nuzman Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Finally, the media is putting some attention back on the track. Actually, the media is on the track. Gotta be the slowest drag race in years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hot rod truck Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 (edited) Talk about a slow news day... Edited March 13, 2008 by hot rod truck (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuzman Posted March 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 And now the fall out. C'mon people, drag racing is not a crime! March 12, 2008, 6:03PM Drag racing TV live trucks caught on video © 2008 The Associated Press EL PASO, Texas — A day after a fatal highway drag racing crash, a pair of local television live trucks were caught on video in their own race at a local drag strip. The El Paso stations, KDBC-TV and KVIA-TV, were at the legal drag racing strip Friday night when a crowd of onlookers apparently convinced a pair of photographers and a part-time anchorman to race. Charlie Bernal, a 25-year-old photographer for KDBC, said he was fired Tuesday after his bosses saw the race on the video sharing Web site YouTube. "I knew what I was doing and figured, if someone gets wind of this I'm in a world of crap," Bernal said. He added that he didn't regret his decision to race the station's only live truck but wouldn't do it again. KDBC general manager Bram Watkins declined to comment on the incident. Kevin Lovell, KVIA's general manager, said photographer Richie Zamora and part-time anchor Rick Cabrera were preparing a story about the legal drag racing site when they made an "impromptu decision" to race the competing station's vehicle. "They had the crowd gathered, giggling," Lovell said. "It was a stupid thing to do. They weren't thinking." Lovell said Cabrera, who was set to take over as a full-time anchor in May when longtime broadcaster Gary Warner retires, and Zamora are likely to face disciplinary action but won't be fired. "There will be no terminations at KVIA," Lovell said. Cabrera said Wednesday he regretted the incident and should have used his position to halt the race. "I made a big mistake and I take full responsibility for my actions," Cabrera said. "In hindsight, I can certainly see the error of our ways." A video of the race, posted on YouTube, shows the trucks inching to the starting line as a crowd of onlookers cheers them on. As the trucks start racing, one man not seen on the video can be heard commenting that "every cell phone is out" filming the race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTMD8R_SS Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSR Mike Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 KDBC general manager Bram Watkins is a Dumbass for firing his guy. Chew his ass, but the guy took initiatve and promo'd the station with a little competition. Now if he wrecked the truck, shoot him at dawn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobradh77 Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 LOL...but i agree what they did was legal so firing someone over it is kind of dumb IMO but I guess if he wrecked and hurt someone I guess the TV stations would be in deep poopp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 I think they should find some more money in the budget for some engine mods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTMD8R_SS Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 I think they should find some more money in the budget for some engine mods. That will be very beneficial. Throw in a supercharger, headers, tune and they will be the first news truck at every scene. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman31 Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 LMAO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wody Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 and the fist on the scene is................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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