Force interview

[Huge]

I have alot of passion as a fan for this sport to me it is right up there on par with the olympics. To me the guys that drive their vehicles at the events are racers and sportsmen you could say mechanical athletes.

You are the type of fan that every driver wants, and this sport needs.

 

[Randy]

Amazing...

 

[Mooseman]

Sure Force probably did go about what he said in the wrong way but seriously who has not opened their mouth and said something you shouldn't have and later wondered why you said that.

 

[afx421]

Please forgive me for being older and maybe slightly cranky, but I personally have had enough of the ESPN /John Force Family love affair. That and having to listen to Paul Page murder each broadcast he anchors is making it increasing more difficult to watch the "Big Show" on television.

There are a couple of things that I would like to throw out.

1.) Why in God's name would ESPN want to show Mrs. Force's look of astonishment , or freight, what ever it was at her daughter doing nothing more than two stepping the throttle during a qualifying run?

2.) John's response to the Mike Dunn poll on being the third best driver of all time (taking the car out of the equation), and then starting in on a tyrad of Dunn being like Fox News and Sean Hannidy and Glen Beck and spouting lies!
Where the hell did that come from. Your entitled to your opinion Mr. Force and God Bless you for it. One thing come to mind with that " People in glass houses....." (Indy 2009) My opinion.

Paul Page was the voice of the Indy 500 for many years and when he did that duty he was as good as it gets, however to me he has never gotten the true feeling of drag racing and to me it shows in his announcing. He still seems to be like a fish out of water, and has never really become comfortable with the job. Put Dave Reiff into the lead seat. I also feel that it is really time for ESPN and the NHRA to take a long hard look at the coverage. Instead of wondering if the Force camp is going to service liver or fish for the team meal that night, or how many mile JF puts on his scooter during an event. I think ESPN should show all the professional cars. Even the underfunded ones, cause they make up the show too. Those guys are working just as hard to make the race as the uber funded team give them some love too.

There are other stories out there to cover, or they could do an occational human interest story on, young up and coming drivers, scratching and clawing doing everything they can to get seat time in a fuel car, like 2nd generation driver James Day, or how all the Strasburg brothers are all members of the Bonneville Salt Flats 200 mile per hour club in different cars. At least it is something different.

As I stated as I get older I might be getting a little more sinical, however it is my opinion and was just seeing if anybody notices.

this whole thread is just ANOTHER hate john force thread, and brians comments cemented that fact, well brian, what id like to not seer anymore is the countless interviews wih tony shumacher, over the last 5 years hes gotten twice the air time as force, and how about not showing don shumacher everytime 1 of his cars goes down the track also. if you can say it about mrs force i can say it about don, or are you 1 way? how about the look of fright and panic on morgan lucas mom everytime he goes down the track? you didnt mention that did you. the hatred of john force and that team is so ugly here but god forbid anyone says anything about team shumacher right. heres the bottom line, show racing, dump paul page and mike dunn, dunn gets too personal, dump the dumbed down interviews, we don need to know in trackionary what the definition of a burnout is. but be equal if you slam the coverage of force than slam over coverage of others!

 

[Too many to list here]

The lack of oxygen up there made him a bit loopy

 

[Joker]

Look, I'm a huge Force fan and it was clear he didnt know what the hell Dave was talking about however that was the absolute worst interview he's ever done. It was like he was drunk or something. But am I not going to be his fan over 1 interview? Ofcourse not. Most of John's interviews are tv gold.

 

[TR]

The lack of oxygen up there made him a bit loopy

That probably is the simplest and best explanation if it was a regular person. John is either on Meds or needs them. Too much Force and not enough of the other fuel teams especially the smaller ones. I think John feels DSR breathing down his neck and is getting irritable. I take offense he didn't mention the people at MSNBC as drama queens and liars. That rant yesterday is going to come back to haunt him. I don't root for John anymore, I used to he is just stale.

Rick

 

[ROCKY]

Let me first say I did not start this as a hate John Force thread. I am a huge Force fan and if you come to my garage I'll show you plenty of items I've purchased that will prove it. This is not going to stop me from being a Force fan. It just hurt me to hear John say alot of things that I think he will be embarressed about when he finds out what Dave was talking about. Yes, I think he should have been told before hand what the interview was about. John is in my opinion the best at winging an interview. He may rant 5 minutes on something the interviewer didn't ask but at the end you were still entertained. Yesterday was just painful for a Force fan to watch. He had a senior moment. I know, I have them every day.

 

[luxexpress]

this whole thread is just ANOTHER hate john force thread, and brians comments cemented that fact, well brian, what id like to not seer anymore is the countless interviews wih tony shumacher, over the last 5 years hes gotten twice the air time as force, ...!

I don't suppose that has anything to do with the fact that Shumacher has won more than TWICE as much as Force the last five years. Personally, I think Force is probably upset with how hard Fox News is going after BP and worried about his sponsor. BTW, I like Force and think he has done tremendous things for the NHRA, but I agree with those who feel that he and his family is shoved down the TV audience's throats, often to the detriment of other racers and some great stories that could be reported from the track.

 

[Johnny Ringo]

It's becoming clearer why John Medlen fled the camp. I never thought that would happen. John is now #11 on my top 10 list.

 

[rollingthunder]

I don't suppose that has anything to do with the fact that Shumacher has won more than TWICE as much as Force the last five years. Personally, I think Force is probably upset with how hard Fox News is going after BP and worried about his sponsor. BTW, I like Force and think he has done tremendous things for the NHRA, but I agree with those who feel that he and his family is shoved down the TV audience's throats, often to the detriment of other racers and some great stories that could be reported from the track.

I agree

 

[Paul]

this whole thread is just ANOTHER hate john force thread, and brians comments cemented that fact, well brian, what id like to not seer anymore is the countless interviews wih tony shumacher, over the last 5 years hes gotten twice the air time as force, and how about not showing don shumacher everytime 1 of his cars goes down the track also. if you can say it about mrs force i can say it about don, or are you 1 way? how about the look of fright and panic on morgan lucas mom everytime he goes down the track? you didnt mention that did you. the hatred of john force and that team is so ugly here but god forbid anyone says anything about team shumacher right. heres the bottom line, show racing, dump paul page and mike dunn, dunn gets too personal, dump the dumbed down interviews, we don need to know in trackionary what the definition of a burnout is. but be equal if you slam the coverage of force than slam over coverage of others!

What in the world does this have to do with Schumacher? John stuck his foot in his mouth last night and some of his fans don't like it. Sh*t happens and people will get over it.

 

[Rajunz]

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I have not seen what John said, but I have read about it in many different places today and my take on it is this...

John has a very large personality and speaks his mind on anything and everything which is one of the reasons people (including myself) love him, last time I checked it was a free country and people are free to say and do whatever they want, If you have decided to not be a John Force fan because of what he said today you were obviously not a very big fan of his in the first place.

Also if you decide that you don't like somebody based on their political views GET A LIFE... there is more to life than politics. I cant stand people like you who politics are your world and you are so wrapped up in it that it changes your opinions of people just because they don't believe the same thing that you believe.

that concludes my rant for the evening

Or, how about someone giving him an award, and instead of being gracious and just accepting it, turns about and asks them who made them the authority, then proceeds to call them names! Poor sportsmanship at it's finest, that's where he lost me!

 

[kingcobrafan]

3.) He brings exposure to the sport unlike almost any other. Does the scooter miles and cat stories get old? of course but the man and his team have given NHRA more exposure than most of the field combined.

That's because "most of the field combined" is never given the chance.

 

[CrewGuy]

Apparently they didn't explain [what the interview was about] during the "pre-interview" discussion. Force didn't have a clue as to what was being asked of him. In his own honest, ham it up, act he dropped the ball. Not a bash, just calling it as I see it.

 

[.]

That was the worst interview I've ever seen from John. I honestly thought he was off his meds, drunk, or just got his bell severely rung. His idiotic mention of Fox, Hannity and Beck didn't help matters. I'd sure like to see his list of these so-called lies he claims they've made up. I bet he couldn't come up with one if he was put on the spot. I think I lost more respect for him after that interview then I did with all the dive BS last year.

 

[farmje]

I think most are more bothered with Force's attitude toward Reiff. Force had no idea what Reiff was talking about and acted like an idiot trying to figure it out, sorta like his med's were a little off. Then he pops up with this driving naked crap after saying Garlits, Prudhomme and Beadle are better drivers than he ever was.

PS. Someone in Denver tell Force I'm challenging him right here right now. I'll donate $1,000 to his favorite charity for every lie he can tell me Glenn Beck has told on his Fox TV program. Then tell him if he can't find any he owes Beck's favorite charity $10,000 and he owes Beck a public apology on ESPN for calling him a liar. Man up.

RG

We can start here: Glenn Beck Lies | The Glenn Beck Report

Not to mention that he said churches who preach social justice are "communist and marxist."

You owe my favorite charity more money than you'll ever have.

 

[nitro]

this whole thread is just ANOTHER hate john force thread, and brians comments cemented that fact, well brian, what id like to not seer anymore is the countless interviews wih tony shumacher, over the last 5 years hes gotten twice the air time as force, and how about not showing don shumacher everytime 1 of his cars goes down the track also. if you can say it about mrs force i can say it about don, or are you 1 way? how about the look of fright and panic on morgan lucas mom everytime he goes down the track? you didnt mention that did you. the hatred of john force and that team is so ugly here but god forbid anyone says anything about team shumacher right. heres the bottom line, show racing, dump paul page and mike dunn, dunn gets too personal, dump the dumbed down interviews, we don need to know in trackionary what the definition of a burnout is. but be equal if you slam the coverage of force than slam over coverage of others!

Sir,

Thank you so much for reading my post, and I have to honestly say I appreciate your opinion, how ever I just don't agree with it. You feel this is a hate John Force Thread, your opinion your entitled to it, however sir, my tone of this is not a hate John Force opinion, it is more a "tired of John Force opinion", due to the fact I do not hate anybody, but I can say I am tired of the John Force act.

Lobster and Prime Rib is a wonderful dinner, but after a while if you have to eat so much of it a lot of people will even get tired of Lobster and Prime Rib all the time. I'm tired of the John Force act. I know that there are other people who feel the same way, and honestly at this point and time we are a minority. I'm just saying it would be nice to see a little bit more diversification in the broadcast is all.

One can tell from your passion you are a huge supporter of John Force and that is honorable, I just have had my fill is all sir... Good Day.

 

[Speed1288]

I think people are more upset with the all mighty fox getting a shot from the biggest name in the nhra than anything else. /thread

 

[HEMI6point1]

I think people are more upset with the republican loony-tune hangout getting a shot from the biggest name in the nhra than anything else. /thread

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