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The announcer for Hi Limit does a good job. But, his tag line at the beggining of the feature could use a pep talk. If you're excited at the start of the phrase, why are yo so non-chalant at the end? Come to think of it, when would it be anything other than green?

How about:  
WE ARE...GREEN!!!

or,

WE  ARE...RACING!!!

Do you have a better cliche to say in place of his choice?

Yes, I do. I noted two in the post above. It's not what he's saying, it's how he's saying it. It's like he's pausing to yawn before half-heartedly finishing the sentence.

Maybe something like this:"And their OFF!  Money Maker leads to the rail while Scotch in a Bottle is moving through the pack.  Gimme Lovin' moves into 3rd".  Or something like that, you know, like at the dog or horse races.  Or, "There goes Waldo"! -- The name of the "rabbit" the dogs chased around the rail at the old greyhound track by Rapid City?

  I mean, make it sound exciting.

PS:  No animals were harmed in making this statement.

I mean, it's not 'This is what you saved your lunch money for!' bad, but it's in the conversation. 

Oh sure, next you're going to ask that the announcer not scream at the top of lungs because there's a microphone in front of his face that handles the amplifying part.

Hey! I was at that track, and I spent a lot of Friday nights at Black Hills Speedway.

they all can get old after a while, but once you find your signature line, porobably going to stick with it

Racer X

Seems to me like he's delaying saying "green" to make sure the start is not getting called back?    

In all the series, so not picking on any one of the announcers... but the whole signature line thing to start a race... has become really old to me.  But that's just me, to each their own

A dirt track in here in PA had an announcer for a couple years who would say 'this is the place and we're putting a race in your face'.   Painful.

Before streaming you'd hear the catchphrase a few times a year, now we hear it every week. Not much for the announcers to do. They still should sound excited before a race but for the diehards it gets really old. 

I can't remember the last time a race didn't get the green. If there's a problem, for safety's sake they throw the green then hit the yellow lights afterward. 

Even if what you say is true about why he waits,"green" should get the same amount of excitement, maybe more. 

You can only "Light the fires and kick the tires" once or it loses its pizazz.

The USAC guy is even worse. 

Within hearing distance of Tri City Speedway

It's better than "Dirty for 30" like Liskai says for the past 10 years Or "jump and jive for 25" 

I like how Tony B does it: Something like

KEEP ONE EYE ON THE FIELD, ONE EYE ON THE FLAGSTAND AND WE ARE GREEN AT KNOXVILLE.

I like it.

Bruce Ellis used a similar line "It's showtime at Williams Grove speedway...now." Worked for me. Selinsgrove announcer used to say "If you have a need for speed, this is the place to see a race" or "1 will go low, 1 will go high maybe 3 and 4 will pass them by!" All good stuff. I don't care too much for those that get over-animated to the point where they are screaming or trying to make a single file race sound exciting. That annoys me. The guy at Port Royal that likes to add an "ie" to drivers first names annoys me a little too. It's all good though. I don't go to listen to the announcers. As long as they are knowledgable, get the names and line ups right and keep you informed as to what's going on, I'm good.

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We have an IDIOT announcer here in Pennsylvania who says, "It's time to light the fires and kick the tires." What the f*ck is that? 

I'll take Chase Rodman any day.