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- Demolisher_1
I really want to watch rally racing on TV sometime, but I have no clue when they race and if/when it's show on American TV.
Anyone mind explaining?
Anyone mind explaining?
When/where is rally shown on US TV?
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Discovery HD Theater did a WRC highlight show last year, no word if that will continue. As for why it isn't shown much, it's terrible to watch on TV so the ratings are rather low. Much like drag racing it's something you have to be at to fully appreciate it.
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- WlkrTex4sR4nger
Ever since NASCAR bought speed network its very hard to find rally racing on tv. I watched it when you could get once a week episodes on speed around 10pm at night they showed the FIA WRC Championships. Cant find now and they dont show the US Rally Championships on TV its a shame really, i love rally racing
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Basically the only racing that ever gets any airtime inthe us is NASCAR. I actually got to see a dtm race on speed the other day and thought I was hallucinating.
MagpieRacer
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ESPN have it in the UK this year with what sounds like pretty expansive coverage. Perhaps ESPN US have it also.
Pakt Sardine
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Nope. ESPN here doesn't really do any motorsport. They only do sports involving balls, pucks, and feet.
Does any channel anywhere show WRC live? Or is it all just highlights like what we get here?
I really do wish we got better WRC coverage. Rallying is a sport that I would love to get into, but there is a severe lack of coverage here in the states.
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- nk4e
I believe you will only get highlights. I don't think that USA has a big enough crowd to bring it back to TV live. They did a few years back but now I have seen either Nascar or Football. ( I seen Formula D on ESPN acouple of times). Summer X-Games are coming up and I hope that they will have their rally section.
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Really? They show NASCAR and NHRA Drag racing on my end and have recently announced a deal with the ALMS for Live Qualifying and race coverage on ESPN3.com and delayed coverage on ESPN 2
Only Highlights on HD Theater.
Does Formula one not count? I recall seeing it live every round (well, everytime its on Speed).
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- ViperManiac
Why did they do that? I loved watching Subaru in the WRC. Damn them.
I do miss watching the WRC. I remember when I use to have DirecTV and SPEED was showing WRC every Sunday late at night. I never missed a week of watching that stuff. I wish there was a way to watch it online or some station like ESPN would start covering it. Damnit.
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- Ardius_
Subaru and Mitsubishi have been out of the WRC for a while now..while privateers could run the cars, they weren't being developed.
This not so much due to rule changes, but just a general decline in the WRC, which is part blame on economics and part blame on the organisors (not the FIA per se, more North One management).
2011 rule changes could in fact tempt Subaru and others back in, but not for a while because of the costs of developing new cars and engines. IRC is still more value for money right now.
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- Blangadanger
I've been trying my best to find any information on US coverage of WRC 2011, and I don't think it's happening. Speed definitely isn't doing it anytime soon. I keep hoping it'll show up on ESPN3, BBCA, or perhaps some premium/independent cable channel, but now that the season's already started I think that hope is waning.
For now all I've found is some videos at: http://www.youtube.com/user/wrc . The coverage isn't live, but it's something.
For now all I've found is some videos at: http://www.youtube.com/user/wrc . The coverage isn't live, but it's something.
CodeRedR51
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I think the ratings are low because not everyone has Discovery HD.
As far as I know, D-HD is the only channel in the USA with a highlight show.
Edit: HERE is the schedule. Although it says "2010 Schedule" It matches the first two races on the Official WRC calendar, unless they are the same as last year...
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- Blangadanger
If you need a fix without using torrents, ESPN UK has a few videos that are more reviews with snippets rather than full-blown live coverage of the event.
http://www.espn.co.uk/wrc/sport/video_audio/index.html?sport=27
http://www.espn.co.uk/wrc/sport/video_audio/index.html?sport=27
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I know this is grave digging but this forum is sort of a grave anyway.
But Blangadanger mentioned torrents- I live in the USA and that's basically how I keep up on it. I hate downloading them and finding them but that's the only way that you're going to find it in the US unless you have satellite and get international channels or something.
But Blangadanger mentioned torrents- I live in the USA and that's basically how I keep up on it. I hate downloading them and finding them but that's the only way that you're going to find it in the US unless you have satellite and get international channels or something.
CodeRedR51
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Discovery HD.......
http://dhd.discovery.com/tv/world-rally-championship/about.html
http://dhd.discovery.com/tv/world-rally-championship/about.html
WRC on Discovery HD
CodeRedR51
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They're on a delayed schedule, since they are just highlight shows. Not really that big a deal (to me at least). WRC has been on Discovery HD since last year I know for sure, maybe longer.
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- I_powerslide
If you're not set on super-high quality, youtube works fine. The rally highlight shows are posted up within a few hours of being aired on TV, and all the powerstages are up in full. The most reliable person I've found is Antystenes1, he has everything up including the preview shows. A link to his rally mexico coverage is here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Antystenes1#p/c/0A53AFF99B67C379 Hope this helps! 
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I hate to bump this thread, but are they still showing rally coverage? I just now saw this and checked my local listings, tvguide.com and DHD's own website and there is no WRC shows listed on Jun 26, even though they have a WRC section on the site updated for 2011. I know it's still a week out but did they scrap it or is it just not showing up and they still show it? Would love to finally catch some coverage in HD.
If you're not set on super-high quality, youtube works fine. The rally highlight shows are posted up within a few hours of being aired on TV, and all the powerstages are up in full. The most reliable person I've found is Antystenes1, he has everything up including the preview shows. A link to his rally mexico coverage is here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Antystenes1#p/c/0A53AFF99B67C379 Hope this helps!
Btw, looks like he's not uploading coverage anymore, courtesy of North One.
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In case anyone was wondering (doesn't look like it), the answer to my question is "no". Unless it is my region or they have the incorrect dates, there is/was no WRC footage on DHDT. So there goes that...
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To follow up on this, looks like their schedule is wrong. A bunch of WRC shows are on the listings now for this Sunday. About 4.5 hours worth - a preview show, highlights for each day, then another 60 min show that just says "events" and then the all access review.
http://dhd.discovery.com/tv-schedules/daily.html?date=20110703.184
Shaping up to be a good Sunday 👍
http://dhd.discovery.com/tv-schedules/daily.html?date=20110703.184
Shaping up to be a good Sunday 👍
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