Foxtel

[Rav]

Hey Guys and Girls,

I am thinking off getting Foxtel. Just want to know is there any good Car Racing channel's and any racing to do with Jap car's (Drift,Circuit).

Thanks if you can help me out.

[MattD]

No, but i'm working on it...

You can catch Formula D on FuelTV.

That's about all the drift you'll get and it's American...

[KURAUN]

there is also an aussie one forgot the name

has every sorta racing/car styles from aus

and then u get ur speedweek, rallies sometimes and car shows to restore like pimp my ride overhauling and that

[emts]

there is also an aussie one forgot the name

has every sorta racing/car styles from aus

and then u get ur speedweek, rallies sometimes and car shows to restore like pimp my ride overhauling and that

that would be fox sports, (1 2 and 3) you can usually get spome car action on one of those of a night.

ESPN can be good for some USA d1 action and such at times as well.

[inark]

rally was probably the only decent thing on fox sports.... that and i got addicted to monster trucks for a while of all things which was on ESPN... a lot more entertaining then i thought it would be

blood sweat and gears is super fantastically gay if you like seeing yobs, full sicks and spazs race their over priced and over powered cars through different "events" which normally ends up being more about burnouts then racing.

the only thing on fox i like watching with cars are shows like wrecks to ritches and overhaulin, although overhaulin is starting to get even gayer thanks to stupid pre-rehearsed "spontanious pranks".

[KURAUN]

i like wrecks to ritches

[Swiper the Fox]

i like wrecks to ritches

good one...i like it too.

[phunky_monkey]

Not much Jap racing stuff, but heaps of car stuff. Get IQ and record it all for later.

There's heaps of rally, bikes, circuit stuff, bit of drifting, car building shows (Overhaulin, American Hotrod, Wrecks to Riches etc). It's the main reason I have Foxtel

[NickR33]

IQ is a must as a lot of stuff will pop up at odd times... but there is plenty to keep you interested

I was watching the American D1 the other day and wow... those are some big budget cars these days, lots of turbo V8's with insane power

[BigDirtyJase]

The biggest thing with Forumla D (American D1) is that some teams are full factory (like Team Mopar for example) or factory backed (Rhys Millen Racing) and they have massive sponsorships not only for the cars but for the entire championship (Air Force, Castrol, Tomei, Tyre manufacters etc.)..and they have a round of D1GP out in the states. That's where IMHO Drift Australia fell down as they had Toyo Tyres has their main sponsor but I don't beleive they had anyone else hence why they have gone to a 1 race championship this year. Yes I know that DA is in its infancy and finding sponsors is difficult but hopefully they can a major sponsor but also alot of small sponsors

Foxtel need to do a deal with SPEED Channel in the US to get their channel out here. Fox Sports show like the american AMA Superbike and motocross series...but they do the Formula D championship (which is on Fuel TV I know but they are behind a bit) and they have alot of european racing. It would be really great to have a dedicated 24hr Racing channel

[inark]

DA is in its infancy?

Hasnt it been around for like 5 years or more now?

Formula D was massive after like 2 years in comparison.

Its never going to be even remotely as big as D1 or FD mainly because our population is way too small to support the small percentage of people that arent bogans who prefer watching the exact same cars with different badges go around the same tracks.

But i suppose thats for another a thread...

go foxtel...