Bristol Motor Speedway's Colossus

Isn't the scoreboard at Bristol a permanent fixture?
 
That's actually pretty cool that it's going around. I wonder if the part that says Bristol has been going with it so the people know what they're looking at.
 
NJJammer said:
That is nuts. A fully loaded 747 with passengers, bags, and fuel weighs a little more than half that, but it does qualify as portable.
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Can you imagine the size of the crane and lifting cables it would take to lift it? I think someones math is wrong....... 700 tons would be 1400 thousand pounds....... no truck can carry that weight legally ..... I don't care if it has 300 axles......
 
I answered my own question, after some internet digging.

Colossus will be back for the race under a tight deadline:

"Track officials expect all the parts and pieces of the video system to make the near-2,000 mile trek back to the speedway by April 12, depending on weather and other factors. That leaves approximately 10 days to get the video board up and running before NASCAR’s top two series take to the track on April 21. But Bristol is used to quick changeovers. The speedway transformed itself from a fully functional track on Aug. 20 to a football field for the Battle at Bristol on Sept. 10."


http://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-vi...l-four-are-from-a-nascar-track-153224856.html
 
NJJammer said:
I answered my own question, after some internet digging.

Colossus will be back for the race under a tight deadline:

"Track officials expect all the parts and pieces of the video system to make the near-2,000 mile trek back to the speedway by April 12, depending on weather and other factors. That leaves approximately 10 days to get the video board up and running before NASCAR’s top two series take to the track on April 21. But Bristol is used to quick changeovers. The speedway transformed itself from a fully functional track on Aug. 20 to a football field for the Battle at Bristol on Sept. 10."


http://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-vi...l-four-are-from-a-nascar-track-153224856.html
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Okay........ so it may be 700 tons but is in pieces......... that makes more sense.....
 
Maybe someone with more tech prowess can elaborate, but I imagine those giant screens as similar to giant Sicilian pizza slices. :idunno:
 
Fascinating thread. I am seriously impressed that this huge thing is moving around generating revenue for SMI. Boggles my mind.
 
LewTheShoe said:
Fascinating thread. I am seriously impressed that this huge thing is moving around generating revenue for SMI. Boggles my mind.
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Makes me wonder why ISC doesn't buy a mega screen or a couple of smaller screens and just rotate them amongst their tracks. The scaffolding supports could be in place permanently and then they could just truck the screens to their different venues, much like a rock band does on tour.

U2 managed to cart this monstrosity around on it's tour a few years back:

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