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Truck Grand Prix on Air

Truck Grand Prix on Air

14. July 2006„Truck Grand Prix Online“ would perhaps be more accurate at the first glance, but actually Radio Nürburgring will broadcast their reports here from July 21st to 23rd, meaning they are “on Air” around the Nürburgring. First there was the idea about the Ring Radio broadcasting world wide which will be presented here in the course of a study. But there won’t be something for the ear only, but for the eye as well. This means that during the live timing the results will be updated and shown continuously. To achieve all this there were - and still are - at lot of hurdles to overcome, and we want to thank all those people who made it possible to realize this project.
The ADAC Mittelrhein was not only a great help with organizing matters, but gives financial support as well. The company Manitu at St. Wendel provides a substantial server capacity at a special rate, and the NOlimit-Kartbahn – Oese’s kart circuit in Fulda – is also a sponsor. When Markus Oestreich heard about the idea months ago, he was so enthusiastic about it that he spontaneously promised to support the project. Apart from the organizational and financial hurdles we met with other difficulties as well.
During the reports the parts where the Ring Radio broadcasts a music programme cannot be shown because of copyright reasons. Instead there will be interview flashes and royalty free music from the internet.
And the data format for showing the results, which was provided by Wige Performance, required some additional work, too. Because there is no general standard the data have to be parsed into another data format so that they are visible to the users.
The test runs were plain sailing so far – now we are eagerly waiting for the “debut” at the Truck Grand Prix.