Charlotte Motor Speedway: Screen Testing Underway on the World's Largest HD Video Board

CONCORD, N.C. (May 3, 2011) -  The final touches are being put

on the world's largest HD video board as officials from Panasonic are in

Charlotte, N.C., this week testing the massive screen that will debut

during Charlotte Motor Speedway's 2011 May race events.

    

The face of the approximately 200-foot-wide, 80-foot-tall screen

is comprised of 158 panels and each is being tested graphically for

color quality, contrast and light levels this week. 

   

More than nine million light emitting diode, or LED, lamps will

illuminate the Panasonic video board during select NASCAR events at

Charlotte Motor Speedway this spring, including the NASCAR Sprint

All-Star Race on May 21 and the Coca-Cola 600 on May 29.

    

The 165,000-pound HD video board rises 110 feet above the track

on a 500,000-pound steel frame. The screen is centered along the

backstretch between Turns 2 and 3, across from the start/finish line.

Fans seated throughout the frontstretch from Turn 4 to Turn 1 will have

clear viewing angles of instant replays, leaderboard updates and

interactive entertainment displayed in 720P high-definition visuals. 

    

The two biggest weeks in all of sports begins this May in

Charlotte with the NASCAR Rev'd Up Concert on May 18 with Gary Allan and

Josh Kelley at 4:00 p.m., at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Additional events

include: 

- May 19 - NASCAR Pit Crew Challenge, 7:00 p.m.,  Time Warner Cable

Arena 

- May 20 - NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Qualifying/N.C. Education Lottery

200, 8:00 p.m., Charlotte Motor Speedway 

- May 21 - Dierks Bentley Pre-Race Concert presented by Budweiser, 2:30

p.m., Charlotte Motor Speedway Infield 

- May 21 - Pennzoil Ultra Victory Challenge, 6:20 p.m., Charlotte Motor

Speedway 

- May 21 - Sprint Showdown, 7:30 p.m., Charlotte Motor Speedway 

- May 21 - NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, 9:00 p.m., Charlotte Motor

Speedway 

- May 23 - NASCAR Hall of Fame 2011 Induction Ceremony, 7:00 p.m.,

NASCAR Hall of Fame 

- May 26 - Windstream Pole Night, 7:10 p.m., Charlotte Motor Speedway 

- May 26-28 - Food Lion SpeedStreet, Noon, Uptown Charlotte

- May 27 - Coca-Cola Family Cookout & Track Walk, 11 a.m., Charlotte

Motor Speedway Infield 

- May 27 - Circle K NOS Energy Outlaw Showdown, 7:30 p.m., The Dirt

Track at Charlotte 

- May 28 - Top Gear 300, 2:30 p.m., Charlotte Motor Speedway 

- May 29 - Coca-Cola 600, 6:00 p.m., Charlotte Motor Speedway 

    

A full list of activities taking place in Charlotte during

Charlotte Motor Speedway's May race weeks is available at

www.charlottemotorspeedway.com/fans/fan_guide_to_fun/.

Tickets for all May races at Charlotte Motor Speedway can be

purchased online at www.charlottemotorspeedway.com or by calling the

speedway ticket office at 1-800-455-FANS (3267). Frontstretch tickets

with the best views of the world's largest HD video board, debuting at

the speedway in May, start at just $49 for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star

Race.  Fans can also purchase two frontstretch tickets for just $99 to

the Coca-Cola 600. 

For daily updates on May race activities, connect with Charlotte

Motor Speedway by following on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CLTMotorSpdwy

or become a Facebook fan at www.facebook.com/charlottemotorspeedway.