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Who is the new IRA announcer? And what happened to the old guy? He was a little goofy but I liked him. 

Apparently you werent at the races, the IRA didn't do track prep. IRA had nothing to do with it. The track prep was totally controlled by by Lincoln Park Speedway staff. How do I know, I was there. Please have your facts vs what you assume. Thank you

On my end the Flo broadcast of the IRA event was a much higher quality in both audio and video than that of the Dirt Cup @ Skagit which is 7 miles from my house, seems not all Flo broadcasts are created equal. I toggeled back and forth between the 2 as my adopted son was running the Cook Motorsports 22X there, he got collected when Bacon flipped on the white flag lap while running 9th. The Skagit broadcast left a lot to be desired in my opinion. I never go to the first 2 nights anymore, I just go up on the final night and help out old racing friends in the pits. That's all my old body can handle anymore...   

The older I get the faster I was

You don't think that high car count and the fact that the local track promotor that has the IRA as guests adds a ton of support classes has anything to do with this ?  There can be and most times are extenuating circumstamces when you're willing to take an unbiased look at things.

The older I get the faster I was

The Flo broadcast tonight of the IRA at Bloomington is terrible no friggin audio and the video keeps getting blurry. Skagit's seems to be much better than last night for me so far but it just started  

The older I get the faster I was

Had absolutely zero issue with the IRA stream. Dirt Cup had some audio issues early on and one of the grandstand cameras seemed to have an issue but overall nothing that caused issues with the stream. 

I'd recommend checking fidelity of your internet connection and streaming equipment. Onboard Smart TV apps are convenient but rely on inferior hardware within the TV - in most cases an external streaming box will handle it much better. 

I have gig speed internet and get very close to that speed up and down with my Lenovo Legion gaming laptop which I use for streaming. Since I quit using  my smart TV for streaming I have zero issues other than what I've mention with Flo in tthis thread. Last night last nights IRA broadcast was excellent while Skagit's was crap tonight it was just the opposite. As I said upsteam not all Flo broadcasts are created equal. I have notice lots of audio cuts outs with them on one race while I toggle to another that has an excellent feed. Ocasionally blurry video but that doesn't last. don't really have buffering problems. The problems not on my end as I stream all my Shows and live TV with zero issues I can wirlessly connect to my TV and still no issues with all the streaming platforms other the above mention glitches with Flo and occasionally with Dirtvision as well.  

The older I get the faster I was

There's a singular upstream from the event, so I don't buy that's the issue. 

I guess if you're speculating that AWS or whoever Flo utilizes as a backend is specifically causing issues in your region it would make sense.

Hard to say. I just know that for all the posts of people complaining about quality or operation, I've had zero. And I stream both Flo and DV on multiple TVs for hours on end Friday/Saturday nights and I've had minimal issues. 

That is living up to your name!

Within hearing distance of Tri City Speedway

Its true there is always a chance of extenuating circumstances but if they happen more than half the time they marhematically become common circumstances. Either way if they always slow down the show something should change. Possibly as simple as waking up an hour earlier to get ahead of your day.

The only reason there was this many cars at a sanction i coa3nt even tell you what ira stands for is because of Brad and High limit building the sport. Non-fact

Even though I may not know you, I 
care what most of you think!

I had the exact same issues with Flo.  It seemed, every time Pat talked, there was a pounding like sound that was unbearable.  So if there was audio, I wouldn't know as I turned the audio off.  Checked later on and there was no sound at all.  When it came back, it sounded like they were broadcasting from a bathroom.  It seemed to straighten out after that.  I also had the same pixelation of the video at times.  

Yep, that's the way it was for me exactly. I have had this happpen a few times while watching two to 3 races  one being problematic and the other races in different regions no problems with audio or video. Have had the same experience with Dirtvision but to a lesser extent..  

The older I get the faster I was

IRA getting some stout fields! 

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Loren likes to pass blame off on everything.

"I was gvien the wrong lineup"

"I was not informed"

"Apparently no one told me"

He needs a new 4 wide call. his is a mix of Johnny, Blake, and Ray. (how original)

Chatty needs to tone it ddddddoooooowwwwwwnnnnnnnn. Its a race not professional wrestling. Notice Loren has her out of the booth and in the infield? He is self serving.

Ray was outed by Loren because Ray kept a old school notebook. kids want to use a tablet. They pushed him out of his confort zone so he said f it.

I tell it like I see it.