NHRA All access sucks

[Warren Evans]

Let me fill in a few of the blanks here. Yes, I do produce D3TV for NHRA Division 3, which will continue in 2017. I also had an opportunity to work at Phoenix and Gainesville on the NHRA All Access show. NHRA is in the process of filling the position for a full-time operator for All Access, which it looks like they will have starting in Las Vegas. I wanted to do what I could to clean up some things while I was running the show, because I'm a customer too, and have had similar frustrations as all of you. I hope that you all found the sound mix to be better in the last two races since that was something I was focusing on.
As far as Saturday goes, the entire facility experienced a "brownout" that messed up the internet service to the track for about three hours. This not only affected our ability to live stream but it also impacted other parts of racing operations. We were at the mercy of AT&T until they could restore service. I had a smaller cellular-based (Cradlepoint) router with me which we attempted to use to restore at least a limited stream until AT&T was back up. It did not work well enough. At that point, all I could do was to continue to produce the show and record it so it would be available for archiving. It is available on the All Access website now.
I cannot speak for everyone involved in the operation, but the ones I have met do care about the product. I definitely care about the product; it's my reputation on the line and so I take it personally when people say less than favorable things on these message boards. I'm hopeful that most of you were happy with the parts of the production that I had control over, and forgiving of the trouble that I couldn't control.
Thanks - Warren