When Leaders Lead

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by Travis Miller

Wikipedia says he was born on Feb 20, 1937. That makes him 82 years old.

That’s pretty old to be taking on that big of a venture. He must have paid a fortune for the speedway.

[AJ Laferty]

Handicap racing seems exciting to the fans only when it is close---the finish line. But, putting stands there is dangerous and drives up insurance costs. I've advocated for jumbo tron displays with a camera at the finish line. Fans can see just how close the racing is. However, jumbo tron displays are ridiculously expensive for local tracks. Instead, put a camera at the finish line, and stream the finish line camera with all the RT/ET data via a wireless local area network. Fans can see the finish on their smart phones and still enjoy the excitement of the starting line. This would be pretty cheap to install. Just my 2 cents.

[Darrel Goheen]

I wanted to do that exact thing at our local track with a drone. Track used the insurance excuse even when I explained that I carried my own drone insurance. My drone allows me to do YouTube live broadcasts.

[AJ Laferty]

During Hyperfest at Virginia International Raceway this spring, one race had a drone with an automatic follow feature. I was flagging turn 3 at the time and was very concerned the drone would distract other drivers, but it didn't. NASA collected some awesome live footage, maybe 40 feet away from the car being tracked. It didn't go all the way around the track due to the controller being stationary, but it ended up being awesome footage. Can you imagine putting drag race footage behind the cars live streaming in a wireless LAN?