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The drivers asked NASCAR to enforce the rule. From the time we pulled into Talladega on Thursday, several well-respected veteran drivers came to the hauler and said "we need to address the bump-drafting in the corners." So that's what we did. Tony Stewart during the pre-race said, "I think ...
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NASCAR Waking Up To TV Issues?
The Daly Planet — ... Maybe on Tuesday it will start to sink in that NASCAR's Director of Corporate Communications penned a public column that addressed the TV coverage as lacking intensity, excitement and direction. Click here for the full article. ...

NASCAR official criticizes ABC's broadcast of Talladega race
Dustin Long — ... For the second week in a row, NASCAR has responded to what broadcasters have said either on air or in an interview. This time, the focus is on ABC's broadcast of the Talladega race Sunday. Ramsey Poston, NASCAR's managing director of Corporate Communications, was critical of ABC in a blog he posted Monday night . He wrote: "The ABC broadcasters certainly weren't happy with the race and they felt compelled to remind viewers of that virtiually every lap."They seemed to blame NASCAR's enforcement of the rule prohibiting bump-drafting in the corners for every moment they didn't ...

NASCAR's response to 'Dega criticism doesn't satisfy
From the Marbles — ... Over at NASCAR.com, Ramsey Poston, NASCAR's director of corporate communications, has written a lengthy blog post defending NASCAR's position at Talladega. And while I don't envy Poston -- he's often in the position of defending his sport against waves of angry fans, as he is now -- he's nonetheless doing a fair amount of cherry-picking in the way he justifies what went down at Talladega. ...

When all else fails, deflect?
Planet-IRL — ... .) It was so bad that your own people had to put an article on your website trying to convince fans that it wasn’t a boring race: http://community.nascar.com/nascar_says/blog/2009/11/02/talladega_a_second_opinion . When it gets to that point, you know it’s bad. That had to hurt, coming from your best friend and all. It must have hurt bad enough that USA Today even picked up on the pain: ...

NASCAR Perception and the Media
The NASCAR Insiders — ... Following Talladega and comments by NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston on his blog, there has been a lot of discussion of the coverage of NASCAR races; more importantly how that coverage is shaping the audience’s perception of what they’re seeing. ...

NASCAR Perception and the Media
The NASCAR Insiders — ... Following Talladega and comments by NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston on his blog, there has been a lot of discussion of the coverage of NASCAR races; more importantly how that coverage is shaping the audience’s perception of what they’re seeing. ...

How would you answer these questions about TV coverage of NASCAR races?
Dustin Long — ... of the sport by some of the broadcasters. I talked to NASCAR spokesperson Ramsey Poston, who said the TV questions were planned before the Talladega race. Remember that Poston wrote a blog questioning the ABC broadcasters on how they portrayed the race. Poston said the questions on TV in this survey were something they do at various times. Here's a look at a few of the questions NASCAR is asking members of its Fan Council about the TV broadcasts. How would you answer these questions? QUESTON: Have you ever watched a NASCAR race on TV with the sound turned down and listen to ...

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