ORS Staff
The staff at Off-Road Spectator is pleased to announce a successful technology refresh of the OFFROADSPECTATOR.COM website.
This was a big deal for our volunteer team. Our primary goal was to replace some of the technologies used in the original Off-Road Spectator site with newer technologies that would continue to be supported by their authors. The secondary goal was to retain as much of the original site’s look & feel to provide familiarity to our user base, while also taking advantage of some of the new features and styling.
We think we successfully accomplished both goals in a short period of time.
Off-Road Spectator was previously in a live “soft launch” phase for technology testing purposes. Our viewership has grown dramatically without promotion while we learned valuable lessons and gained experience with the various technologies.
Along the way we had one software author completely abandon their product, leaving us incompatible with the rest of the technologies we were using. In addition, we had another technology that broke so completely that the software author couldn’t fix it. In the end we couldn’t update any event information. None! Nada! Zip!
It was that last hiccup that accelerated our timetable and pushed the team forward. Fortunately we’d gained the skills to overcome our biggest challenge yet – How do we change the motor in the boat while floating down river? Well, we did it!
Going LIVE today doesn’t mean we’ve lifted our foot off the throttle in any way. We’ve got an extensive list of enhancements coming in the next few weeks, with a style refresh slated for later in the year. We also have plans to roll out additional racing organizations in the Midwest and East before 2018, and international events in 2019.
So, without further adieu I present you Off-Road Spectator version 1.0.
We hope you’ll find this to be the easiest website for spectators to get authoritative event details, maps, and spectator rules for off-highway desert racing, rock crawling, and rock racing events in the Western U.S.
“Southern Arizona’s Ultimate Offroad Facility,” MC Motorsports Park will once again host Dirt Riot Endurance Racing this Saturday, May 6th. Dirt Riot Endurance Racing includes the professional rock racing classes and “everyman” classes for those who want to bring their personal rig out and compete.
All festivities during the UTV World Championship including the Pit Crew Challenge, Kick Off Party, Tech & Contingency, and all four races are FREE to spectators and their families. Get all the spectator details, schedule of events, Google map to Laughlin, a city map to the event, and other important information HERE on Off-Road Spectator.
Off-Road Expo is expanding to meet the growing demands of our off-road community with this past weekend’s Off-Road Expo Arizona Spring Edition sponsored by the City of Scottsdale. Plenty of off-road gear and tech was on hand, plus amazing extreme vehicles from all off-highway sports.
Congratulations to all Dirt Riot Southwest Series Round 1 competitors. Seven classes, roughly 6-miles of course, and tons of action in the most beautiful desert landscape of Congress, Arizona.
Off-Road Spectator is proud to announce the launch of our own YouTube video channel to share videos of the best and the worst drivers in off-road racing.
