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Originally Posted by Mike Hedlund
Were you hiding out in the trailer when I was talking with Greg Gill this weekend? :-)
-mike
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Maybe I should apply for a job at PWC. This is not rocket science as to figuring out a simple system that is consistent. Plus utilize the communication technology that so many companies are spending billions on per year.
As for the streaming, PWC finally got with the program and is using the correct satellite for beaming from the track to all over the US and Europe for various internet servers. The reason why the Indycar races work well is because there is always an international feed that is run at an extremely high bitrate, thus it actually looks good on your computer. It's obvious, PWC and Indycar are splitting the bill on sat beam time.
For the TV program, just get over it and stop thinking this is 1990. Get with the program. People (including me) don't have cable or SAT. I think I haven't had cable since 2009 and won't ever be getting it again. My boys are 12 and 15. Them and their friends never watch TV, yet they watch tons of stuff on their phones. Even my wife and I. We watch the local news and reruns of Star Trek. If it ain't streamed, we don't watch it. I know I'm not the only one like this and for any younger people out there, you can forget them ever getting interested in it.
As everyone has seen, these stupid rules for the timed pit stops and that whole debacle just turns everyone off. So, just eliminate the whole thing. Leave PWC for a 50 minute sprint and IMSA for endurance. Don't make a sprint race and try to fool people into it's some super duper endurance strategy event when it's not. Trans-Am can goes longer than Sprint X and they are driving a blast furnace with a solid rear axle. Most of the drivers have been on Social Security for at least 5 years. If they can run a race by themselves, why can't PWC just do it?