Random NASCAR Stuff to talk about.....

StandOnIt said:
no they are not.
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What, good teachers aren't heroes?

I would ask what you were disputing, but never mind, I'm familiar with the drill now. Sorry, I shouldn't have followed you off-topic.


"Sports bad. Racing good."
 
How bout we get back to NASCAR? I didn't think that my comparing NCAA tickets to NASCAR tickets would take us in a Podium direction. Lots of great non NASCAR discussion going on there.
 
I try not to buy too much into the "models" the manufacturers use given what an illusion it is, but a Supra would be a nice touch. Anything done to get away from the "We're racing family sedans!" marketing approach is a step in the right direction. For a while I thought they were going to end up pitting Escapes against Siennas.
 
That thing should be racing alongside the Camaro, Mustang and Charger in Cup.
 
This is what ISM, the new title sponsor for Phoenix Raceway, does. Not creepy at all. :eek:

https://jalopnik.com/the-video-boards-at-nascar-races-are-scanning-your-face-1823610364

The Video Boards At NASCAR Races Are Scanning Your Face While You Watch Them

Alanis King

Sometimes, it’s nice to walk around and think we aren’t living in a dystopian robot sci-fi movie. Sometimes, it’s nice to think the technology isn’t watching us at every turn. But it is. Even video boards at NASCAR races are scanning your face. You thought you were looking at them? This is incorrect. They are looking at you.

ESPN reports almost every race track on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series circuit has a deal with a tech company called Ingenuity Sun Media, which uses software similar to the stuff that scans audience demographics at other venues, particularly at entrances. When the deal was announced, talk was about video boards that can scan viewers’ faces to determine age range, gender, race, how long that person watched the board, and potentially their mood.

The only Cup Series track without an Ingenuity Sun Media deal is Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the New York Business Journal reports that the company also works with digital screens at malls and universities. It bought the naming rights to Phoenix International Raceway as well, making it ISM Raceway.

Here are some creepy details about the company’s boards, from ESPN:

Facial recognition software is nothing new at sports facilities and venues, especially at entrances where they can try to get a better idea of the demographics of the audience.

But the video boards? Are they logging photos of everyone that looks at them?

ISM president Jeff Hutchins said that is not the case. He said it is facial analytics software rather than facial recognition. The cameras inside the boards scan a person’s face to determine an age range and gender and that data is logged. He said no photographs of people are actually taken.

“We don’t in any way, shape or form collect autonomously or automatically people’s personal identifiable information, including images or videos from it,” Hutchins said in a phone interview last week.

The one comforting thing, at least, is that Ingenuity Sun Media president Jeff Hutchins told ESPN boards aren’t logging “personal identifiable information.” He said the boards don’t take photos or video of people watching them, and no photos or videos are transmitted from a board elsewhere. From ESPN:

ISC deferred all questions to ISM. Speedway Motorsports Inc. CEO Marcus Smith said he wasn’t aware of the data being gathered.

“When the device sees a person, it boxes the body and it says, ‘There is a body here’ and it starts timing it,” Hutchins said. “When it identifies that there is a face, it begins to map the face. It’s not mapping your face as much as just pulling metadata and data points around the structure of the face.

“What’s sent back to us from the unit is just the metadata from the analytical software. All the software is self-contained inside the enclosure.”

The boards can estimate how many people are in an area over a period of time in addition to demographics, according to ESPN, which can show management where the highest viewer traffic is. Come one, come all, and the video boards will watch you well past nightfall. They’ll even do it at the mall.

Perhaps none of us should ever leave our houses again.
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sdj said:
Looks pretty bad ass to me. (just sayin)
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The NASCAR version would look nothing like that sadly. I wish we did have cars that looked different out there. Surely there are other ways of offsetting any aerodynamic advantages one may have over the other. (More short tracks is the best way of accomplishing this)
 
The Busch Beer Pole Award is back, Yay

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 14, 2018) - NASCAR and Anheuser-Busch announced today a multi-year agreement that welcomes the global brand back as an Official Partner and designates Busch Beer as the "Official Beer of NASCAR®." The new partnership builds upon Busch's industry-wide presence and includes sponsorship of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series™ Busch Pole Award, rewarding the driver with the fastest qualifying time each week.

"We are continuing to evolve our presence in NASCAR because we believe in the power and loyalty of NASCAR fans," said Chelsea Phillips, Vice President, Value and Beyond Beer brands, Anheuser-Busch. "Returning as the Official Beer of NASCAR strengthens our deep-rooted history in the sport and will provide fans with even more opportunities to enjoy a crisp, cold Busch beer on race day."

Anheuser-Busch's history in NASCAR dates back decades to 1978, when it sponsored the Busch Pole Award. Additionally, Busch was the "Official Beer of NASCAR" from 1988 through 1997. Beginning in 1998, Anheuser-Busch sponsored the Bud Pole Award through its Budweiser brand, which also became the "Official Beer of NASCAR" through 2007.

"The Busch Pole Award is one of the most recognized programs in NASCAR and partnering with a global marketer like Anheuser-Busch will further elevate the value of the program and our sport," said Lou Garate, Vice President, Partnership, NASCAR. "Anheuser-Busch has a storied history in NASCAR dating back to the 1970s and we know our fans will celebrate and support Busch's return as the 'Official Beer of NASCAR.'"

The Anheuser-Busch sponsored Pole Awards were awarded to many of NASCAR's most iconic drivers. Geoff Bodine won the last Busch Pole Award at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 1997. In 2007, Jimmie Johnson won the last Anheuser-Busch sponsored Pole Award (Bud Pole Award) at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the same race he won his second championship.

Competitors can become eligible for the Busch Pole Award beginning this weekend at Auto Club Speedway. At the end of the season, drivers who accumulate the most Busch Pole Awards in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series are awarded the season-ending Busch Pole Award.

As part of the partnership, Anheuser-Busch joins the NASCAR Fuel for Business Council®, bringing together an exclusive group of more than 50 NASCAR Official Partners to buy and sell products and services from one another.

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Was pumping gas today , and looked over and it was Steve O’Donnell lol.. I asked him how the year was going so far and he said NASCAR is doing good.. he also told me to get ready for the ALL STAR race lol.. he wouldn’t tell me anymore but he just kept saying that haha.. he was even driving a Toyota lol..
 
Thegeneral23 said:
Was pumping gas today , and looked over and it was Steve O’Donnell lol.. I asked him how the year was going so far and he said NASCAR is doing good.. he also told me to get ready for the ALL STAR race lol.. he wouldn’t tell me anymore but he just kept saying that haha.. he was even driving a Toyota lol..
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probably gray :rolleyes::p
 
Thegeneral23 said:
he also told me to get ready for the ALL STAR race lol.. he wouldn’t tell me anymore but he just kept saying that haha..
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They're probably going to toss out some new gimmick. Maybe eight 10-lap segments with the even-numbered cars changing direction after every segment while the odd-numbers have to run in reverse. Or something involving Jell-O.
 
Run the ROVAL? They got rid of the option tire this year so I don't know what else they could try that hasn't been tried already. There's not really anything else about the All-Star Race that would make it worth looking forward to 2 months out.
 
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