Second half of the Cup season has begun and I miss Fox already. TNT's broadcast yesterday seemed to be more commercials than race. The first two cautions occurred at commercial break and there weren't even replays to know why, when the camera came back "live", the field was under caution. Fox always ran the ticker at the top indicating laps and various difference of the the drivers - time behind, speed, etc. Towards the end of the race TNT didn't even have the laps posted so as a viewer you had no clue where the race was in its progress. They did put it up with about 30 laps left. The camera people for TNT aren't as skilled in following the action either. What is with zoomed out shots where you can barely make out the cars on the track?

I miss the Fox announcers enthusiasm and knowledge. Kyle Petty did a good job, but the others were blah in comparison to the first half of the season.  I know we go through it every year, but I really wish Fox could broadcast the entire season. Any one have any thoughts on the change?

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As the temperatures are rising here in Las Vegas, today's RJ had a column about the heat in the new style Nascar vehicles. Dale Jr. was obviously suffering when he climbed out of his car at the end of Sunday's race.  Denny Hamlin and Brian Vickers made comments about the extreme heat. With the design of the cars creating somewhat of a greenhouse effect and the safety changes that may contributed to holding warmth in, will the heat become a safety issue of its own for the drivers? Especially in some of the hotter and more humid race tracks. There is a reason they race here in March and not August.  

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