The Daytona race 500 illuminate the events of your edition 2021 con Elation

This international circuit, located in the State of Florida (EU) has trusted CMS Productions to celebrate the spectacles of this emblematic race, who has chosen IP65 certified units from this manufacturer.

The company specialized in events CSM Productions has returned to take charge of production, before and after, from the famous Daytona race 500 of the Nascar in its edition 2021, that although it had to be delayed six hours due to strong storms, went smoothly.

Held annually on the circuit Daytona International Speedway (Florida - EU), the daytona race 500 It is the most prestigious on the Nascar calendar and traditionally obtains the highest television audience ratings of all the car races of the year..

As in other editions, in the of 2021 CMS Productions has been responsible for all pre- and post-race events, including a live concert by country artist Luke Combs, the drivers' presentations and the national anthem, as well as the celebrations in Victory Lane.

Ashley Tobin Rutherford, senior technical production coordinator at CSM Productions, has been in charge of designing the lighting for Luke Combs' stage, in which he has used luminaires with IP65 classification of Elation for its advantages.

“In Florida it rains almost every day, so a lot of time is wasted bagging and disbursing the luminaires - he explains -. If there is a minimum of rain, you can't uncover. The use of IP65 luminaires like those from Elation avoids that problem to focus on other important things., “How to adjust the Led screen and perfect the effects and look we want to achieve”.

The lighting design of the edition 2021 It has been new and slightly smaller than previous years, due to the small number of fans who were able to attend (limited to some 30.000, everyone sitting in the stands).

For the Luke Combs concert, pre-race, CSM Productions built a main grid stage, that was bolted to a flatbed trailer larger than 16 meters long, on which four vertical LED screens hung, of 2×7 metros, and a central, of 6×11 metros, along with twelve lighting tubes.

Besides, twelve effect panels and 4 matrix Led blinders×4 Elation Cuepix 16 IP (purchased by CSM Productions specifically for this event); doce by SixPar 200 IP and Led strips complemented the background of the screen.

Flanking the main stage, grilles of truss, bolted to two trailers that held the public address system and additional lighting for the concert, including six Elation ACL moving head effects panels 360 Matrix; eight Platinum Wash Led Zoom moving heads and twelve Cuepix Strip Tri luminaires, all from Elation, which were powered by four Antari M-7 RGBA foggers.

All control data passed through a Netron EN12 node of Obsidian Control Systems. after the race, Twelve IP65 rated Elation Proteus Hybrid arc source moving heads were installed at Victory Lane (rented to Music Matters Productions); sixteen Pixel Bar 60IP and two Pixel Bar 30IP from the manufacturer, who worked with four foggers Antari M-7 RGBA to add energy to the victory celebration of the winner of the edition 2021 de Daytona 500, Michael McDowell.

Eight Proteus Hybrids in lattice towers provided the front wash during the trophy presentation and photos, in addition to providing the light show for a song that was heard throughout the speedway.

Four other Hybrid units and foggers on the stage they added movement and cryogenic effect shots during the burns, the light show and the starts of the drivers' cars in the Winner's Circle.

CSM Productions supplied all of Elation's equipment, except Proteus hybrids, and worked with the representative company of this manufacturer in the area, The Healy Group. “It is fantastic to see that they have expanded their IP line,” they say.. The equipment is very high quality and very cost effective, and if you have any problem, The assistance they offer you is very good. They understand the deadlines very well”.