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BITD Terrible Town's 250

"The Richest Off-Road Race In Nevada"
Pahrump, NV April 29-30/May 1, 2005

junction of 95 + 160 Hwys

course near Checkpoint 1

We will be working with BITD to Demo/Prototype various types of Visual-Content (camera cellphones, 5M digital cameras w/30fps VGA video, Digital8/mini-DV camcorders, HD/High Definition camcorders), which can be brought to the Web by various Distribution Methods (real-time, same-hour, same-day..Direcway satellite-DSL, Verizon broadband wireless, Cingular Edge Network, SprintPCS Vision, WiFi):


SELECT:

• Real-Time (e.g., camera cellphones)
• Same-Hour (e.g., 5M pixel digital-camera w/30fps VGA video)
• Same-Day (e.g., 8M pixel digital SLR & Sony FX1 HD/High Definition camcorder)
  
  
• High Definition Video (exciting video from MM10, Pit 5, Pit 8, Finish)
• frame-grabs from High Definition Video (exciting images from MM10, Pit 5, Pit 8, Finish)
• Race Audio (exciting late-race traffic from Collins Racing & Herbst Racing, & other radio traffic: BITD, Checkers, et al)
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (BITD/Casey Folks & Diane DeLauer, Kevin McGillivray, Maurice Rozo/OffRoadUnlimited.com, Lance Jergensen (BITD racer from Reno, NV), Doug Barr/Phojo.com,Dave Kodama, Joseph Dillon/DillonMotorSports.com)

RACE UPDATE: ( via 8M Pixel digital/SLR )


BITD/Casey Folks fly the American Flag prominently @Race, this was at the Start Line

Casey Folks with last-minutes instructions to quad-rider	green light..LAUNCH!
Casey Folks after Awards..job-well-done!	Class Winner..they get special race-jackets

Pat Dean & his team celebrate a terrific Overall Win (this guy is FAST!, like his teammate John Gaughan)

Bobby Baldwin ("Steady as She Goes") runs a consistent pace, & is in the hunt for 1st! (ends up 2nd). Click HERE for more pics

Bobby Baldwin relating race-experience to crew member, @finish-line. Click HERE for more videos

Bobby Baldwin celebrating 2nd in TT (click image for hi-res)

Bobby Baldwin's 2nd place TT (click image for hi-res)

BJ Baldwin (Bobby Baldwin's son) at MM10, alongside Crystal Road

Herbst TT after pit8, going for the TT win. Click HERE for more pics	Herbst TT disappearing towards the finish..Click HERE for more pics
Herbst TT in for service @Pit 5. Click HERE for more pics	Herbst TT driver-change @Pit 5. Click HERE for more pics

Corky McMillin at MM10, alongside Crystal Road

Corky in for driver-change & service @Pit 5. Click HERE for more pics

Corky McMillin leaving Pit 5. Click HERE for more pics

Dircks TT away from Pit 5 (note the sheer beauty of Racing in the Desert). Click HERE for more pics

Curt Leduc after Pit 8. (again, the Beauty of the Desert is apparent). Click HERE for more pics

Casey Folks takes personal interest in the race, especially racers	Casey Folks CARES, & it shows..
Diane DeLauer giving support to racers	staging for motorcycles
Start-Line: Red Light, waiting..waiting..	Green, Green, Green..go,go,go,go!

REAL-TIME

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BITD/scout	BITD/Fri (Contingency)
BITD/Sat (Race)	BITD/Sun (Awards)

Thanks to OffRoadUnlimited for steering upgrade/engineering for my 4x4 van
[ Click HERE for RealTimeUpdates from the main facility at OffRoadUnlimited ]

JumpLive/TA Real-Time Photo DataStream (6 most recent uploaded pics)




SAME-HOUR & SAME-DAY

Fri

• same-hour pics
• same-hour videos
• same-day pics
• same-day videos

Sat

• same-hour pics
• same-hour videos
• same-day pics
• same-day videos

Sun

• same-hour pics
• same-hour videos
• same-day pics
• same-day videos

Race Audio

• Herbst Racing Trick Truck #19 reporting from MM213
  "Mile Marker 213..everything good, everything good.." (I believe it was Ed Herbst talking). Later on the engine blew, & it was parked off the course (reported by Curt Leduc @Awards/Sunday)
• BITD Race Control, reporting 1st Trick Truck through Pit 8 (MM 213)
  "lead truck through MM213..lead truck through Pit 8"
• BITD Race Control, discussing on-track activity..accounting all active vehicles
  "Go ahead Casey..[ he's back at finish-line, coordinating race-control ]"
• Herbst Racing & Collins Racing discussing the "corrected time" gap, between Collins (#12)and Herbst #19
  "If Billy [ Goerke ] thinks you can make up 8 minutes in 30 miles, then you gotta do what you gotta do..", Brian Collins
  The above is late-race tactics..1st part of the race is "feeling out equipment" and "setting a pace"..the racing occurs very late in the race.
• Collins Racing [ Brian Collins ] discussing late race tactics to co-driver
  "What Larry has to do is to bring the truck home..we can't catch Pat [ Dean ], we just need to have a good run..just bring it home and we'll take the Trick Truck win", Brian Collins
  "But, we have #8 covered..and I don't think they can make up the 8 minutes [ I believe they're referring to Bobby Baldwin..who eventually finished 2nd in Trick Truck, who is ALSO out of the Collins Racing stable ], Brian Collins
  "Are you sure it's #11?" [ trying to identify the truck behind them ]
  "if you can think you can make up the 8 minutes, in that distance, you got to do what you gotta do", Brian Collins
  Late Race chatter, reflecting the decision-making process..whether to go for the overall-win, or hang-back & bring it home for Class win..while watching your back for the truck behind you (Bobby Baldwin)
  
• Herbst Racing (I think), discussing their situation behind (overall) lead car (Pat Dean)
  "Negative, they're not gonna make it..they're too far back.."
  "How many cars are in front of us? Stand by [ Pit 8 ] 8" [ Tim Herbst, note engine noise in! ]
  "Four! [ cars ]" "10-4" [ Ed Herbst ] "You're 6 minutes behind the lead-car"
  
• Racing Team [ one in the pack of leading cars ] coordinating chase-trucks
  "Chase 1..uh, don't push it too far, I got Chase 2 here"
  
• Checkers Pit 4 communicating with other pits
  "Checker Pit 4 to 2012 pit..did you get all of that?"
  
• Pit Area 8 communicating with a driver, to zero-in on pit location
  "Timmy, we're at the very very end of the pit..near the light trailer"
  
• informing driver of 2 gallons available
  "we have 2 gallons of oil waiting for you at Pit 8 [ same guy above ]"
  

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to thank the staff @BITD, including Casey Folks, Kevin McGillivray, Diane DeLauer..for accomadating my request for a Demo/Prototype for Producing/Distributing Visual-Content at the BITD Terrible's Town 250 race. Especially, Kevin McGillivray who was generous with his time/patience, in answering my questions about OffRoadRacing & BITD's role, & Technology Issues. I would like to add my vote (along with racers & fans), to the Terrible Herbst company..for their generous support of OffRoadRacing via BITD sponsorship & for fielding their 2 competitive entries: the #19 Trick Truck & Truggy.

Maurice Rozo was patient/generous, in donating the time/services of his company OffRoadUnlimited.com to my project to enhance Media-Exposure for OffRoadRacing. The Con-Ferr equipment & his engineering/fabrication staff did an excellent job in upgrading my steering. We are testing some ideas in Marketing, that RealTimeWebcast (via camera cellphones) can offer companies like OffRoadUnlimited.com. For example, see the LiveWebcast Page for OffRoadUnlimited.com

Doug Barr of Phojo.com was extremely helpful/receptive in my email & phone conversations. Look for Phojo.com to make a splash with their new Technology (photo & video organization software) for upcoming OffRoadRaces. Dave Kodama (Caltech physics alumni, Class of '77) was typically generous in offerring his time/services for backup, in video-email support. Likewise, Joseph Dillon/DillonMotorSports.com also offerred his support as backup, for video-email reception.

This is a perfect example of TeamWork in action, the volunteer team at Jumplive.com is contributing to BITD's team, in bringing OffRoadRacing to the masses. Hopefully, we will be bringing increased Media-Exposure, via the "Alternative Model" of the Internet/Web (as opposed to the "Standard Model" of Television/Print-Media)..for the betterment of the sport of OffRoadRacing. We also look forward to SCORE to jump in, as a "partner" in a Collective/Cooperative effort to push OffRoadRacing to the masses.

"..our Little Wonder in the Desert.."
-- Ryan Arciero, Trophy Truck champ, Baja 1000 (2-consecutive yrs)

CLICK ON THE IMAGES FOR THE ARTICLES

In 1990, for OffRoad magazine, B Yen became a regular photo contributor for SCORE off-road races & MTEG stadium races. He also was a writer/photographer for 3 offroad articles. In 1991, B Yen also had writer/photo credits for offroad racing articles in Four-Wheeler magazine & Petersen's 4Wheel&Offroad In 1990, B Yen began to shoot video along with still-photos. In 1993, his 1993 Baja 500 footage (Walker Evans Racing vehicles) was used by Jerry Garrett on Prime Ticket Network's coverage. From 1991-1994, B Yen's astrophotography began to get published in the Baja themed magazines: Baja Explorer & Baja Life In 1993, B Yen scored a coup when he was the ONLY member of the professional photographer crew at the El Toro Air Show, to get footage of the F86 jet crash. It was shown all over the world on CNN & ABCNews. It also gained him professional representation by one of the elite New York photographic agencies (worldwide coverage): Gamma Liasion Network (it has since been bought out by Getty Images) In 1996, B Yen's astrophotography of Comet Hyakutake in the California & Arizona deserts was published in Astronomy magazine In 1997, B Yen's astrophotography of Hale-Bopp gained worldwide recognition by ESO (European Southern Observatory, Dr. Richard West), NASA, Internet. He scored a *lead-photo* credit, in Newsweek Magazine's cover-story on Comet Hale-Bopp. His website Comet-track.com generated over a million hits, which caused the servers to crash! In 1999, B Yen joined forces with George Seeley, Jr (Class 5 racer) & Seeleyracing.com, to bring SAME-DAY coverage to SCORE offroad racing at the '99 Laughlin Race In 2001, B Yen once again joined forces with Seeleyracing.com, to bring SAME-HOUR coverage to SCORE offroad racing at the Primm 300 race In 2004, B Yen once again joined forces with Seeleyracing.com, to bring REAL-TIME coverage to an offroad racing event at the Geiser Bro's D&D race-shop Xmas Party/Open House In 2005, B Yen brought Real-Time coverage of the Rose Bowl, as an Internet webcast.

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