RacingOne continues our annual "Fan Awards" with a look back at some of the worst television shows devoted to racing from the 2006 season.
RacingOne's Selection
The airwaves were literally full of racing programming in 2006, but one show stands out as the worst of the bunch and that's Trading Paint with Michael Waltrip and a media member going "head-to-head" on a variety of issues. That's not a bad concept for a show, but this program has two things against it - deep and controversial topics are never discussed and of course it provides yet another on-air slot for Michael Waltrip.
Other candidates include the Speed Report, SPEED's overly-glossy Sunday night wrap-up show that employs two of the most plastic hosts in television history and completely ignores 80 percent of the racing world outside of NASCAR, Raceline, a syndicated program that has the production values of a high school broadcast and Inside NEXTEL Cup, which has de-volved into the Michael Waltrip Un-Comedy Hour.
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NASCAR channel on Sirius reports that the Toyota engines are generating 30 more HP than Chevy, Ford or Dodge and they are legal within the rules that Nascar has set up.
Now if their drivers and pitcrews etc. can do the same we may be in trouble. I'm hoping the GM engineers have come up with the solution they were looking for.