Spectacular ESPN coverage of the centennial Indianapolis 500

ESPN deploys more than 80 high-definition cameras, including a Batcam and several Super Slow Motion, to cover one of the fastest races in the world in which speeds of over 400 kilometers per hour are achieved.

On the occasion of the centennial of the Indianapolis 500, also known as the Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500, which will take place on Sunday, May 27, ESPN will carry out a spectacular technical display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway circuit (Indiana, USA).

ESPN will deploy more than 80 HD cameras to televise the race, including four cameras aboard each car in a total of nine of the thirty-three cars competing.

ESPN will also make use of dual-path technology, for the first time in a television broadcast of the IndyCar Series, thus achieving panoramic views from two cameras on board the same car and at the same time.

Rich Feinberg, vice president of ESPN and head of motorsports, has assured that “we have worked hand in hand with car chassis developers to install four cameras in each car.”

ESPN will also deploy its already popular Batcam, a camera that offers unique panoramic views suspended on a steel cable over pit road and the main straight, traveling at speeds of up to 130 km/hour.

According to Feinberg, this camera “allows us shots of great beauty, with the cars entering the main straight heading towards the first corner.”

For replays, ESPN will use Ultra Slow Motion cameras at 1,000 fps.

Coinciding with the Indianapolis 500, ESPN and ABC will offer their viewers the ability to select the camera shot through a web application.

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