BR46 Posted June 17, 2020 Share #1 Posted June 17, 2020 Road America contacted me today about putting on a sidecar demonstration after the stunt show on Saturday and Sundays superbike race. We have 3 sidecars included ours doing the demonstration but we need a announcer for the show. Who wants to help us out?......you might get some TV time. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted June 17, 2020 Share #2 Posted June 17, 2020 I do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted June 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Airehead said: I do That would be great..the pay sucks but you would only have to work a total of 30 minutes each day. The pay is free tickets for the superbike race, a beer and a brat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted June 18, 2020 Share #4 Posted June 18, 2020 I’ll help too. @Aireheadcan do the play by play and I’ll do color commentary. My language is quite colorful.🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted June 18, 2020 Share #5 Posted June 18, 2020 22 minutes ago, BR46 said: That would be great..the pay sucks but you would only have to work a total of 30 minutes each day. The pay is free tickets for the superbike race, a beer and a brat. That's a better fee than I got for announcing RC races. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted June 18, 2020 Share #6 Posted June 18, 2020 At one point I was the principal announcer for one large racing club and I did several auto shows. All of that was free for the club. I was hired for a New England regional once and that was really cool as there was a computer scoring system and an assistant to help me keep track of who was who during the race. I couldn't do that these days as the old vocal chords give out after about 10 minutes of talking. Besides, I expect that my contracted private jet and hotel room would be prohibitively costly for the races. I always envied Jack Arute whose family owned Stafford Speedway and who eventually became an announcer on television for the races. His family bought the speedway from my wife's uncle shortly before we were married. I have a strange feeling that I would have enjoyed that family business. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted June 18, 2020 Share #7 Posted June 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: At one point I was the principal announcer for one large racing club and I did several auto shows. All of that was free for the club. I was hired for a New England regional once and that was really cool as there was a computer scoring system and an assistant to help me keep track of who was who during the race. I couldn't do that these days as the old vocal chords give out after about 10 minutes of talking. Besides, I expect that my contracted private jet and hotel room would be prohibitively costly for the races. MAxx wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted June 18, 2020 Share #8 Posted June 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, Airehead said: MAxx wins I used to like Michael Buffer's voice too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted June 18, 2020 Share #9 Posted June 18, 2020 17 minutes ago, Airehead said: MAxx wins @MickinMD has done some sports announcing AND he is willing to be out and about with the unwashed masses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted June 18, 2020 Share #10 Posted June 18, 2020 I'd be happy to skip across the lake and help out. Do you need to be able to speak slpainly? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted June 18, 2020 Share #11 Posted June 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Razors Edge said: @MickinMD has done some sports announcing AND he is willing to be out and about with the unwashed masses. True. Maxx is opposed to the latter. If only you masses would wash more often it might be different. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted June 18, 2020 Share #12 Posted June 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Razors Edge said: @MickinMD has done some sports announcing AND he is willing to be out and about with the unwashed masses. Sorry, I decline. I quit announcing after rec league football and the unwashed masses have to be near a chlorinated swimming pool! My last announcing was in the Annapolis High School press box - on the home field where Bill Belichick played high school football - for my nephew Ryan's Severna Park Green Hornets league championship game. That's how I want to go out: 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted June 18, 2020 Share #13 Posted June 18, 2020 SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted June 18, 2020 Share #14 Posted June 18, 2020 18 hours ago, BR46 said: Road America contacted me today about putting on a sidecar demonstration after the stunt show on Saturday and Sundays superbike race. We have 3 sidecars included ours doing the demonstration but we need a announcer for the show. Who wants to help us out?......you might get some TV time. You had me until the TV time thing. I have a perfect face for radio. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted June 18, 2020 Share #15 Posted June 18, 2020 1 hour ago, jsharr said: You had me until the TV time thing. I have a perfect face for radio. Wear a mask. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted June 18, 2020 Share #16 Posted June 18, 2020 Do I get to write my own script? Make up silly nick names for all the racers? Make fun of anyone who crashes? I mean, even if they are hurt a little, cause sometimes that's even funnier. Oh, wait, first I'll need pictures of the girls that hand out trophies at the end. They sit in the press box until the end, don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share #17 Posted June 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, 12string said: Do I get to write my own script? Make up silly nick names for all the racers? Make fun of anyone who crashes? I mean, even if they are hurt a little, cause sometimes that's even funnier. Oh, wait, first I'll need pictures of the girls that hand out trophies at the end. They sit in the press box until the end, don't they? You don't get to sit in the press box. We are doing a demonstration in the paddock area after the stunt show. Motorcycle crashes are not really that funny.....I've had a few. No trophie girls for what we're doing but we do have 2 hot monkeys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted June 18, 2020 Share #18 Posted June 18, 2020 29 minutes ago, BR46 said: Motorcycle crashes are not really that funny.....I've had a few. OK, read your man card. If it happens to someone ELSE, it's funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share #19 Posted June 18, 2020 9 minutes ago, 12string said: OK, read your man card. If it happens to someone ELSE, it's funny. Last time I raced in South Carolina we watched flight for life land twice in one day, in off road racing I seen the guy crash in front of me......he died. I witnessed a guy crash on a jump.... died from his injuries. I've seen a quite a few serious injuries and in the racing family it's like laughing at someone with cancer. Here's my son's leg after hitting oil on the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share #20 Posted June 18, 2020 2 hours ago, 12string said: OK, read your man card. If it happens to someone ELSE, it's funny. I'm not trying to come across as a ass but in the racing world we are a close knit family. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted June 19, 2020 Share #21 Posted June 19, 2020 18 hours ago, BR46 said: I'm not trying to come across as a ass but in the racing world we are a close knit family. please accept my apologies, my attempt at humor was ill-placed. You weren't the one coming across as an ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share #22 Posted June 19, 2020 2 hours ago, 12string said: please accept my apologies, my attempt at humor was ill-placed. You weren't the one coming across as an ass. Accepted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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