• MSN
  • Hotmail
  • More
    • Autos
    • My MSN
    • Video
    • Careers & Jobs
    • Personals
    • Weather
    • Delish
    • Quotes
    • White Pages
    • Games
    • Real Estate
    • Wonderwall
    • Horoscopes
    • Shopping
    • Yellow Pages
    • Local Edition
    • Traffic
    • Feedback
    • Maps & Directions
    • Travel
    • Full MSN Index
  • Bing
  • NBCNews.com
  • TODAY
  • Nightly News
  • Rock Center
  • Meet the Press
  • Dateline
  • msnbc
  • Breaking News
  • Newsvine
  • Home
  • US
  • World
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Tech
  • Science
  • Travel
  • Local
  • Weather
Advertise | AdChoices
  • Recommended: The Week in Pictures: May 9 - 16
  • Recommended: Border security improvements create new deadly route for illegal immigrants
  • Recommended: Life-saving surgery for baby with swollen head brings parents joy, relief
  • Recommended: Farmers fight back against swarming locusts in Israel

Conversations sparked by photojournalism. Follow us on Twitter to keep up-to-date.

  • ↓ About this blog
  • ↓ Archives
    • Icons Email E-mail updates
    • Icons Twitter Follow on Twitter
    • Icons Feed Subscribe to RSS
  • 10
    May
    2011
    6:21pm, EDT

    Charlotte Motor Speedway installs world's largest HDTV

    By Rich Shulman

    I guess stock cars screaming around a track at 200 mph isn't exciting enough for fans today. This 200 x 80 foot monster is larger than the one at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.

    Jeff Siner / AP

    From left, Charlotte Motor Speedway's Scott Cooper; Marcus Smith, Charlotte Motor Speedway president and general manager; and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. watch a video clip on the giant Panasonic HDTV at the track on Tuesday, May 10 in Concord, N.C. The massive screen will make its public debut under the lights during the NASCAR All-Star Race on May 21. The screen is located along the backstretch.

    Jeff Siner / AP

    NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. plays a video game that is displayed on a giant Panasonic HDTV at Charlotte Motor Speedway Tuesday afternoon, May 10 in Concord, N.C. The massive screen, located along the backstretch between Turns 2 and 3 across from the start/finish line, will make its public debut under the lights during the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race on May 21 at the speedway. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, Jeff Siner)

    4 comments

    Yup, must be a Panasonic, it's already developing the spots and discolorations typical of their TV's. Hope the sucker that bought this, does not have to deal with the same pre-scripted customer service response all their customers get.

    Show more
    Explore related topics: sports, dale-earnhardt-jr, charlotte-motor-speedway, largest-hdtv
  • 16
    Oct
    2010
    11:06pm, EDT

    Terry Renna / AP

    Spanky Spangler performs a stunt prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., on Oct. 16.

    Close call

    Thankfully no one was hurt. Read the full story here.

    6 comments

     Even with the possible human cost, any NASCAR race is worth the admission price!!

    Show more
    Explore related topics: sports, fire, stunt, nascar-sprint-cup-series, charlotte-motor-speedway, spanky-spangler

Browse

  • world-news,
  • us-news,
  • featured,
  • sports,
  • weather,
  • protest,
  • politics,
  • asia,
  • india,
  • china,
  • europe,
  • space,
  • religion,
  • afghanistan,
  • middle-east,
  • environment,
  • travel,
  • london,
  • germany,
  • military,
  • animal-tracks,
  • tech-science,
  • jwoods,
  • japan,
  • fire,
  • south-asia,
  • conflict,
  • israel,
  • new-york,
  • russia,
  • pakistan,
  • cosmic-log,
  • snow,
  • egypt,
  • animals,
  • images,
  • entertainment,
  • business,
  • spain,
  • africa,
  • england,
  • earthquake,
  • flood,
  • libya,
  • syria,
  • economy,
  • winter
Also
Advertise | AdChoices

Rich Shulman

is a multimedia editor at msnbc.com. Before that, he was a picture editor at Corbis and the Director of Photography at the Everett, Wa. Herald.

Rich Shulman Blogroll

  • NPPA
  • PDN Pulse
  • The Digital Journalist
  • Sportsshooter
  • Rob Galbraith

Katie Cannon

is a Senior Multimedia Editor and has worked at msnbc.com since 1996.

Archives

  • 2013
    • May (87)
    • April (172)
    • March (186)
    • February (195)
    • January (251)
  • 2012
    • December (262)
    • November (281)
    • October (371)
    • September (319)
    • August (406)
    • July (387)
    • June (386)
    • May (422)
    • April (425)
    • March (458)
    • February (451)
    • January (502)
  • 2011
    • December (452)
    • November (464)
    • October (441)
    • September (409)
    • August (507)
    • July (439)
    • June (456)
    • May (443)
    • April (403)
    • March (421)
    • February (508)
    • January (651)
  • 2010
    • December (634)
    • November (360)
    • October (188)
    • September (159)
    • August (110)
    • July (89)
    • June (146)
    • May (89)
    • April (71)
    • March (46)
    • February (43)
    • January (54)
  • 2009
    • December (54)
    • November (46)
    • October (36)
    • September (40)
    • August (31)
    • July (39)
    • June (32)
    • May (57)
    • April (41)
    • March (38)
    • February (44)
    • January (45)
  • 2008
    • December (72)
    • November (38)
    • October (40)
    • September (40)
    • August (75)
    • July (36)
    • June (37)
    • May (44)
    • April (34)
    • March (52)
    • February (45)
    • January (26)
  • 2007
    • December (36)
    • November (32)
    • October (72)
    • September (60)
    • August (40)
    • July (23)
    • June (25)
    • May (31)
    • April (43)
    • March (38)
    • February (35)
    • January (47)
  • 2006
    • December (64)
    • November (77)
  • 2000
    • October (1)

Most Commented

  • Buggy hordes of cicadas sighted in Virginia ... but New York? Not yet (72)
  • Navy launches drone from aircraft carrier for first time (66)
  • Angry Maserati owner hires men to smash up his $420,000 supercar (40)
  • Man accidentally saws off arm, retrieves it, drives himself to hospital where it is reattached (30)
  • 'The World at Night' can be brightly beautiful – but there's a dark side, too (18)
  • Lava fountain, ash cloud erupt from Alaska volcano (14)
  • Storming sun sets the skies aglow (11)

Other blogs

  • The Body Odd
  • Cosmic Log
  • Red Tape Chronicles
  • US News
  • Open Channel

NBCNews.com top stories

3147,10
© 2013 NBCNews.com
  • News photos on NBCNews.com
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Help
  • Site map
  • Careers
  • Closed captioning
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy policy
  • Advertise