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Auto Club Speedway Installs New Daktronics HD-X Video Displays
BROOKINGS, S.D. – Dec. 10, 2009 – The Auto Club Speedway of Southern California recently chose Daktronics Inc. (Nasdaq-DAKT) to design, manufacture and install two new HD-X LED video displays. The display installed in Turn One had great success for the October 2009 race. The second identical display designed for Turn Four is now ready for the track’s race in February 2010.
“All of us at Auto Club Speedway stay completely dedicated in doing our part to offer the best value and experience for those who visit the speedway,” Auto Club Speedway President Gillian Zucker said. “The brand new high resolution, HD video display board at Turn One features the latest in large-screen LED technology. Fans will be able to watch the Pepsi 500 and Copart 300 with plasma-like picture quality, all from the infield.”
The video display measures almost 16 feet high by 28 feet wide with pixels on 16 mm line spacing. Daktronics HD-X technology is ideal for applications requiring a wide viewing angle, ensuring every fan has a great view of the action on the track. Each board can show a single video image or be divided into multiple zones (windows) to show a wide variety of information animations and video.
In 2007, the Speedway retrofitted a 146-foot tall custom LED vertical scoring pylon with new Daktronics LED digits. The four-sided display offers greater visibility to racing fans.
Daktronics LED video and messaging display technology offers a long lifetime with minimal maintenance and low power consumption, providing value and excitement for years to come.
About the Auto Club Speedway
The Auto Club Speedway of Southern California is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, Calif. It was built in 1997 by Penske Motorsports, Inc., and sits on a 568-acre site that once was the home of the Kaiser Steel Mill, the first steel mill located west of the Rocky Mountains. It is now owned by the International Speedway Corp. Besides hosting Sprint Cup races, the track has additional configurations and facilities to accommodate road races, motorcycle races, vehicle testing and drag races.
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About Daktronics
Daktronics has strong leadership positions in, and is the world’s largest supplier of, large screen video displays, electronic scoreboards, computer-programmable displays, digital billboards, and control systems. The company excels in the control of large display systems, including those that require integration of multiple complex displays showing real-time information, graphics, animation and video. Daktronics designs, manufactures, markets and services display systems for customers around the world, in sport, business and transportation applications. For more information, visit the company’s World Wide Web site at: http://www.daktronics.com, e-mail the company at sales@daktronics.com, call (605) 697-4300 or toll-free (800) 325-8766 in the United States or write to the company at 331 32nd Ave. PO Box 5128 Brookings, S.D. 57006-5128.
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201 Daktronics Drive PO Box 5128 Brookings, SD 57006-5128
Tel (605) 692-0200 email Mark.Steinkamp@daktronics.com
www.daktronics.com
Copyright © 2010 Daktronics
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