racefan20 (Offline)
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3/16/09 10:10 PM
I was at the
http://autosportradio.com show tonight and got to talk to Adrian Payne who is in charge of internet technologies for IMS. He is also interviewed by Don on the show and you should be able to see the replay on the website by tomorrow, Brian Barnhart is the other guest. Anyway I asked about the live streams of the USAC races since the speedway "hosts" the stream. He told me that they were stunned by the number of hits the races were attracting. Over 30,000 in the 1st 10 minutes each time they hosted a race. It overwhelmed their servers. I think they ended up with more demand than some of their qualifying webcasts last year. The good news is they are building a new system in preparation for the new IRL season and the USAC shows will be ported over to the new system. They will have servers all over the world(so if you want to watch from japan it should be easy to get in

) much more capacity and FULL SCREEN video. Next time you see Tony George(or Adrian) you might want to thank them because the speedway is providing all this free of charge to USAC. SO those of you who have been grousing about not being able to get in it should get alot better real soon. He said they should be on the new system by April, I'm sure at least by the 1st IRL race at St Pete on April 4th & 5th. :applaud:
John Hoover
“To whom little is not enough, nothing is enough.” Epicurus