May 24, 2009

IMSP Helps IndyCar Mobile Get Recoginzed

INDYCAR MOBILE NOMINATED FOR BEST SPORTS MOBILE SITE IN THE 13th ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS
Indianapolis-In – IndyCar Mobile has been nominated for Best Sports Mobile Site and is an Official Nominee in the Best use of Mobile Video categories in the 13th Annual Webby Awards.
Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet.
IMS Productions, the Broadcast Partner of the Indy Racing League and worked closely with the Indy Racing League on its Mobile experience. With a large presence of video on “IndyCar Mobile”, IMSP’s award winning staff creates almost live web clippings, tune in messages from drivers and speciatly made mobile content to optimize the experience on mobile devices.
“Nominees like IMS Productions are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet,” said David-Michel Davies, executive director of the Webby Awards. “It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the nearly 10,000 entries we received this year.”
The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-person judging academy whose members include Internet co-inventor Vinton Cerf, R/GA’s Chief Bob Greenberg, “Simpson’s” creator Matt Groening, Arianna Huffington, and Harvey Weinstein.

About the IndyCar Series
The IndyCar Series is the premier open-wheel series in the United States, competing on a challenging combination of superspeedways, short ovals, scenic road courses and temporary street circuits. In 2009 the IndyCar Series will conduct 14 races in the U.S., two in Canada and one in Japan, all available worldwide through comprehensive, long-term agreements with ABC and VERSUS, with all races broadcast in High-Definition. A leader in motorsports technology, the IndyCar Series is the first racing series to power its Honda engines on 100 percent fuel-grade ethanol, a renewable and environmentally friendly fuel. The IndyCar Series continues to the be the fastest, most competitive and innovative racing series, attracting a diverse lineup of drivers including Scott Dixon, Danica Patrick, Graham Rahal, Marco Andretti, Dan Wheldon, Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan and Ryan Briscoe. For more information on the IndyCar Series, please visit www.indycar.com.

About IMS Productions
IMS Productions is the media technology partner to world-famous Indianapolis Motor
Speedway and the Indy Racing League. IMS Productions also works independently and
has several trucks that are fully equipped as on-location production facilities to handle
any entertainment or main sports event, and has done so for every major network. For
more information, please visit www.imsproductions.tv