Posted on 04/01/2014 7:36:22 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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Race fans, on to week 7, and what a fun weekend this should be: Duck Commander 500!!!!
mabarker1 to follow with news and announcements
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you should get an award - you were fastest off pit road.
Patriarch Phil Robertson To Serve As Honorary Starter And Wave Green Flag
Uncle Si Set As Grand Marshal, Will Provide The Command To The Drivers
Six Robertson Family Members In All Will Have Honorary Roles For Race That Bears The Name Of Their Family Business
FORT WORTH, Texas (March 25, 2014) – The Robertson clan of A&E’s “Duck Dynasty” fame will not be ducking any of the honorary positions associated with the Duck Commander 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, April 6, at Texas Motor Speedway.
The Robertsons, ranging from patriarch Phil to granddaughter Sadie, will fill six honorary positions for the race that bears the name of their family-owned business as more than two dozen family members and relatives will be on hand for the festivities surrounding their first NASCAR race sponsorship venture.
“Like everything our family does on the show and in business, we strive to bring families together, and that includes our own. So when we made the decision to sponsor the Duck Commander 500, we knew it would be a Robertson family affair,” shares Willie Robertson, CEO of Duck/Buck Commander. “We think it will be a lot of fun and make for a memorable weekend with a variety of interactive Commander events taking place.”
Many of the family members will play integral roles in the festivities throughout the weekend.
Willie will welcome the crowd to the largest-attended, single-day sporting event in Texas, and he and Korie’s 16-year-old daughter Sadie will deliver the invocation.
Jase will introduce the top-10 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers, and his wife Missy will sing the National Anthem.
Phil Robertson, patriarch of the Robertson clan, will serve as the Honorary Starter and wave the green flag from the starter’s stand above the 43-car field while his brother “Uncle” Si will be the Grand Marshal and provide the command to the drivers to start their engines for the 2 p.m. CT race start live on FOX.
Jep Robertson, the younger brother of Willie, Jase and Alan, will be in one of the Chevrolet Camaro pace cars that will help lead the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starting field to the green flag.
Willie, who signed the three-year deal with Texas Motor Speedway to serve as the title sponsor for the annual April Sprint Cup race, also will have a post-race role and will present the iconic wooden boot trophy (NO MORE GUNS!?) to the Duck Commander 500 winner in Victory Lane.
In addition to the honorary roles, Phil and Alan Robertson are scheduled to lead the service for Racing for Faith prior to the Duck Commander 500 at 8:45 a.m. CT in the Turn 1 Speedway Club grandstands on Sunday, April 6. The event is open and free to anyone who has a race ticket to the Duck Commander 500. Those interested will enter the event through The Speedway Club building.
Tickets for the Duck Commander 500 are available by visiting www.texasmotorspeedway.com or by calling the Texas Motor Speedway ticket office at (817) 215-8500.
The Season 5 finale of A&E’s “Duck Dynasty” will air Wednesday at 9 p.m. CT.
‘Duck Dynasty’ Stars Willie And Korie Robertson, Defending Duck Commander 500 & O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 Champion Kyle Busch, Defending Firestone 600 Champion Helio Castroneves Take Part In Evening Festivities
‘Big Hoss TV’ To Officially Claim Guinness World Record For Largest High-Definition LED Video Board During Duck Commander 500 Weekend
FORT WORTH, Texas (March 19, 2014) – A&E’s popular reality show “Duck Dynasty” has never been bigger than it was on Wednesday evening at Texas Motor Speedway – literally – as the show aired on the world’s largest High-Definition LED video board as part of the official unveiling of “Big Hoss TV.”
[Big Hoss TV and Remote] With more than 8,000 fans in Texas Motor Speedway’s infield for the free public event and a large contingent of VIP guests and dignitaries, “Big Hoss TV” built by Panasonic – which stretches 218 feet wide by 94.6 feet tall – lit up the North Texas sky as the behemoth HD video board finally came to life after more than four months of construction.
The official unveiling was part of a star-studded evening that included appearances by Duck Commander CEO and star of “Duck Dynasty” Willie Robertson and wife, Korie, along with the dynamic racing duo of NASCAR’s Kyle Busch and INDYCAR’s Helio Castroneves. Also in attendance were dignitaries such as NASCAR President Mike Helton, Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles, Panasonic Eco Solutions North America Vice President Richard Ballard, Speedway Motorsports, Inc. Chairman Bruton Smith, SMI President and COO Marcus Smith and Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price.
“I always love coming to Texas,” Busch said. “This is the biggest crowd think I’ve ever seen for a TV debut. It’s pretty awesome. That’s why they say ‘everything is bigger in Texas.’”
“Big Hoss TV” was turned on in grand fashion as Marcus Smith and Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage “powered up” the video board with an oversized Panasonic TV remote prop that set off a pyrotechnic display and dynamic video on screen much to the delight of the crowd. The fans enjoyed Q&A sessions with Busch, Castroneves and the Robertsons during the evening that was dubbed “Go Big or Go Home” as well as some impromptu dancing lessons by Castroneves, a former Dancing with the Stars champion.
Prior to the Q&A with the Robertsons, Gossage presented Willie and Korie with a custom-designed helmet by Canadian sports artist David Arrigo. The helmet featured Willie’s signature red-white-and-blue bandana, the faces of Phil, Willie, Jase and Si Robertson along with the Duck Commander 500 logo, ducks calls and shotgun shells in a leather look. The helmet was presented by Gossage in appreciation for the three-year sponsorship Duck Commander and Texas Motor Speedway recently signed confirming the new title sponsor of the annual April NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, inaugurating with the upcoming Sunday, April 6 race.
Willie and Korie later shared their insights on the wildly popular reality show during a special Q&A session and prefaced the latest 30-minute episode of “Duck Dynasty” that was premiered to fans on the enormous HD video board that towered 12 stories above the crowd.
“Only in my mind,” Willie said when asked if he ever pictured himself that big as seen on “Big Hoss TV.” “We’ve got some cool things happening here and with that big TV screen I can’t wait to see what we look like that big.”
Positioned in the middle of the backstretch perched above “Burnout Alley,” “Big Hoss TV” features 20,633.64 square feet of HD LED display that consists of 4.8 million pixels and 281 trillion colors. The state-of-the-art video board is the largest ever built by Panasonic and will surpass fellow Speedway Motorsports, Inc. facility Charlotte Motor Speedway (16,000 square feet) as Guinness World Record holder for the world’s largest HD LED video board. The size of “Big Hoss TV” is staggering as it is 79 percent larger than the video board at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, which stands at 11,520 square feet.
Gossage announced that “Big Hoss TV” will officially go into the Guinness World Record books prior to the Duck Commander 500 on Sunday, April 6. An official Guinness World Record adjudicator will be on site to verify Texas Motor Speedway’s attempt to claim the record for the world’s largest high- definition LED video board. With the addition of “Big Hoss TV,” it will completely change the fan experience.
“Everybody is competing in sports with the ever improving- technology that we all put into our houses with home theater,” Gossage said. “This is a big place and you could be watching somebody race down into Turn 1 and 2 and something occurs up in Turn 3 and you completely missed it. You could miss a moment on pit road. Now with the big screen you are not going to miss a thing.
“You are going to see the replays. You are going to see the up close, tight shots. The fans won’t miss a thing. It is the ultimate fan amenity. To have the biggest one in the world, that’s just one of those “Everything is Bigger in Texas” stories that we are really proud to be a part of.”
The addition of “Big Hoss TV” is the largest and most current of the fan amenities Texas Motor Speedway has included since the facility opened in 1997. “Big Hoss TV” will change the way fans view a live race as will the producers of the video board with a selection of 19 different video cameras spread across the 1.5-mile speedway, captivating fans with instant replays, latest driver and race stats, interactive entertainment, and more.
“Big Hoss TV” features a 140-degree horizontal viewing radius, which translates into a crystal-clear picture from any of the 128,655 seats along the frontstretch seats.
For Panasonic, “Big Hoss TV” is yet another accomplishment in a long list of technological solutions the company has engineered in enhancing the fan experience at sporting and entertainment venues.
“When you are here tonight but also the Duck Commander 500 weekend, you will see a visual racing once you come to Texas Motor Speedway that you will have to have this every time you go to a NASCAR race track,” Ballard said. “Not only will you see the size of this screen, but it’s one of the most powerful broadcast screens you will see in all of sports.”
Busch, who will look to complete the weekend sweep of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 and Duck Commander 500 for the second consecutive season, will be the first competitor to see “Big Hoss TV” from the track come April. The excitement for the video board hasn’t been relegated to the fans as drivers also are excited about the addition of “Big Hoss TV.”
“My living room TV is 75 inches, so it’s not a 2,844-inch TV, that’s for sure,” Busch said. “That’s quite interesting to put into perspective with what you have in your house.”
For Castroneves, who will get to see “Big Hoss TV” glow at night during the Firestone 600 Verizon IndyCar Series race on Saturday, June 7, the addition only adds to the excitement of “America’s Original Nighttime IndyCar Race.”
“We’re going so fast down the backstretch that I don’t know if I’ll have time to look up, but I’m going to try to look at myself and see if my hair is in place,” Castroneves joked.
Catch all of the NASCAR and INDYCAR action as well as “Big Hoss TV” by purchasing season tickets beginning as low as $270 through the Texas Motor Speedway ticket office at (817) 215- 8500 or by visiting www.texasmotorspeedway.com. Individual tickets also are available through the ticket office and website.
Damn, You are fast!
Thanks!
Looks like We gonna have a REAL ANTHEM this time.
That Woman can sing!
that is too bad about the guns. the debacle last year is one of the reasons I no longer pay for tv.
Was Speeding !
I clocked ‘em
I haven’t verified that yet but will keep looking.
RAT heads will be exploding all weekend...
Ping
GOOD!
You got that right. Their Christmas album is now my favorite Christmas album. She needs to do some more recording.
I’ll bet Willie already has it in the plan, this will be a Major Live Debut of Her.
‘Dat Boy may have been born in the swamp but He was on top of the ‘gators and marketing them before he was outta diapers!
I agree. He sure is business savvy.
Thank You for Your Service.
Ping
Thank you.
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