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http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/CMS_set_to_debut_worlds_largest_HDTV_screen_during_All-Star_weekend.html
Charlotte Motor Speedway President Marcus Smith (left) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. watch replays on the new HDTV video screen at the track.
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CHARLOTTE – There have been video screens at NASCAR race tracks for several years to help fans follow the action.
Charlotte Motor Speedway hopes its new video screen will mark a new standard in the industry. After all, it will be the biggest high-definition screen anywhere at 80 feet tall and 200 feet long and CMS officials hope to have the Guinness Book of World Records put its stamp on the screen as the biggest in the world.
Built by Panasonic, the screen sits on the backstretch and will debut during the Sprint All-Star Race weekend.
“It’s awesome,” said Dale Earnhardt Jr., who took a look at the screen last week. “We’ll look at it. It’s obviously something that will catch your eye as you’re racing around.
“I feel like it’s a great addition to this race track. It’s something you will see at a lot of race tracks in the future.”
CMS officials have not said how much the screen cost. It has nine million LED lights on 158 panels. It weighs 165,000 pounds and sits on a 500,000-pound steel frame. The lowest part of the screen sits 30 feet above the race track.
It took 57 workers more than 11,000 man hours over four months to construct it.
“It will give [our fans] a whole new way to experience a NASCAR event,” CMS President Marcus Smith said.
The track will show a History Channel documentary on the video screen as part of the prerace show for the Coca-Cola 600 and the network’s sponsorship of the Nationwide race the day before.
The screen also will have advertising, generating revenue for the track.
But what about a movie? If Earnhardt Jr. had his way and could watch any movie on the big screen, what movie would it be?
“Stroker Ace,” he said.
More pics of CMS's HDTV here.
Charlotte Motor Speedway President Marcus Smith (left) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. watch replays on the new HDTV video screen at the track.
Quote:
CHARLOTTE – There have been video screens at NASCAR race tracks for several years to help fans follow the action.
Charlotte Motor Speedway hopes its new video screen will mark a new standard in the industry. After all, it will be the biggest high-definition screen anywhere at 80 feet tall and 200 feet long and CMS officials hope to have the Guinness Book of World Records put its stamp on the screen as the biggest in the world.
Built by Panasonic, the screen sits on the backstretch and will debut during the Sprint All-Star Race weekend.
“It’s awesome,” said Dale Earnhardt Jr., who took a look at the screen last week. “We’ll look at it. It’s obviously something that will catch your eye as you’re racing around.
“I feel like it’s a great addition to this race track. It’s something you will see at a lot of race tracks in the future.”
CMS officials have not said how much the screen cost. It has nine million LED lights on 158 panels. It weighs 165,000 pounds and sits on a 500,000-pound steel frame. The lowest part of the screen sits 30 feet above the race track.
It took 57 workers more than 11,000 man hours over four months to construct it.
“It will give [our fans] a whole new way to experience a NASCAR event,” CMS President Marcus Smith said.
The track will show a History Channel documentary on the video screen as part of the prerace show for the Coca-Cola 600 and the network’s sponsorship of the Nationwide race the day before.
The screen also will have advertising, generating revenue for the track.
But what about a movie? If Earnhardt Jr. had his way and could watch any movie on the big screen, what movie would it be?
“Stroker Ace,” he said.
More pics of CMS's HDTV here.
I was there along side of my children for that glorious event. 
