Kudos to Paul Page (1 Viewer)
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I was impressed as well. Mike Dunn was especially impressive. He spoke with great conviction. Way to be, Mike.
Paul Page's was nice but it seemed a little "scripted." Not trying to bash him with that. It just seemed to me it was a tad bit homogenized. I could be wrong, I hope so.
RIP, Eric.
Paul Page's was nice but it seemed a little "scripted." Not trying to bash him with that. It just seemed to me it was a tad bit homogenized. I could be wrong, I hope so.
RIP, Eric.
ReactionTimes
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Me too, Bob. Took my little girl out today to make up for not going out on her birthday. She turned 7 March 28th.
rocketman
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The tribute to Eric Medlen at the beginning of today's broadcast from Houston was appropriate and very moving.
Thank you, Mr. Page, for an outstanding tribute and a job well done.
Good. We finally agree on something.
Rick Rzepka
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wow that was a tear jerker. i found myself getting very emotional during that broadcast. i was also impressed that the nhra actually gave some insight to what took erics life. maybe we will see a change in attitude from all due to this tradgedy. the next race is gonna be even more emotional being that jfr will be there. cudos too dunn and paul page that had to be ruff on those guys too. and i liked warrens comments.
Dave
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I had a commitment also. I hated to miss it.
TooTall999
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I have to admit,when I first saw it was Paul Page that was going to do the tribute to Eric,I felt a little let down.I thought at first they should have let Mike dunn do it,but after watching it I felt Paul did a very good job.I'm sure it was somewhat scripted,but that probably made it easier to get through such a difficult piece.My hat's off to Paul for a job well done.
BlueStangGT
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Indeed... credit where credit's due. A very nice job by all, especially Paul. What a tough way to start a show.
I thought Whit's comments after his run were especially poignant. God bless the guy... he wears his heart on his sleeve through thick and thin. Slowly but surely I'm becoming a Whit fan. Of course it's easier now that he's not in FC.
I thought Whit's comments after his run were especially poignant. God bless the guy... he wears his heart on his sleeve through thick and thin. Slowly but surely I'm becoming a Whit fan. Of course it's easier now that he's not in FC.
BurkartFan
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As much as I hate rain delays and what they do to the event and the people involved, having yesterday rained out gave them a lot of time to pay tribute to Eric from a lot of people, and it gave them a lot of time to discuss possible safety changes.
It was especially touching to hear from Ryan Elliott (the clutch specialist for Grubnic) after reading his addition to the Kalitta blog and how Eric touched his life. If we'd had 4 qualifying sessions to squeeze into the broadcast, I'm not sure they'd even have had time to interview very many of the drivers about how Eric affected them. It seemed especially right to have a crew member who aspires to be a driver talk about how Eric inspired him and gave him hope for any crew member to rise to driver level, in addition to their friendship.
Choking up again now...I need some ice cream.
It was especially touching to hear from Ryan Elliott (the clutch specialist for Grubnic) after reading his addition to the Kalitta blog and how Eric touched his life. If we'd had 4 qualifying sessions to squeeze into the broadcast, I'm not sure they'd even have had time to interview very many of the drivers about how Eric affected them. It seemed especially right to have a crew member who aspires to be a driver talk about how Eric inspired him and gave him hope for any crew member to rise to driver level, in addition to their friendship.
Choking up again now...I need some ice cream.
Professor Dave
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I thought it was a great job by both too-I'm glad to see we've said something good about Paul. But then I think he's shown some improvement as he's been on the job longer. Sort of like what happens to the rest of us as we do our jobs for a longer period of time. And if my memory is not completely failing me, I think a lot of people thought Marty Reid sucked when he first started. I don't expect Paul to be as good as Marty because Marty turned out to be very good. I want to tell you something else if your haven't been watching the Sportsmen show, Dave Reiff is doing a hell of a job being the announcer, but I don't think anyone is surprised by that.
Dale
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"Scripted" being the key word hear. The video put together was awesome, nice emphasis on Eric & his Dad. The script that Paul Page read was very fitting and well written. In my opinion, it would have had a bigger impact and
meaning if the tribute (segment) was done by someone in the racing family that knew him well.
I would hate to think this was NHRA's choice to do this piece with the agenda of trying to soften the T.V. viewers stance on what a poor choice of announcer and spokesperson they are now stuck with. That would be just wrong......... but hey, read this thread, lot's more people on the Page "Band-Wagon".
As I did agree with all, It was a GREAT piece, very well written. Just think it should have been "read" by someone that KNEW Eric not just knew OF him.
In closing, if you watched the qualifying show of the last pair on Friday night (Fuller/Todd), as the pair crossed the finish line..... In true Paul Page
fashion he states: " AND A HUGE EXP......and Rod Fuller with a 4.53"
Catching himself short of saying "explosion" as relating to one of the cars as he was obviously confused and taken by surprise by the track Fireworks that take place after every finale run on Fridays..........
Mr. Page, go back to "open wheel" !
Eric, Rest In Peace my brother.
