around the racetrack at Sunday driver pace just isn't that exciting. Take out your own personal knowledge of the event and competitors and I think that gets more apparent.

I do agree that they could've built up the story with Brian and his Dad and really knocked it out of the park.
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Old 02-22-2014, 06:54 PM
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For the general public (Consumer), I don't think they could keep their attention with the less flashy, fast cars. Watching a car go around the racetrack at Sunday driver pace just isn't that exciting. Take out your own personal knowledge of the event and competitors and I think that gets more apparent.

I do agree that they could've built up the story with Brian and his Dad and really knocked it out of the park.
there were lots of things going on Matt busted his steering rack and trashed to get it together, One lap Camaro lost steering all together and with the help of DSE they put another pump in(good story), Yep the Brian back story, the Danny Popp and Brian race against each other history they spent extra mins show Jimi and friends walking around SEMA giving out golden wild card tickets with staged dialog.

overall I think they did great
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there were lots of things going on Matt busted his steering rack and trashed to get it together, One lap Camaro lost steering all together and with the help of DSE they put another pump in(good story), Yep the Brian back story, the Danny Popp and Brian race against each other history they spent extra mins show Jimi and friends walking around SEMA giving out golden wild card tickets with staged dialog.

overall I think they did great
Those are some good suggestions!
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I have a feeling a lot of that will be fixed in the new series. We should see lots of story over 10 episodes.

I would have preferred more time on the actual race and less jumping around but as has been covered already here, we would have lost the general public. The show just needs more time. Get the audience emotionally involved and they'll stay to watch their favorites race. Its the American Idol model. If they institute a "text in to vote" portion, I might have stood a chance at winning something. LOL

On a completely separate side note, did anyone catch that killer Maverick running the while Brett was talking about the autocross.
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On a completely separate side note, did anyone catch that killer Maverick running the while Brett was talking about the autocross.
I thought that was a Vega
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I missed it. I can't find on their website if it's going to be re-aired or not.
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I thought it was very well done and I'm looking forward to seeing the new series!
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They are showing it again later this week, thurs and friday
Go to Mavtv website and it gives the times

I watched it with a bunch of Pantera buddies and was
surprised at how much air time the Pantera got...

They showed a lot of footage of everyone in short amount
of time... They just touched on Brian, his dad and Danny
so most of us knew what was going on but I think more
time would have been better to develop that story

I think the series will have more time to develop the final
at Vegas this year

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