MAV TV sometimes shows some ANDRA racing, which is cool for me, since I like drag racing. I was just watching one that I think was from Alice Springs (sounded like they were saying "Alasprings". It was really interesting watching cars I know nothing about racing each other. I really don't know anything about Holden Toranas, except that there are a lot of them on the drag strips. Then there was something called a Gemini, which ended up racing a Torana in the final.
I got a kick out of the commentary, since the Aussies have their own accent, of course. For instance, I thought at first they were saying that someone was "light on the start", but I realized they were saying "late". They also pronounce Celica, "Seleeka." At one point, when a driver broke out (it was bracket-style racing), I think the commentator said, "Well, that'll rot your socks." Not sure what that means, but it doesn't sound good. Also, when one of them mentioned that they saw a lot of people wearing hoodies, the other said, yeah, people expect it to be hot in the desert. The first one responded, "Well, certainly not in July!" which of course sounds funny in North America.
I'm glad that MAV TV and a few others are bringing different kinds of racing to TV. ANDRA is pretty cool, and I like the Late Model Dirt Series (USA, not Australian) quite a bit.
I got a kick out of the commentary, since the Aussies have their own accent, of course. For instance, I thought at first they were saying that someone was "light on the start", but I realized they were saying "late". They also pronounce Celica, "Seleeka." At one point, when a driver broke out (it was bracket-style racing), I think the commentator said, "Well, that'll rot your socks." Not sure what that means, but it doesn't sound good. Also, when one of them mentioned that they saw a lot of people wearing hoodies, the other said, yeah, people expect it to be hot in the desert. The first one responded, "Well, certainly not in July!" which of course sounds funny in North America.
I'm glad that MAV TV and a few others are bringing different kinds of racing to TV. ANDRA is pretty cool, and I like the Late Model Dirt Series (USA, not Australian) quite a bit.