I would like to see the last round of qualifying live with highlights - *highlights* - of the first three rounds, minus the back stories, and whatnot, which should be saved for an NHRA today type of show to run on off weeks.
Then on Sunday show *highlights* of the first 3 rounds and a live final.
I know thats very difficult or impossible to do due to the nature of the sport.
Failing that, a tape delayed live would be cool... One might say they do that now, but I guess what I mean by live qualifying taped would be turn on the cameras when the first engine fires and let them run till the last pass goes down. Include everything in real time... Subtract a large percent of the discussions, interjections and whatnot from commentators. Oildowns could be cut out of course.
Again I guess that's unlikely on a major network like ESPN.
I guess my ideal would be cameras running live at the track with the commentary coming from the track audio, uncut, oildowns and all... broadcast on like ESPN 4 or some obscure channel that can be DVR'd and watched at my convenience. There would be no commercials, except the ones that run generically in the background on the jumbotron at the track during oildowns and down time. Maybe even make it a subscription like NHL center ice, Id pay $50 or $100 or so to have it for the year.
That would work perfectly on a rainy weekend, sitting and watching live NHRA racing streaming all day long... almost like being at the track.
Pipe dream...