Round 4 of the 2017 Trans Am Championship presented by Pirelli at the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix presented by Lear, The 3-Dimensional Services Group Muscle Car Challenge. This race featured the TA2 class exclusively.
The things that fans love but teams fear about Belle Isle is tight racing on this bumpy hard concrete surface which knocks you around into other cars. If that ain't enough the concrete walls just eats up a team's pride when the car is dragged up on the emergency hauler and she's just a mess! So let's go out to Belle and see how these new muscle cars are handling the track, after this race many crew chiefs are thinking of bringing a tank series to Belle next time.
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Sometimes Less is More
On a personal note, racing for me is the engine and car style being put to the test and with that, the constant announcing about drivers while viewing is over the top. I appreciate the guy's job and he does it well but brother I want to hear the block scream and tranny downshifting and climbing back up as she pulls out of the turns. I find on all networks the only time we hear this is during qualification the camera is on the field, in the cars and mics the sound. There is plenty of info scrolling the screen for position of drivers but very little telemetry about the car. Sometimes less is more so I've discovered listening to position music while the race is running just rolls with the action.
Two Steps From Hell (playlist) is set for position on the track, one example is this selection below. Turn the volume off the race and crank this movement, wait for it, she only runs 3:09 min.
This is just a sample, in order to jam a full race select a playlist of your liking and select autoplay prior. Now if we could get track sound only and add it to a position mix I think the announcer has a chance of really being informative with car telemetry and sound that would put us on the edge of our seats!
Come on you narrators take a long break mate, mic that track and crank this! We can hear about bios later, we would enjoy some oil, water, tire temps along with the red line and oil pressure exploding! At this point not only do the fans have a favorite team and auto manufacturer but also a favorite narrator. You folks do this I'll bet viewership goes up as much as the RPM climbs as this horsepower launches out of the turn! (for timing sync, start music @ 4:48 timestamp of Belle Isle vid)
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