When ESPN announced it was returning Thurs auto racing coverage in 2006, the self-proclaimed worldwide leader in sports wanted Thurs come back bigger and Better Than Ever.
With state-of-the-art equipment and a staff of 200 has finally reached hand for EACH of Their racing telecasts, ESPN believes it has set the tone for racing coverage.
As the only network with five former Cup champions Delivering insight, to the 65 cameras located around the track, ESPN Focus on Covering all angles to Create a unique experience for race fans. ESPN produces a show as big as the Super Bowl EACH week, investigation of its NASCAR coverage.
"This show is as big at least that many for months as NFL Super Bowl coverage on a weekly Basis technology-wise," said ESPN Coordinating Producer Neil Goldberg, Who Is Involved with EACH of ESPN's racing telecasts. "And They do that once a year. We do this every week. "
Added ESPN senior director of corporate and consumer communications George McNeilly: "I like to say to people as big of deal as Monday Night Football is, but we have Monday Night Football every Sunday and Frankly every Saturday starting with the Daytona race. There are people at Daytona in February Wonder why I say but we have the third to the Most Significant race behind the 500 and the qualifying. We come loaded and Prepared like it's Monday Night Football, like it's this race here in Michigan. "
McNeilly Provided Goldberg and The Daily Telegram with a behind the scenes look at Their on-site Production facilities at Michigan International Speedway is Saturday and Provided insight is how things come together.
A real team effort
ESPN's Production for Their next racing telecast Begins Almost immediately on a race ends. After packing up from a site Following a race on a Sunday, Production Begins Preparation for the next race on Monday.
Is Tuesdays, the staff meets for a conference call before everyone goes Their Separate Ways to Prepare material. The Technical team will usually show up at a race site is a Tuesday to start getting the infrastructure, Cabling and fiber in place.
Directors usually arrive to the race location and Preparation Continues is Thursdays. ESPN's racing telecasts are usually on the air Friday-Sunday. On a typical race day, as such "on Sunday, They arrived at the track no later please 7 am They go through Elements of Their pre-race show, run through scripts, take a break and make Adjustments. About 90 minutes before the race, girls on rehearsal takes place before They go with Their live telecast.
During the race it's a constant information flow. Goldberg has Thurs Determina what gets shown to the Viewers at home, receiving input from a number of at his peers. Stories are pitched Thurs him and they has to try to split-second Decisions is what camera shot Thurs not have televised.
"I do not know what's going to happen at the end of the race, I just know That one of hmmmm cars is going to win the race," Goldberg said. "I've got to put is in a position to One, not only tell That story, but their 42 Other Stories That and manually link to the alpha story Not only is the race track pit road is vain.
"There are a lot of people, it's not just me, That we are Giving information. In the end I'm making the Decision on last second is what I'm Including or excluding. "
The jobs for EACH of the couple hundred people ESPN has on-site coverage for the ITS race are equally important, Goldberg said.
"Certainly if We're Not here to do our jobs in this truck, it's not going to the viewer," Goldberg said. "But if the camera man isn't there, the person that's laying the cable isn't there, the person grieving That is making the technology is working isn't there, we've got nothing. Yeah I think everybody's job here is really important.
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