Brent Musburger?!
ESPN is putting Rusty Wallace, Jerry Punch and Andy Petree in the booth in 2007. I've never heard Petree, but Rusty did fine on IRL, and Punch is Punch. That's a good crew.
But Musburger (he'll play the Chris Myers role on ABC/ESPN next year ... I'd rather have Bill Weber.
Update #1: Dustin Long has more at his place. And to clarify, I have heard of Petree (he is a former Earnhardt Sr. crew chief and former car owner); I've just never heard him on air.
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John have you watched an IRL race? Brent does the same thing there and is good for what they use him for - a host that doesn't pretend to be a NASCAR know-it-all (coughWebercough). He is good on college football as well.
Posted on October 12, 2006 4:27 PM
Musburger has the great line....
"You're looking live at .... Bristol Motor Speedway.... There's twice as many people here as the Super Bowl......
Posted on October 12, 2006 9:48 PM
Chris Myers does that same disinterested schtick, but I always get the sense he'd rather be anywhere else (dog show, poker tournament, tractor pull) than at the track.
I guess Musburger's an acquired taste, Matt, one that I've never acquired. He's been calling games as long as I can remember (and I'm closing in on a Stremme), so I guess he's part of the audio track of my life. His voice is on the same B side as Andy Gibb, every song from "Grease" and "Wha-choo talkin' about, Willis?"
Posted on October 12, 2006 11:07 PM
Would you rather they use Keith Jackson?
I believe he did the voice over for the taped races in the old "Wide World of Sports" days.
Posted on October 13, 2006 11:09 AM