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I never said Nascar put it down---I said ESPN's Nascar analyst put it down.  I also said he followed the long standing tradition of Nascar analysts and announcers not knowing a thing (speaking of them in general) about the origins of some of these racers.  I never said Nascar spoke negatively. 

With comments like "once that kid learns how to win".  ??  They are clueless on the credentials of some of these real racers because they are so used to seeing the new spoon-fed racers entering the sport.  Most of the spoon-fed racers entering the sport don't have any real exprerience with victory and they do have to learn how to win.  Sure, they have won in lower level asphalt races where dad paid for a car and crew to smash the competition.  That's different than rising through the ranks in every form of racing you enter.  Look up the credentials of some of these "young guns" of Nascar.  Playing with dad's money.  Not true in every case, but getting more and more common as the decades click by. 

I will say, I also watched the later version of Sportscenter on Sunday night and Ricky Craven's bit on the later show was different than the one right after the race.  He didn't mention Knoxville.  Did someone besides me notice what he said and how he said it?  Every other piece of the story was the same with no mention of Larson running the Nationals.  HMMM 

I agree with your original post in this thread.  Just like the news anchors that "will tell you about the Plane Crash with a gleem in their eye"  ESPN and others need their people to be respectful and informed.   It is ridiculous that Craven would not gush over what Kyle was able to achieve last week.      

My comments were to the many posters that hijack every thread they can to disparage Nascar in general and tell us every five minutes how the biggest racing organization in the world is irrelevant!

Like your posts, keep me coming!

ESPN hires poor analysts for every sport. They fired the true journalists and knowledgable individuals and kept washed up former atheletes who think they know it all. Nascar isn't the problem on this one it's ESPN.

Please correct me if I am wrong, but isn't Kyle Petty on a network OTHER than ESPN?  That guy is the worst.  Kind of matches his career.  Oh snap, Ricky Craven fits that catagory also.  They both suck.  Bestwick fits the catagory also.  I just remember a lot of suckage going on.  Unlistenable.  I don't watch anymore so I am not sure if the suckage continues or not....

Yeah, I can't stand any of the ones on NBC.    Petty, Bestwick, Letarte all leave much to be desired.   If they replace anyone I hope it's Petty who goes first.   I can't stand him at all.