Long Beach GP This Weekend!

[James OLC]

Well the Long Beach Grand Prix is this weekend and we are privileged to have been invited to participate in the OPTIMA Batteries OneLapCamaro:




I was talking to Brock Yates about this yesterday and he mentioned that back in the day (1989 and 1990) the One Lap of America started at the Long Beach GP. Of course those years the event was 8800 miles… ouch.

We are hoping to use the Long Beach weekend as an opportunity to try out some of the media that we (hope to be) using during the One Lap which starts in 2 weeks (!)

We have a “Live” page which will have (hopefully) live streaming video via LiveStream and Qik. We will be trying a couple of different streaming methods (PC, iPhone, 3G and MiFi) at various times to see what works and what does not. That same page will have Live GPS Tracking (which we’ve already tested and seems to be working) via Spot Adventures. On top of that we’ll have real time blogging via an RSS feed – we’ll try some updates from our phones and iPads during the weekend.

We’ll also try to do some Live Tracking via Glypmse (link upcoming when I figure it out). It has the potential to be as good or better than Spot Tracking but may be a Data Hog so we’ll try in via 3G and MiFi as well.

If you get a chance check it out over the weekend. The real fun should start between 3:30 and 4:30 on Sunday when we do our Parade Laps on the circuit but we’ll be experimenting all weekend. Our laps, and the race itself, should be on VS at some point in time but will be streaming live at www.world-challengetv.com.

And if anyone is coming to the GP be sure to stop by OPTIMA Batteries in Booth 1320 and say hi!